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Christian actress spent 5 years in court defending her right to make anti-LGBTQ+ comments. She just lost.
Seyi Omooba was fired from a 2019 production of The Color Purple in which she was to play queer lead Celie.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor criticized “The Color Purple” for “sanitizing” lesbian romance
“I want people to walk away from The Color Purple thinking, ‘I just saw a movie about Black lesbians.’ I don’t think that has happened.”
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Homophobic rapper viciously mocked for walking out of “The Color Purple” over lesbian love story
He apparently went to see “The Color Purple” without knowing that it has a lesbian story arc.
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Two Black women opened a queer bar that’s challenging racism & misogyny in Chicago’s Boystown
Parts of Boystown have been called racist, misogynist and transphobic. A new bar, Nobody’s Darling, is trying to strike a new, more inclusive tone.
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9 LGBTQ writers who have won the Pulitzer Prize (& a couple of honorable mentions)
We found 9 LGBTQ writers who have won Pulitzers. Are there more? Tell us!
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CommentaryRep. Ayanna Pressley reveals she has no hair in a culture obsessed with black women’s hair
The Congresswoman’s braids are an inspiration to many, but she now she wants to be “free from the secret and the shame.”
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Commentary10 LGBT trailblazers that you probably didn’t know were crazy sexy
Not only were these folks giants in their fields, they were historical hotties too.
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Hillary Clinton cheered at last performance of Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’
The crowd gave her a standing ovation.
