Follow CA and NJ’s Lead: Teach LGBT History in Schools

By Perry N. Halkitis

In the musical “Hamilton,” my former sixth-grade student, Lin Manuel Miranda, muses, “Who tells your story?”

His words are significant and meaningful to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, whose health and wellbeing are dependent on living our lives and telling our stories openly and without judgment.

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The River City Chronicles by J. Scott Coatsworth - Part Eleven

Sacramento author J. Scott Coatsworth has written and published a number of short stories, novellas and full-length novels, but “The River City Chronicles” holds a special place in his little writer heart.

In many ways, it is a love letter to Sacramento, one that we wanted to share with Outword’s readers. To do that we have uploaded the next installment of chapters of the book here, for you to read online.

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2 New Movies At Tower & 3 Classics At The Crest

By Chris Narloch

If you’ve already seen “Captain Marvel,” or you’re all superheroed out, I have several big screen recommendations that don’t have anything to do with DC or Marvel. (Imagine that.)

Here are three to see at the Crest this month, plus two must-see movies at Tower.

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Kaki King Set To Tear Up The Sofia This Sunday

Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Kaki King is a true iconoclast, a visionary musician/artist whose singular work rightly stands out amongst the easily formatted.

Over her decade-long career thus far, the Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer (who was born in Atlanta) has recorded five extraordinarily diverse and distinctive LPs, performed with such icons as Foo Fighters, Timbaland, and The Mountain Goats.

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