Remembering Andrea Gibson, a poet and activist, who gave the LGBTQ+ community more than poetry. They offered truth and a space where queerness felt safe.

As if it were a jump shot from their basketball-obsessed childhood, “soaring towards the rim like a kite,” Andrea Gibson could send a spoken word poem spinning through space and time knowing it would reach its perfect home — swishing to a close in the last lines, nothing but net.

Poet Andrea Gibson performed for a small, intimate crowd at the Hangar Theatre Thursday night. Gibson’s girlfriend, Megan Falley, a queer-femme author of three poetry collections, opened for ...

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