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Social Media Influencer Bretman Rock is the First Openly Gay Male Model to Take it All Off on the Cover of Playboy Magazine
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(Blog)
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... was the first solo Black cover girl for Playboy in 1971. In July 2020, Bad Bunny graced the cover as the first solo male model, other than Hefner himself, and discussed his role as a queer ally in the ...
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Created on 07 October 2021
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Living in Her Truth: Mae Whitman Comes Out As Pansexual In Tweet About Role In LGBTQIA+ Friendly Show “The Owl House”
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(Feminism)
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... Being pansexual myself, I wish I had such incredible characters like Amity and Luz in my life when I was growing up. Queer representation is sososo important :,) keep it up world! #TOH pic.twitter.com/B3C71c24aN ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea
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(TV)
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... and gender identities. In the main cast alone, there is pansexual play boy, a "bitchy" lesbian, a queer/questioning boy with a pink buzzcut, and a transwoman with killer style. This is really exciting, ...
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Created on 17 August 2021
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"The Lesbian Bar Project" Documentary Is Helping to Save Lesbian Bars From Extinctio
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(Movies)
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... to 21 in 2021. The Lesbian Bar Project documentary was released three days into Pride Month and serves both as a call to action and a tool to educate people about the vitality of lesbian bars to the queer ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid
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(Living)
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... notions of the Pride parade or myself standing adjacent to that much queer energy. At 14, I wasn’t awake to my full sexuality or desires. It just felt like a San Francisco bucket list activity.
As the ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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9 Books By International LGBTQ+ Authors For Present And Future Pride Celebrations
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(Books)
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... Feminist Press One of the first LGBTQ+ novels to come out of China, this now cult-classic of Chinese queer literature was originally published anonymously online. Following the heart wrenching love story ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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"Ahead of the Curve" Is A Must-See Documentary About Franco Stevens and The Birth of Her Popular Lesbian Magazin
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(Movies)
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... appealing to queer women who were in need of community. Throughout the documentary, we follow Stevens experiences through a number of trials and tribulations. She bares her soul for the viewers. Filled ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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NYPD Is Banned From NYC Pride Events Until 2025 In An Effort To "Create Safer Spaces" For LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC Communitie
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(Feminism)
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... for June 27.
Top photo by Teddy Osterblom via Unsplash
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Created on 19 May 2021
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5 Righteous Reading Recommendations From Olaronke Akinmowo Of The Free Black Women's Librar
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(Books)
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... about two Black teen girls who find home and safety in each other, and it captures the nuances of the Black diaspora while telling a queer story devoid of stereotypical extreme violence or pathology. I ...
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Created on 11 May 2021
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In Honor of AAPI Heritage Month, Read These 10 New and Upcoming Works By AAPI Authors
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(Books)
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... House by K-Ming Chang Out June 29, 2021. From the author of the 2020 novel Bestiary, is a micro chapbook from Bull City Press. Only 26 pages long, it is a Taiwanese American, queer retelling of Wuthering ...
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Created on 10 May 2021
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11.
Janet Mock Gave Hollywood The Long Overdue Read It Deserves At The "Pose" Season Three Premier
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(TV)
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... exploitation of trans and queer representation as just a few of her grievances.
The importance of a show like Pose can’t be overstated, and so the collective sadness among longtime fans came as no surprise ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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12.
Rollerskating is Back! And Skate Queen Lola Star is Here to Share All Her Tips to Get You Started
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(Living)
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... from her decades as an avid rink fixture. One of the best of the newer roller-skating content creators on YouTube is the colorful and fabulous Rebel from Queer Girl Straight Skates. Be sure to also check ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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Podcasting OG's Crissle West And Kid Fury of "The Read" Land A Historic Record Deal With Issa Rae’s Raedio Lab
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(Entertainment)
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... be preceded by an official debut single, full-length tracklist, artwork and visuals. As of late, the project is slated to release later this summer,” Essence Magazine confirms.
This Black, queer-centric, ...
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Created on 29 April 2021
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Does Netflix's Upcoming Season Of "Master Of None" Hide Behind Queer Black Women To Sell Audiences A Dying Sho
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(TV)
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... annual holiday season in a Black household, while also coming more and more into a queer identity.
Co-written by Waithe and Ansari, the episode remains a groundbreaking moment in Waithe’s career, ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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15.
The History of Capsule Wardrobes And How To Build One That Isn't Borin
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(Style)
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... a woman from day to night, office to party.”
Today, mainstream fashion magazines and websites publish an ongoing flurry of articles on capsule wardrobes. In January, Queer Eye fashionisto Tan France ...
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Created on 21 April 2021
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Social Justice Illustrator Shirien Damra Re-envisions A Better Future Through Art: BUST Interview
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(Arts)
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When 33-year-old artist Shirien Damra first learned about the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was gunned down while jogging in Georgia last year, she, like many of us, was angry and heartbroken. ...
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Created on 13 March 2021
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Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... Denyeta. Alexandria, Virginia. 1979 © JEB / Anthology Editions
Social media can difficult. I'm thinking about how so much mainstream media queer representation lacks joy and there is a focused lens on ...
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Created on 12 March 2021
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10 Timely, Empowering Books to Read During Women's History Mont
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(Books)
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... on U.S. soil to the powerful artists, activists, and queer women of today. The full symphony of these voices creates a more complete movement of Black women than the shrunken one taught in many U.S. schools. ...
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Created on 08 March 2021
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Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
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(Movies)
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... assaulted and participating in sex work at a young age, she never explicitly acknowledges her queerness and suggests that her mother was unaware of having sent her to live in a brothel, though it is widely ...
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Created on 04 March 2021
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Nina Renata Aron Wants You To Know That It Gets Better: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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... idea rolls over into working women in general. Two, I think this is happening subconsciously. And as a lesbian, my first thought was, I don't see this phenomenon among lesbians and queer people. So, I think ...
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Created on 25 February 2021
