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There are numerous things in this world that you can try, but actor Tituss Burgess is not one of them.

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Four Northern Virginia school districts are showing support for Gavin Grimm, the young transgender man who’s been in…

Awards season: And another one.

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Laverne Cox is always here to serve us looks, and this month she is serving straight-up sunshine, looking stunning…

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For Gloria Carter, a closeted gay black woman with four kids, life was not horrible. But it was “different.”

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For those of us who came of age in the late ’80s and ’90s, we remember a time full of post-’80s optimism, the rise…

Fashion designer Christian Siriano is one of America’s most beloved fashion designers. He first won our hearts with…

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Every year around this time, the big four broadcast networks­—ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox (I don't count the CW, since it…