genderfluidity
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Big Freedia: If I Had Known the 'Queen' in Queen Diva Would Cause So Much Confusion, I Might Have Called Myself the King!
The bullet in my right bicep always aches. It reminds me how everything about me is fair game: who I love, how I dress—indeed, my very body is up for judgment and assault from all quarters, everywhere, all the time. In 2004, I was idling in the driveway of my friend’s apartment building when a…
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Billy Porter Just Made History as the First Man to Cover Allure. What’d You Do This Week?
“I’m part of the first generation of gay men, ever, who get to be out, loud, and proud in the world. My generation is the first,” says Pose star, red carpet slayer, and multiple major award-winner Billy Porter. “Bitches are scared. And they should be.” Porter, who in September became the first openly gay black…
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I Dream a World: Mattel Offers Its 1st Nonbinary Fashion Dolls With ‘Creatable World’
The brand Barbie made world-famous is branching out beyond the binary, offering a new world full of options for a society increasingly living beyond labels. On Wednesday, Mattel unveiled Creatable World™, a customizable line of dolls that come with “extensive wardrobe options, accessories and wigs [which] allow kids to style the doll with short or…
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Over the Rainbow: This Pride Month, Kehlani and Rico Nasty Debut Gender and Sex-Positive Clothing Collections
This is what we call “music with a message.” For Pride Month 2019, two of the music industry’s buzzier talents decided to say it with their chests: love is love, and gender is…whatever you want it to be. Hip-hop and R&B entertainers Kehlani and Rico Nasty each debuted clothing collections this week, and both are…
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'What Are We Saying?': Billy Porter Calls Out the Misogyny in Fearing a Man Wearing a Dress
“As artists, we get to be a part of changing,” Billy Porter told the women of The View on Friday morning. “With me, the clothes have a statement; the clothes mean something, I want to open up conversations.” Porter has certainly helped open up a few—specifically when it comes to challenging gender-specific dressing on the…
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Billy Porter Does It Again: The Pose Star Wears Upcycled, Gender Fluid Glamour to the 2019 Peabody Awards
If you’re anything like me, you are counting down the days until Pose returns for its second season on FX. But until that happy day arrives, the cast has been giving us no shortage of red carpet drama (see: the Met Gala), most recently at Saturday night’s 78th annual Peabody Awards. We’ve become well-accustomed to…
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From Moonlight to Magazine Covers, Ashton Sanders Isn't Just Another Man
It’s #ThrowbackThursday, which got us thinking about that time in 2016 when Ashton Sanders broke barriers portraying the withdrawn and confused teenaged Chiron in the 2017 Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. Aside from that year’s grande finale upset at the Oscars, Sanders would prove instrumental in presenting a little-seen, but nevertheless much-needed version of black masculinity…
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With a History-Making Debut and Genderless Collection, No Sesso Breaks Barriers During NYFW
No Sesso co-founders Pierre Davis and Arin Hayes are New York Fashion Week newcomers, but their reputation is already well established among industry cool kids. The Los Angeles-based design duo that also deejays part-time have bridged music and fashion with their gender-defying clothing, as seen on the likes of Lizzo, SZA, Chloe x Halle, and…