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A young baseball player wearing a black ball cap grins toward the right of frame. They wear two necklaces, one silver metal and one green bead, and a botanical tattoo of leaves encircle their neck. They crouch, with a baseball mitt in one hand. In the background a field of blurred out grass is visible.

Palouse Gay Baseball: A queer space of one’s own

As the United States sees an increase in the number of anti-gay, anti-trans laws, one group of LGBTQ+ people on the Palouse is making its own space for queer joy and community

Podcast guest Zoe Hana Mikuta sits in front of a microphone and smiles.

Music

Would You Sacrifice Humanity For A Chance At Divinity? 'Traverse Talks' Episode 37 - With Author Zoe Hana Mikuta

Zoe Hana Mikuta is the young author of the YA science-fiction novel, “Gearbreakers” and its recent sequel “Godslayers”. She started writing this series…

Would You Sacrifice Humanity For A Chance At Divinity - With Author Zoe Hana Mikuta

Zoe Hana Mikuta is a young author of the YA science fiction novel “Gearbreakers” and its recent sequel “Godslayers”. She started writing this series while…

This is a photo of podcast guest Emerald LaFortune. She smiles in front of a microphone.

Environment

Navigating Rough Waters and Tough Conversations 'Traverse Talks' Episode 36 - With Outdoor Writer and Guide Emerald LaFortune

Emerald LaFortune grew up being lured into the wilderness by her parents, who placed little pieces of candy in the middle of hiking trails to guide her…

Tabitha Simmons looks off into the distance while Kathy Simmons is looking to the right at Tabitha while sitting on a loveseat.

Music

How Many Lives Does A TabiKat Live? 'Traverse Talks' Episode 27 - With Moscow Duo Kathy Sprague and Tabitha Simmons

Wives Tabitha Simmons and Kathy Sprague of Moscow, Idaho were one of the first same-sex couples married in the state of Idaho. The two, who have been…

How Many Lives Does a TabiKat Live? - With Moscow Duo Kathy Sprague and Tabitha Simmons

Tabitha Simmons and Kathy Sprague, partners in business and in marriage, have created and held space for queer folks in the town of Moscow, Idaho for…

Ruby and Sapphire get married on Steven Universe. Cartoon Network

Arts & Culture

After Decades In The Background, Queer Characters Step To The Front In Kids' Media

The Peabody award-winning series Steven Universe, which broke barriers in queer representation by airing the first LBGTQ wedding in a kid's series when Ruby and Sapphire (who are actually living rocks, yes, but feminine-coded rocks who use she/her pronouns and present as female) got married.