In a town better known for wine tasting rooms and Old West charm, a former church now anchors a growing queer arts and nightlife scene in the Verde Valley.
Fifteen years after opening with almost no students, Leah and RaeRae Bancod-Roman have turned The Jukebox Grounds into a thriving Mesa dance studio — and a space where authenticity fuels art.
A long-tolerated gray-market drug popular among the youth and LGBTQ+ people could soon carry prison time in Arizona.
Stacy’s at Melrose says the tool is about efficiency. Critics say it raises existential questions about queer spaces, labor, and surveillance.
With vetoes from Gov. Katie Hobbs looming, some legislators are reviving old proposals that have once failed, and turning to ballot measures to push them through.
Demonstrators opposing a proposed partnership between the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and federal immigration officials drowned out a Republican press conference Monday, forcing lawmakers inside and signaling a contentious start to the legislative session.
Canceled amid federal DEI funding fears, Arizona’s only LGBTQ+ film festival is back as an independent event. LOOKOUT first reported on the festival’s closure , which sparked national outrage.
Providers warn the city’s park ordinance could undermine HIV prevention efforts targeting unhoused residents.
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.
Los trabajadores de salud pública de Arizona están reemplazando los modelos tradicionales de clínicas con alcance en las calles para llegar a personas que de otro modo podrían quedar fuera del sistema.
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.
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.
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