Carmen Carrera, a transgender model and activist is set to star in a brand new docuseries about a group of young trans women living in Chicago. The series, produced by Tyra Banks, will debut its eight hour-long episode run on VH1 in late 2014 or early 2015
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You guys! Orange is the New Black comes back in 21 days!
An Abby Mills sighting and a delicious eggplant pasta with burrata.
The ultimate intro glass toy.
Excitedly bought an unnecessary amount of mushrooms at the farmers market but now you aren’t sure what to do with them? Stir-fry that shit with a little soy sauce and some chili paste and put it in a potsticker.
Party in your onesies with Hannah Hart, one of my favorite sketch videos of all time, a cat with places to go, and Samira Wiley.
Eileen Myles poems, reading poetry, topless reading parties, excerpts from An Untamed State and more.
Manning is in a tight spot. Not only does she have to deal with the military’s transphobia and transmisogyny, but she also has to deal with the same thing coming from prison industrial complex in which she is imprisoned.
ABC, NBC, and FOX have released their upfronts for this fall’s new shows and I have a lot of feelings.
Lesbian comedian Erin Foley’s new album “Lady with Pockets” is worth your time.
Wisconsin’s Janesville School District issued an apology for showing a pro-marriage-equality video without also showing an anti-equality rebuttal. When it comes to educating kids, though, that kind of “fairness” doesn’t help anyone.
This week on “Faking It,” Amy goes to a lesbian coffee shop and Karma’s parents introduce the schoolchildren to Kale!re
#TransHealthcareNOW reminds New Yorkers that trans people need real action.
Less than five percent of LGBT people donate to LGBT organizations. Now is a good time to change that, and the need to support non-mainstream organizations has never been more clear.
“I slept in your place and on your pillow — it was most as good as the cigarette you lit and gave me all gooey — not quite, for we had you and the sweet taste too — I am foolish about you I admit.”
Despite being only 16 years old and charged with no crime, a young transgender girl is being shuffled around in a Connecticut adult prison.
12. Getting a macchiato from Starbucks and the barista gets her name right because she’s fucking Raven-Symoné