Queer & Curious
A little workplace inclusion. A little history. A little personal.
A whole lot queer.
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Celebrating Queer Icons for Worcester Pride Month 2026
LGBTQIA+ inclusion is important all year-round. In recognition of Worcester’s Pride celebrations throughout September, I’m celebrating queer icons who called Worcester home and meaningful moments for the LGBTQIA+ community that happened here.
How We Tell Their Story – Uncovering Asexual Narratives in the Archives | Part 3
Embracing “Queer Possibility” extends to asexuality. When discovering primary accounts like Marilyn Monroe’s, it is important to validate the account and contextualize it with other evidence to provide a nuanced view of her sexuality, rather than prescribing firm labels.
How We Tell Their Story – Uncovering Asexual Narratives in the Archives | Part 2
It is important that researcher have an expansive view of asexuality as a fluid identity, which is true of all queer identities, that may change over a person’s lifetime and manifest differently for each individual.
How We Tell Their Story – Uncovering Asexual Narratives in the Archives | Part 1
Expectations of gender and sexuality have evolved over time and are influenced by cultural context. People who do not conform to those expectations are often scrutinized by their contemporaries and, often, pathologized by historians. Asexuality is an often misunderstood identity in today’s world and even more so in historical research.
Celebrate Juneteenth with Pride | Queer Enslaved Icons 2026
Celebrate queer icons Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann, who were born enslaved.
Queer AANHPI Icons 2026 | Part 2
Celebrate queer icons Noguchi Yonejirō, Tamara Ching, and Michiyo Fukaya.
I, Ali Kane, live and work on the traditional lands and waters of the Agawam and Nipmuc peoples (Tataessit), whose enduring relationship with this place existed long before the city of Worcester was named.
I also acknowledge that my direct ancestors were an active part of colonizing the land now known as the state of Massachusetts. I carry that history with humility and grief.
I am committed to remembering and respecting the Nipmuc and Agawam people, and the land itself, by ensuring access to nature remains a universal right, not a privilege.