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Texas Observer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 “I was given spaces to explore the real me, not the me that I had to be in order to stay alive. #Drag is so healing.”

In this issue's #culture feature, Digital Editor Kit @d9fa809e spent months getting to know the proud, defiant queens of #Austin, still determined to keep performing despite growing political pressure:  https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-drag-queens-defy-ban/

(#Photography by Cindy Elizabeth)
#DragQueens #LGBTQIA+ #Queer #trans #transgender #Texas #politics #TXlege #homophobia #transphobia #dance

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 From our magazine: "I just want to artistically render the stories of patients going through what they do and what their medical odysseys say about life or about the world." 
https://www.texasobserver.org/ricardo-nuila-peoples-hospital-ben-taub/

#books #culture #politics #health #healthcare #medicine #Texas #USpol
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Texas Observer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 From the magazine: Can 15th-century doctrine explain today's #culture wars?

@a3bd3047 reviews Robert P. Jones' The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future ... https://www.texasobserver.org/the-origins-of-white-christian-supremacy/

#books #history #WhiteSupremacy #racism #religion #Christianity