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October LGBTQ+ History Month

 

Proclamation Campaign - Join us in our campaign to the City of Lubbock Mayor and Council to join other municipalities across the State and Nation to declare October as LGBTQ+ History Month in Lubbock, TX.

 

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"Queer Art & Politics is a Drag"

 

We were troubled to learn of the Lubbock City Council voting 5-2 to amend the awards for the Cultural Arts Grant Program under Civic Lubbock Inc. at the July 23 regular session.

 

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Lubbock LGBTQ+ History Project

 

What’s it like living in Lubbock?  That’s a popular question for most of us in the LGBTQ+ community. We tend to answer that question in several ways: we talk about our geography, politics, culture, and strength.

 

Help us add your story/memory to our history project.

 

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Redesigning Resistance: Works on LGBTQ Rights in Lubbock

 

June 22, 2024

12 PM-8 PM | Studio D at CASP

FREE!  PRIDE Prize Packet with raffle tickets for $2

 

Facebook event details

 

 

PRIDE Proclamation

 

Press Release

 

Help us encourage the City of Lubbock to declare June as PRIDE Month. 

 

  • Since 1999 the nation has recognized PRIDE Month.  It is time for our city leaders to step and do the same. As their constituents our expectations are high. 
  • Join us in our campaign to hold our leaders accountable to all citizens of Lubbock.

We want to hear from you. 

  • The OUTwest Lubbock Blog page is called "Living Here".
  • Highlight our community stories, experiences, and lives told in first-person accounts from the South Plains of Texas.
  • Sharing our stories makes the invisible, visible. 
  • With visibility comes PRIDE in ourselves and each other.

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

Press Release

  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - #PRIDEProclamation: Letter-Writing Party
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM  - Film Screening

Firehouse Theater at LHUCA, 511 Ave. K, Lubbock, TX

 

Tickets are required!

FREE tickets available at Eventbrite

National LGBTQ+ Elders Day

 

Press Release

 

With PRIDE month (June) only a few weeks away, today, we remember and recognize those who have come before us.  We would not be here today as the virtual community center if it were not for those who took a chance and took a stand to dedicate themselves to operating the only Community Outreach Center here in Lubbock for the LGBT community.

Lubbock LGBTQ community to raise funds to petition mayor, city council to declare June Pride Month

 

LUBBOCK, Texas — OUTwest Lubbock, a South Plains community center for LGBTQ people announced it is raising financial support through GoFundMe for a letter-writing campaign.

 

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Community groups again ask Lubbock city council to recognize June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month

 

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Lubbock Election Season is HERE!

 

There is plenty on the ballot this year.  

 

*Mayor

*City Council Representative

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There are 190,131 registered voters in Lubbock County as of 04/17/24.  Are you one of them?  Need to check your status, check your mail-in deadline, and/or check your polling location.  Visit votetexas.org today!

Lubbock & the South Plains in the Spotlight

 

State News

National News

  • HRC - Human Rights Campaign

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