Results for: the real l word
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How a Far-Right Moms Group Is Threatening Queer Liberties in Schools
And what we can learn from them this Pride.
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Also.Also.Also: All O’Shae Sibley Wanted to Do Was Dance
Black Trans Liberation has organized a memorial ball this Friday for O’Shae Sibley.
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Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon’s Safety Scissors Haircut Barbie Is My New Favorite Doll
Stef and Lena are back on Good Trouble, Mae Martin’s new spooky Netflix series, Cruel Intentions is for really real getting a TV series, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Reneé Rapp Was Low-Key in Love With Her Best Friend and Co-Star, Wrote “I Do” About Her
Reneé Rapp is the “out and proud Voice of Gen Z” in a Hollywood Reporter cover story, Lydia Tár was a medicore conductor, Hollyoaks set to explore teen gender identity, Tubi’s changing its whole deal and more!
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Gallup Reports on Minuscule LGBT Population, Actually Gets Some Stuff Right
So what if we’re only 3.4% of the population? We’re an interesting bunch of people.
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This Is “-Ussy”: On Mainstream Culture’s Embrace of Queer Language
Frankly, I don’t think most straight people have the wit to make -ussy funny and campy the way we have.
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Pop Culture Fix: “Strange World” Features Disney’s Millionth First Gay Character
Brittani Nichols in the NYT, Jinkx Monsoon joins Chicago on Broadway, all new Criminal Minds, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Did Rebel Wilson Get Bullied Into Coming Out by an Australian Newspaper?
Last night’s Tonys were a big win for queer theater and Black theater, Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle are the first queer women pictured in Architectural Digest in bed, Muff Dives, and more!
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Talking About Trayvon
Some things we read and saw on the internet on #trayvon and race in America.
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Pop Culture Fix: The Kate McKinnon Sketch Rachel Maddow Says Is the Best One in 100 Years
A tribute to Cicely Tyson’s most iconic roles, Harley Quinn season three is a go, celebrating Black LGBTQ+ athletes every day of Black History Month, The Real Housewives’ lesbian problem, and more!
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A Candid Conversation About Queers in the Labor Movement with Longtime Union Activists Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb
In 1990, Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb released Pride At Work, a booklet on organizing for gay and lesbian rights in the workplace. They spoke with Autostraddle about their lives, this “naughty little pamphlet,” and the future of queer labor organizing. Plus, for the first time ever, the full 100-page pamphlet is being released online – right in this post!
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The Private Activism Of Personal Connection
There are multiple ways to be an activist. It does not have to be a large public gesture. In private, trusting conversations with someone very different from you, you can create the space for revolutionary change. Connecting with each other on every scale contributes to a stronger global fight against injustice.
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Also.Also.Also: 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests Are “Unprecedented In Scope” and Just Getting Started
In today’s link roundup: Minneapolis will dismantle its police department, Trump truly could just refuse to leave office, justice for Breonna Taylor, #8toAbolition, more on what defunding the police means, an interview with the “I yield my time” guy and more from the thousands of really important stories in the world today.
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Pop Culture Fix: Some Lesbians Kind of Maybe Kissed a Little Bit in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Also: more awards for Lena Waithe, reliving Lizzo on SNL, Dogs review cats, and Gen Q shenanigans.
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How to Avoid Performative Allyship: The Moment Is Over, Time to Join the Movement
Performative allyship isn’t helping. If you’re interested in building more than just a “woke” brand and want to be part of lasting, systemic change, here’s where to start.
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Pop Culture Fix: Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman are So Emotional About Their “The L Word” Reunion
ODAAT is coming back without its theme song, Edie Falco’s Los Angeles police chief is a lesbian in Tommy, trailers for Shrill and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Chi, more love for the women of Pose, and it’s time to vote in The Brittani’s.
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Pop Culture Fix: Shane McCutcheon Made Kate Moennig Gay, Too
Also: Gillian Anderson falls in love with her characters, more on Brandi Carlile and The Highwomen, Kristen Stewart blesses Robert Pattinson’s Batman, Evan Rachel Wood meets a basically human robot IRL, the joy of ’90s erotic thrillers, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Beanie Feldstein and Sarah Paulson Sure Are Bringing Monica Lewinsky’s Story to TV
“Impeachment” is the new season of American Crime Story, Cobie Smulders is in fact bisexual in Stumptown, Queen Latifah as Ursula, Cara Delevingne as a fairy investigator(?), a real life lesbian wedding during The Prom’s curtain call, a Billie Jean King action figure, and further proof Lena Waithe never sleeps.
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Pop Culture Fix: Handmaid’s Tale Season Three Trailer Finds Serena and June At The Pool, S-M-O-K-I-N-G
Handmaid’s Tale Season Three promises revolution and darkness, Kristen Stewart talks about pressure to define her sexuality, Suranne Jones hired a lesbian sex consultant for “Gentleman Jack,” Clairo on not being straight, writers from Pose and Boomerang and Good Trouble discuss LGBTQ rep, and so much more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein is Queer IRL, FYI
Plus: New trailers for new seasons of Claws, Pose, and Jessica Jones; stabby Killing Eve news and interviews; Amber Benson’s playing gay again; Gentleman Jack has been renewed; that murdery lesbian cello Netflix movie, and more!