HEALTH
HIV Advocates Warn Phoenix Ordinance Prioritizes Fear Over Public Health
Providers warn the city’s park ordinance could undermine HIV prevention efforts targeting unhoused residents.
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HEALTH
HIV Advocates Warn Phoenix Ordinance Prioritizes Fear Over Public Health
Providers warn the city’s park ordinance could undermine HIV prevention efforts targeting unhoused residents.
HEALTH
Inside ReStory: A Conference Promoting Conversion Therapy in Arizona
As the Supreme Court weighs the future of state bans, a faith-based conference in Arizona shows how conversion therapy is being rebranded and revived.
HEALTH
Phoenix City Council Considers Ban of Life-Saving Care in Parks
An initial draft of the proposal to LOOKOUT revealed sweeping changes to how community orgs can provide harm-reduction supplies and testing at city parks.
HEALTH
LOOKOUT Report: Maricopa HIV Deaths Reveal Gaps in Care for the Unhoused
Nearly a quarter of HIV-related deaths in Maricopa County involved people who were housing insecure, but limited data and threatened housing programs leave the scope of the crisis largely unseen.
CULTURE
How a Tiny Arizona Town Became Home to a National Queer Arts Exhibition
An LGBTQ+-owned gallery in Tubac has become a hub for similar artists, even after some locals pushed back.
HEALTH
Inside Arizona’s Unconventional Fight With HIV Rates
Arizona’s public health workers are replacing outdated clinic models with street-level outreach to reach people who might otherwise fall through the cracks.
POLITICS
A Tucsonan is Claiming Asylum in Canada. Her Case Could Reshape How LGBTQ+ People Seek Safety Abroad.
A case from Arizona could test Canada’s asylum laws and set a precedent for transgender people's claims across the nation.
POLITICS
Mesa Recall Shows Scapegoating Trans People Remains A Potent Strategy for Far-Right Republicans
Despite claims nationally that attacks on transgender people didn’t work in the November elections, a recall in Mesa showed how the tactic remains effective in some places where Turning Point has sway.
EDUCATION
How Federal Policy Is Quietly Rewriting Queer Life on Campus
From altered LGBTQ+ resources to pressure over grant funding, universities like ASU are navigating a new era of political coercion that scholars say threatens decades of progress.
HEALTH
Queer People Are Hardest Hit By Federal SNAP Freeze. How Many In AZ, Though, Is Unclear.
As food aid stalls during the shutdown, LGBTQ+ people are leaning on chosen family and community care to survive.
CULTURE
A MAGA stronghold. A queer baker. And the best cinnamon rolls in northern Arizona.
In a town where rainbow flags are rare, The Bearded Baker has become a sanctuary for queer visibility, and seriously good bread.
CULTURE
How Muralist Shela Yu Embraced Her Queer, Chinese American Story
A queer Chinese American artist from Mesa, Yu blends identity, healing, and creativity to make space for visibility — and for play — in Arizona’s desert arts scene.