Gov. Tim Walz this week appointed several Minnesotans to special boards, including a Bemidji resident to a council focused on early childhood education
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At Loring Park, Pride participants honor the past, look to the future
By Maya Miller, Katy Read, Maya Miller and Katy Read and Star Tribune staff writers July 17, 2021 5:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It would be hard to name a color of hair or nail polish, a length of skirt or eyelash, a rainbow placement or fishnet-stocking design not represented among the thousands of visitors to the Twin Cities Pride Festival on Saturday. As always, many of the ensembles in the crowd were eye-popping.
This weekend s festival returned to Loring Park in a big way after the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to limit last year s celebration to online-only content. Saturday s kickoff marked 756 days since the last gathering, held in June 2019.
OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader
OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader Monica Meyer is stepping down after more than a decade leading state s premier LGBTQ equality group. May 4, 2021 10:36am Text size Copy shortlink:
Monica Meyer is leaving OutFront Minnesota at a very different time for the cause of LGBTQ equality than when she took over the organization more than a decade ago.
It was 2010, amid a growing push across the country to ban same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 states had done so by statewide vote in the preceding few years. They were just passing everywhere, Meyer recalled. Then, ten years ago next week, Minnesota Republicans used new House and Senate majorities to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the statewide ballot. We were very aware of how difficult it was going to be, Meye