pride month
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Can’t Visit Stonewall in NYC? You Can Still Get Get There Via a ‘Living’ Pride Monument
Today, New York City’s LGBT Community Center, Google and the National Parks Service launched Stonewall Forever, a “living” monument to 50 years of Pride, to half a century of resilience, and to many more years of resistance. When one enters the site, which went live on Tuesday morning, a camera pans over the Manhattan with…
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‘I Want You to Win’: How Pose Actress Angelica Ross Is Winning TV, Tech and Trans Activism
If, like me, you’ve become a fast devotee of the new Ryan Murphy-helmed series Pose, you’ve no doubt become familiar with the perfectly delivered one-liners of character Candy Abundance (member of the House of Abundance, of course). Episode 4, which aired last Sunday, gave us an opportunity to get to know Candy better as viewers…
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Are Black Transgender Men Invisible?
Jason Hill and Luckie Fuller are both transgender men with very different experiences of coming out and transitioning. However, both men have one commonality: constantly trying to overcome the invisibility that black transgender men face. Hill and Fuller address common misconceptions and discuss how they first realized their truths. Listen to their stories in the…
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RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Monét X Change Spills the Tea
Growing up in the Caribbean, Monét X Change saw no LGBTQ representation. But then there was St. Lucia Carnival every summer. “There was this one tall gay dude. His name was Sharmark. He was, like, 6 feet 5 and he would be in, like, a woman’s garment. It was, like, the bra and the panties…
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A (Midwestern) Black Lesbian’s Reflections on 20 Years of Being ‘Family’
It started with a phone call to my mother one hazy June afternoon in Indiana. I called my mother every day, multiple times a day, yet this day was different—this time I was going to tell my mother that I was a lesbian. But before I could even get the words out, I started bawling;…
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‘Why Aren’t People Speaking Up for Us?’ Activist and Model Munroe Bergdorf Pleads for Trans Lives
Last September, transgender activist and model Munroe Bergdorf made headlines when her straight talk about racism cost her a coveted campaign with L’Oreal. But Bergdorf hasn’t let the experience silence her; in fact, she’s allowed it to further fuel her openness about the myriad issues affecting black people, women, and the queer and transgender communities.…
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A Salute to All the Black Queer-Club Owners Who Have Helped Us Be Thots in Safe Spaces
On the second episode of the new FX series Pose—a dance musical that largely chronicles the ballroom culture of New York City and the transgender and queer people who drive it—Blanca Rodriguez, a trans woman, challenges the racism and transphobia she experiences at Boy Lounge, a gay club largely populated by white gays. Upon hearing…
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#TransformationTuesday: Ruby Fox Gives Us a Pride Beauty Tutorial, and We Are Rainbow Ready!
If you love makeup and don’t know Ruby Fox, you’re missing out on a good thang. The drag queen and makeup artist—who looks gorgeous with or without makeup—is an expert at beauty transformations, which made her the perfect artist to tutor us on the perfect Pride look (because the month ain’t over yet, and Pride…
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Trust Black Women: On Celebrating Pride Amid Racism in the LGBTQ+ Community
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. You remember, back in the day, when your mama would tell you some crucial information in order for you to live your best life, but you thought…