Tag: midwest

For decades, major cities like New York and San Francisco have been seen as safe and supportive environments for the LGBTQ+ community. A new documentary, however, is about to take an in-depth look at the queer folks who have chosen to live outside of those urban bubbles, and the challenges they’ve faced in doing so.On Thursday, Hulu unveiled an emotional trailer for “We Live Here: The Midwest.” Directed by Melinda Maerker, the film is billed as “an authentic portrait of courageous families in America’s heartland,” and is due out Dec. 6.Among those profiled in “We Live Here: The Midwest” are a trans/queer family with five children in Iowa who have been expelled from their church, a gay Black couple and their young daughter in Nebraska, and a lesbian couple who reside on a farm in Kansas, w...