Oct 1, 20215 min readSomeone Waits For Me: LGBT+ Elders Share Their Stories By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine and Coming of Age Magazine Although queer and transgender people have been present in films since...
Jun 1, 20214 min readPensaPride: Pensacola’s New LGBT+ Pride FestivalBy Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Every June, people in cities across the world flood the streets in rainbow regalia, flying flags and...
May 1, 20215 min readQueering Spaces: Uncovering Untold Community HistoryBy Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd How do we decide whose stories are recorded or written in history books? For a long time, the answer...
Dec 1, 20208 min readMerry Queersmas: How the LGBT+ Community CelebratesBy Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Gathering around the dining room table with family can be daunting—especially with looming discussion...
Aug 1, 20204 min readBuilding an LGBT+ Inclusive CommunityBy Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd “But the child who is born on Sunday is bonnie and blithe, and good and gay,” reads the nursery rhyme...
May 1, 20204 min readPensacola Beach Pride Weekend: 'Still Proud Even if Pride is Canceled'By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Across the nation, events and gatherings have come to a crashing halt in response to COVID-19 social...
Dec 1, 20194 min readWinter Queerstice: Pensacola's All-Inclusive Holiday CelebrationBy Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of the holidays, they often picture food, family and friends. For the LGBT+...