Jay Manalo was born and raised in Northern Virginia by Filipino parents. Manalo went to NC Chapel Hill for college where he majored in Computer Science and Chemistry and shares how he switched gears and ended up in a doctoral program for Counseling…
Chris Dahlquist talks about moving to western North Carolina and finding the LGBTQ community. He got involved with Out in the Mountains, Safe Zone, and became an advisor for BGLAD, a student LGBTQ group. He talks about teaching Safe Zone years later…
Lyndan Jones shares her experience growing up with a Southern Baptist parent, an atheist parent, and three younger brothers and how these things shaped her views of the world. Jones tells about finding her community in a small western North Carolina…
Sara Rivera is a graduate student at Western Carolina University studying biology, specifically fireflies. Rivera talks about growing up in the Bible Belt and how that affected the way she viewed the world. She shares how she came to the realization…
Drag queen Ida Carolina is performing on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina. She is participating in the drag show that took place during the day long Sylva Pride Festival. Sylva Pride was founded in 2021 and hosted its second…
Drag queen Ida Carolina is performing on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina. She is participating in the drag show that took place during the day long Sylva Pride Festival. Sylva Pride was founded in 2021 and hosted its second…
Drag queen Beulah Land is on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina wearing a sash reading “Votes for Women” and holding a poster reading “Your Vote Matters 2022.” She is host of the drag show that took place during the day long…
Drag queen Beulah Land is on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina wearing a sash reading “Votes for Women” and holding a poster reading “Vote! For Trans Rights 2022.” She is host of the drag show that took place during the day long…
Drag queen Beulah Land is on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina wearing a sash reading “Votes for Women” and holding a poster reading “Vote! For the Planet 2022.” She is host of the drag show that took place during the day long…
Drag queen Beulah Land is on the Bridge Park stage in downtown Sylva, North Carolina wearing a sash reading “Votes for Women” and holding a poster reading “Vote! For Reproductive Freedom 2022.” She is host of the drag show that took place during the…