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FX's Pose Receives First Major Award Nomination
The history making, groundbreaking—10’s across the board receiving—FX series POSE has received its first major award nomination from the IFP Gotham Awards for long form breakthrough series. Co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals, Pose is unlike anything television has ever seen. The period drama sheds a light on New York City’s ballroom…
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Ericka and Ebony: ‘Our Love Is Not Complicit in White Systems’
“I feel like people don’t hate our love. They hate who we are. I think the world hates black people,” Ericka Hart said. She and her man, Ebony Donnley, share a love that is revolutionary. “I am so used to being hated just by my very existence, that being in partnership with someone and our…
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#WCW: Laverne Cox Is Beauty Goals on Gay Times’ Special Pride Edition
Laverne Cox is always here to serve us looks, and this month she is serving straight-up sunshine, looking stunning in yellow as she graces the cover of Gay Times magazine. Aside from serving as a beauty inspiration for many, Cox is a true role model and trailblazer. After taking on the role of Sophia in…
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Pride for Profit? Nike Catches Criticism for Using the Pink Triangle on Its BeTrue Sneakers
It’s Pride Month, that time of year when rainbow symbology suddenly regains significance in American consciousness—and consumerism. In recent years, mass-market retailers have made big demonstrations of their support of the LGBTQIA community (notably, even more so since the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S. in 2015). A stroll down any major retail corridor…
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GLAAD and Gorgeous: Guests Were Out and Proud on the GLAAD Awards Red Carpet
Red carpets are our “must-see TV” here at The Glow Up, and this weekend wasn’t a disappointment with the 2018 GLAAD Awards. This was one of our favorite red carpets of the year, just because it was so free. In fact, we think GLAAD should seriously consider renaming the ceremony the “Free to Be You…
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Janelle Monáe Says Dirty Computer Is a Soundtrack for Carefree Black Women Who Are ‘Beautiful as Fuck’
I woke up this morning to headlines of Janelle Monáe coming out as a “queer black woman.” Sure, this is something many of us speculated about and indulged over once we peeped the visuals for her new album, Dirty Computer, but to have the CEO, record label owner, CoverGirl, artist and actual black girl magician…
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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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Attorneys for Bullied Gay Teen Want Manslaughter Charges Dismissed After Cellphone Video of Attack Emerges
The video is grainy, and it’s difficult, at first viewing, to tell what exactly is happening. But the crucial nine seconds it catches—of three teens engaged in a disruptive fistfight—is enough, defense attorneys say, to get manslaughter charges against their client Abel Cedeno dropped. Cedeno made headlines last year after stabbing two classmates, Matthew McCree…
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She’s Gotta Have Her: The Great Str8-Girl Debate
It was around 1994, and I was crushing hard on L. She was fine—like an Asian Apollonia, but just a bit thicker, with a dynamite smile and an easy laugh. She was also the sister of a guy I worked and hung out with, and I liked her immediately. Up to that point, my dating…
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Dapper: Fashioning a Queer Aesthetic of Black Womanhood
“Ain’t I a woman?” Black feminist pioneer Sojourner Truth famously asked that question of an all-white audience of abolitionists and suffragettes in 1861, to point out the erasure of black women from the social “protections” of womanhood. A century and a half later, black women, from Misty Copeland and Serena Williams to first lady Michelle…