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LGBTQ Icons Define What ‘Pride’ Means to Them
Editor’s note: For Pride Month, The Root and Jezebel are teaming up once again for JezeRoot, with content by writers of color around everyday life for LGBTQ individuals. Pride Month is here, and JezeRoot is back! This month, we celebrate the beauty and vastness of the LGBTQ community and its contributions to this world—and what…
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Ava DuVernay, Gloria Carter and Samira Wiley Honored at GLAAD Awards Because Black Women Stay Winning
For Gloria Carter, a closeted gay black woman with four kids, life was not horrible. But it was “different.” “I chose to protect my family from ignorance. I was happy, but I was not free,” said Carter at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City on Saturday. Carter, whose youngest son is…
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Love, Siriano Style: The Risk-Taker Who Rides With Us
True confession: I fell in love with Christian Siriano the moment I first saw one of his designs come down the Project Runway catwalk in season 4, circa 2008. One look at his impeccable craftsmanship and decadent detailing, and I was a goner—and so was the competition, which might have made for a very dull…
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Google Releases Amazing New Doodle in Honor of Maya Angelou’s 90th Birthday
Google is back at it again with the stunning doodles, this time releasing an audiovisual masterpiece to celebrate what would have been Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday. At first glance, the beautifully drawn doodle of the poet, civil rights activist and author appears to be a regular illustration, but once you click on it, a reading…
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According to Laverne Cox’s New Video, the ’90s Are Officially Back
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 of hip-hop in the grunge era and the unabashed flamboyance of the “club kid.” All were in full effect at the New York City-area college I entered in 1993. Actress Laverne…
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NYFW: Christian Siriano Celebrates 10 Years of Loving Us Unconditionally
Fashion designer Christian Siriano is one of America’s most beloved fashion designers. He first won our hearts with his memorable performances on Project Runway, where he threw shade like no other and cut his way to the top, one fierce and fabulous frock at a time. Now in his 10th year as head of his…
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Laverne Cox Responds to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Celebrities and trans-rights activists are not having it since y’all’s president declared that the U.S. military will not allow transgender people to serve in “any capacity”: Donald Trump’s announcement via Twitter sparked outrage, as well as a slew of responses from celebrities who sought to defend those transgender people who are already serving in the…