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Hi Yana, I’ve been with the same partner for many years, since before I transitioned. We’ve navigated all of my dysphoria ...

While growing up in New England, Jackie Gallo was mesmerized by the trees. As a teenager, she would stand in the middle of ...

Board members of The Heavy Culture Cooperative before the first live music event at THCC in Easthampton, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo ...

Hi Yana, I’ve been with the same partner for many years, since before I transitioned. We’ve navigated all of my dysphoria around my sexual preferences up to this point. Recently I had bottom surgery ...

While growing up in New England, Jackie Gallo was mesmerized by the trees. As a teenager, she would stand in the middle of the woods in northern Rhode Island — and look up. In the autumn, the canopy ...

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Max Schneider, 12, right, performs an improvised monologue during rehearsal for the upcoming Youth Performance Festival at the Northampton Center for the Arts, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI ...

“You know what goes on behind closed doors in a polyamorous household?” Fox asks, and I lean in closer. We’re on the phone and he is 800 miles away, so I am leaning toward — nothing. I am on the ...

Mimi Ditkoff works on a mural for Commonwealth Murals and Out Now, a queer youth organization, at a studio in Springfield.

A vile of ketamine and syringe along with an eye mask at the Center for Healing Journeys in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/DAN LITTLE Clinical Supervisor Lilly Gaev, LCSW, right, sits with Bob Flaherty as ...