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Always here. Always queer.

A group of people are gathered outside a stone building, lined up to take a group photo. A Pride flag is held up in the middle of the crowd, and another flies on a flagpole above the building's entrance. People hold smaller Pride flags of their own. They are smiling at the camera.

Photographed by Eliakim Hawi

This was the community gathering for the annual Pride flag raising at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in 2024. As Chrissie’s shirt said, “Still here. Still queer.”, the 2SLGBTQIA+ community of the Mississippi Valley is always here, and always queer.