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Google salutes ballroom legend & “Godfather of Voguing” Willi Ninja
The company’s latest Google Doodle pays tribute to the LGBTQ+ icon and ballroom culture.
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Leyna Bloom will be the first trans woman of color on cover of Sport’s Illustrated’s swimsuit issue
“My autonomy and my anatomy are beautiful. I want people to see that, and to see that you can be respected, appreciated and loved regardless of your body shape, sexuality, and the color of your skin.”
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Reconstructing ballroom history reveals generations of change
The history of ballroom culture goes back at least 100 years and newly restored footage is bringing history to life.
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Before House LaBeija, there was “The Queen”
While the events were still underground, a documentary crew managed to hear about one and arrived on the scene to create one of the earliest visual records of a drag ball.
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Michelle Visage explains why she won’t be coming out as bisexual
Even though she has slept with men and women, she says she doesn’t live “a bisexual lifestyle.”
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The Harlem Renaissance was as Queer as it was Black
Beginning a century ago, Black LGBTQ entertainers & writers expressed their identities freely. We have them to thank for much of our present society.
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“Good Place” actress Jameela Jamil comes out
“Twitter is brutal,” she wrote in reference to a recent controversy about her casting in an LGBTQ reality show. And then she came out.
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Oprah & Gayle King try to define LGBTQ slang terms & they don’t care if they’re wrong
“I’ve never heard this from any gay person,” Oprah said of a particularly difficult expression.
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Should ‘Pose’ rewrite ACT UP’s diversity issues to include more people of color?
Is Pose guilty of “activism appropriation?”
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New York’s mayor marks March 9 as Hector Xtravaganza Day in honor of the ballroom legend
We need more holidays commemorating fierce queer men of color.