LGBTQIA+

We float down the river with Zoar Outdoors before their pride event this weekend, find out about Fame Lounge's pride celebrations in Holyoke and pluralize words with the Word Nerd.

We hear live music with local band Muswell Hillbillies ahead of their Tom Petty tribute show at The Iron Horse, learn about Lee's first Pride celebration and learn about the failures of reconstruction in with Ousmane Power-Greene.

We celebrate continue to celebrate Pride Month with The Big Gay Speakeasy in Adams, this weekend's Queer Joy Fun Fair and explore baneful v.s. baleful with the Word Nerd.

We talk to actor Sam Waterston about the screening of "The Killing Fields" at The Triplex, get a rundown of the festivities to come at Franklin County Pride and learn about jam with Beaumont's Berries.

We learn how to celebrate authenticity with this weekend's Hampshire Pride and the Rainbow Players Theater and discover life on planets far, far away with Mr. Universe.

We learn how Wander Berkshires is celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility, check in with the 2nd annual Montague Shakespeare Festival and discuss some dark matters with Mr. Universe.

We learn about an upcoming event in Florence to uplift artists who belong to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and check in with the folx at the Gardener's Supply Center in Hadley.

We learn about lesbian history in Northampton, skate around with the Pioneer Valley Roller Derby and blast to the past with the soon-to-be Visions Video store.

We discuss family storytelling with picture book "Jane Writes a Play," learn about this weekend's Queer Story Slam, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Even before Donald Trump became president again and signed several anti-LGBTQ+ orders, more than two dozen states had been building up their policies. Seeking a quality of life with less discrimination, some families with LGBTQ+ children decided to move to states with more protections in place. One family recently arrived in western Massachusetts from South Carolina.