Results for: dead to me
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The Mexplainer: A History of Anti-Brown Violence in the American Southwest
Latinxs are under attack. Since gringos first decided to manifest their destiny on our land, Latinx people in the United States have been forced to live under a regime of fear and degradation: White Supremacy.
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Also.Also.Also: Happy Women’s World Cup Pride Month, Bless Us All
The USWNT is here, queer, ready to rumble; one of the internet’s most beloved TV critics comes out as a trans woman; Miss Major recounts Stonewall; more lesbians are suing Trump; and more!
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Also.Also.Also: The Prom’s Lesbian Kiss Wins the Tony Awards and Other Gay Shenanigans
How the U.S. government continues to fail the USWNT, Stonewall 50, Google’s LGBTQ employees are furious at YouTube too, when abortion was illegal, and so much more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Katie McGrath Is a “Bisexual High-Octane British Truth Bomb” in a New Aussie Series
Plus: Watch Laverne Cox get ready for the Met Gala, Suranne Jones’ gay struttin’ on Gentleman Jack is on purpose, the CW wants a full season of Batwoman, Disney’s live-action Lady & the Tramp will replace the racist cat song with a new Janelle Monáe track, and more!
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Queer Journalist and LGBT Rights Activist Lyra McKee Killed in a Terrorist Incident in Northern Ireland
“Lyra was a ball of energy, passion and wit. To know her even a little was an inspiration.”
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Be The Change: Allies, Accomplices and Collective Liberation
What’s the difference between ally and accomplice? How can you use these terms to think about how you’re in solidarity with others?
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Be The Change: The Art of the Ultimate Letter to the Editor
A letter to the editor can be an effective tactic to get the word out about an issue, show support for a bill, speak up about something in your community, or to get free publicity for your activist work!
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On This Tragic Shabbat: 11 Murdered by Anti-Semitic Terrorist at Pittsburgh Synagogue
In Jewish philosophy, the “Tree of Life” is emblematic of the wisdom of the Torah: “its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.”
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Sunday Funday Is Still Dazzled By Tessa Thompson in Her “Men in Black” Suit
Plus: a teenage girl is battling homophobia with cake batter, women carpenters are building homes for the houseless, lesbian football, and all the gay clubs in Utah that are open on Christmas, and more!
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Also.Also.Also: Cargo Pants Are Back in Style, Make Great Gay Voting Attire
Did you hear about the midterms, seeing movies alone, women’s anger, queer music bc I love you, finding a sugar mama, queer food, Grace Bonney, and more!
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“Adventures in New America”: A Black Lesbian Stars in This Afrofuturist Podcast From the Producers of “Night Vale”
This is the science fiction black people rarely get to star in, but I’m still a little wary.
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15 Years Later, Has PREA Protected LGBTQ Prisoners Against Sexual Assault?
A disproportionate number of prisoners identify as LGBTQI. On the 15th anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, we look at what the bill has done to protect them — and what challenges remain.
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Sasha Wall Is the 8th Trans Woman Murdered in the US in 2018
The 29-year-old Black trans woman was shot and killed in South Carolina.
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The Riot Isn’t Over: 6 Movements and Organizations that Map Militancy in LGBT History
Regardless of whether you ultimately see the use of militant force as an admirable tactic, the truth is that any progress the queer community has made is at least in part to all those queers who refused to play by the rules, the queers who behaved badly, the queers who believed that unjust laws must be broken as a method of survival.
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Pop Culture Fix: “Lost Girl” Lesbian Legend Zoie Palmer Is Coming In (Way) Hot on “Wynonna Earp”
Plus: You gotta watch this Ellen/Sean Hayes interview, a UK Bad Girls reunion, Lena Waithe remains the smoothest operator, a Fosters spin-off for the moms(??), a gay Emily Dickinson comedy, and so much more!
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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The 12 Best Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Latinx Pop Culture Moments of 2017
Whether you’re Mexican, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Cuban, Panamanian or Argentinian, there were great examples of queer Latinidad for you.
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Pop Culture Fix: “Pretty Little Liars” Is Spinning Off With Ali and Mona
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is happening, Supergirl introduces its Maggie/Alex kerfuffle, Shonda Rhimes wants to make TV extra gay, speculation about the Sense8 series finale, straight white men having a little fit about Rachel Maddow and more!
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Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.
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Black History Month Roundtable: Imagining Our Bright, Bold Black Queer Futures
In the second and final part of our Black History Month Roundtable series, we’re ready to look forward. We’re asking, what are our hopes for black queer futures?