stonewall
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Tony McDade Was an ‘Imperfect’ Victim of Police Brutality. It’s Exactly Why He Matters
In the week that has passed since Tony McDade’s killing at the hands of a Tallahassee police officer, everything and nothing has changed. A militarized police force has met waves of protest with unfathomable violence. Curfews have cropped up in many cities, including Atlanta, Minneapolis, New York City, Louisville, Oakland and Miami. At the mercy…
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'I'm So Fucking Woke, I'm Ready to Go to Sleep': Lee Daniels Speaks on the Progress of LGBTQ Liberation
Fifty years. It’s been fifty years since the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969. Fifty years worth of struggles, pain, blood, sweat, tears, oppression, erasure, rebellion, progression, and much, much more. Fifty years ago, Lee Daniels was a 10-year-old boy who had just experienced an awakening—he was gay. As LGBTQ Pride Month wraps, I hopped…