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The Oklahoma City King (And Queen) Of Pride

A visit with Floyd Martin, a one-man pride parade, at ground zero of Oklahoma City's gay community

Carrying For Each Other With LGBTQ+ Gun Clubs

"A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box." —Frederick Douglass

Pinball Isn’t Gay Enough

Tulsa’s new queer pinball league flips the script

Let’s Give A Shit About Trans Rights

Trans comics are taking back the bathroom, one stage at a time

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Animal Crackers, Jesus Songs, And Cartoons About Hell

Jessica Davenport’s “The Sunday School Project” was a fever dream of familiar cognitive dissonance

Cat Cox Went From Her Garage To The James Beard Awards

The Country Bird Baker owner made history this week when she became the first Tulsan to win a James Beard award

In “A Relentless Pursuit,” Freedom Of Expression Is Not A Given

William Livingston’s posters, produced in prison, point to more than the concerts they advertise

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 18-24

Juneteenth, queer cabaret, a Michael Wallis book launch, and more

Another Kind Of Endless Summer

Landlocked and listening to The Beach Boys

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Know Tulsa Better

The True Story of Tulsa’s Forgotten Antihero, Sadie James

And a walk downtown in search of her saloon, the Bucket of Blood

The Hawk Is Howling

Mark Brown tucks into the origin story of El Rancho Grande, the legendary 11th Street institution widely considered Tulsa's first Mexican restaurant.

Pinball Isn’t Gay Enough

Tulsa’s new queer pinball league flips the script

Beno Hall: Tulsa’s Den Of Terror

Inside the Klan temple built in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre

Must Reads from The Pickup and This Land

Death’s Yellow Door

A veteran journalist recollects witnessing 16 state executions.

I Triggered Respiratory Distress In An Attempt To Honor My Heritage 

I could have bought gochugaru at the grocery store. I did not want to.

The Government Disappearing People Is Not New. Just Ask Woody Guthrie.

The Trump administration’s deportations have an eerie echo in Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)”