Nigel Shelby was a 15-year-old high school freshman in Alabama who, according to reports on Facebook, committed suicide…
If, like me, you’ve become a fast devotee of the new Ryan Murphy-helmed series Pose, you’ve no doubt become familiar…
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Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the “unbought and unbossed” Shirley Chisholm to Saturday night’s MTV Movie & TV…
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We long for the day when no one feels compelled to “come out”—or for straight folks to feel equally compelled. Ideally,…
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Laverne Cox is always here to serve us looks, and this month she is serving straight-up sunshine, looking stunning in…
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It’s Pride Month, that time of year when rainbow symbology suddenly regains significance in American consciousness—and…
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