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Throwback to Shakedown: LA’s Black Lesbian Strip Club
In Los Angeles in the early 2000’s (I’m talking 2002, 2003 when J Lo released her Glo perfume) and long before social media could tell you where to go out, Shakedown was a famously hot party for the Black lesbian community. Even after LAPD shut down Shakedown in 2004, we came out and supported Leilah Weinraub to finish a documentary on the scene and carve out a piece of history.
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“Someone Great”: Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise Add a Lesbian BFF to the Gal Pal Comedy Formula
It’s like Girls Trip’s less raunchy kid sister who went to NYU and made some white friends.
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“PIMP” Review: Queer Love, Sisterhood, and a Reminder That We Need to Tell Our Own Stories
“It’s as if the BET classic Player’s Club ran head first into Hustle and Flow, but cast a cadre of child stars turned ingenues.”
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15 QTPOC Women’s History Month Films You Should Watch Right Now
Everyone should know the stories of the lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans women of color who’ve been the backbones of LGBT communities forever and ever. So make some popcorn and put your learnin’ pants on!
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I Love “Black Panther” with All My Heart, and I Deserve to See My Queer Self in It Too
The very premise of Wakanda is based on imagining new black realities. Creating new legends, tales of heroics that aren’t predicated on whiteness. Stories of community and strength. Liberation and stardust.
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5 Reasons You Should See “Girls Trip” (Again) This Weekend
“This is one of the best portrayals of the Strong Black Woman Syndrome I’ve seen in a long time.”
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QTPOC Roundtable: TV and Movie Characters That Made Us Feel Seen
“Jessi showed me that it was cool to focus on my ambitions and to form deep relationships with other girls instead of being boy-obsessed.”
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“Whitney: Can I Be Me”: An Intimate, Heartbreaking Portrait of Houston’s Life and Long-Rumored Bisexuality
“While Can I Be Me speculates that Houston was bisexual, no one seems willing to define her connection to Crawford as anything other than a solid friendship.”
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“Hidden Figures” Shines As Bright As The Stars
When you’re stargazing, remember Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson’s work. Tell their stories over and over. They’ve been silenced for so long; now it’s our turn to keep them alive.
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Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt
Southwest of Salem tells the story of four Latina lesbians who were found guilty of a crime they didn’t commit and how the legal and criminal justice systems failed them as queer women of color. Watch it tonight on Investigation Discovery at 8 pm EST.
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How Dare They Do This Again: Stonewall Veteran Miss Major on the “Stonewall” Movie
“These people need to be acknowledged for the role they played. And that they existed! It’s so important that they at least realized that Marsha and Sylvia existed and that they did so much to help the community.”
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A Trans Woman of Color Responds to the Trauma of “Tangerine”
“Why is it that trans women of color have to experience so much violence to remember that they have each other’s back?”
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“Out In The Night,” the Story of Four Black Lesbians Convicted for Self Defense, Premieres on PBS and Logo Tonight
“I know that our story is the story of so many others, and I want those people to know that they’re not alone, and that they do have the right to fight back.”
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“Tangerine” is Hilarious, Beautiful, Authentic, Casts Trans Women to Play Trans Women Leads
“As a trans woman, I’m pretty willing to watch most movies about or featuring trans women, and I’ve been waiting to fall in love with one of them for a long, long time. I came close when I saw Gun Hill Road, but in the end, I was really just enamored with Harmony Santana’s performance. It wasn’t until I saw Tangerine that I really felt butterflies.”
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Support SNAPSHOT: Queer Women Of Color Making Sexy Porn
Support SNAPSHOT, the queer love story that focuses on Women of Color and amazing, totally consensual sex! We’re the love interests, the doms, the desirable ones and we are in control of our narratives. Shine Louise Houston is giving us the goods.
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The Speakeasy Reacts to “Dear White People”
“Dear White People is not a how-to guide on ways to avoid performing acts of microaggressions, or why it’s bad to appropriate black people’s culture. Instead, it’s an examination of the importance of support systems, the difficulty of being an outsider, and how one uses identity as a tool of protection.”
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Idol Worship: We’re Lucky Quvenzhané Wallis Has A High Tolerance for Bullshit ‘Cause We Need Her Around
Quvenzhané Wallis has the most popular name in the 24/7 news cycle as of late, which is funny considering just two days ago journalists couldn’t even be bothered to learn how to pronounce it.
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Dear White People Trailer Storms (Parts of) the Internet
Brittani’s Team Pick: “The amount of black friends required to not seem racist has now been raised to two.”
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I Am Alike: A Nigerian Boi’s Reflection on ‘Pariah’
“I remember holding my breath during pivotal scenes in the movie. I wondered nervously if my brother saw then the direct parallels to his own sister’s life.”
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SIGNIFIED: Coming to a (Small, Community-Oriented) Theater Near You!
Katrina’s Team Pick: Something cool, but even cooler if you’re in Washington, DC.