Results for: representation
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Pop Culture Fix: St. Vincent and Amandla Stenberg Are Making Feminist Movies For You
Plus also: Evan Rachel Wood tells us what perfume has in common with being bisexual, Marie Claire hangs out with Rowan Blanchard, everyone’s still talking about The 100, and many other entertainment news stories for your sweet faces.
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Rowan Blanchard Is Queer: 14-Year-Old “Girl Meets World” Actress Comes Out On Twitter
Last night, one of Rowan Blanchard’s Twitter followers tweeted: “BisexualRileyMatthews2k16.” Blanchard respond: “would really be here for this! if not Riley- its vvv important to me, being queer, that there is representation on our show.”
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Pop Culture Fix: Lesbian TV Characters Keep Dying and also 14 Exciting Queer Things
There’s so many stories in here! The Bury Your Gays conversation is going strong, Ellen DeGeneres’s beard speaks out, Abby Wambach is ashamed of her DUI, Caitlyn Jenner joins the cast of “Transparent,” videos from the GLAAD Awards, new trailers for Salem and “Grace & Frankie,” we mourn the end of The People Vs. OJ Simpson and SO MUCH MORE!
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Here We Go Again: Mississippi Governor Signs Sweeping, Dangerous Anti-LGBT Bill Into Law
Mississippi is the latest state to pass an anti-LGBT bill that protects people who don’t believe in same-sex marriage, trans people and extramarital sex; the man who killed Islan Nettles took a plea deal to get a shorter prison sentence; Texas is considering protecting “religious freedom” in its constitution; a man from LA killed his son because he was gay and more news.
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Rebel Girls: It Turns Out, Voting For Women Isn’t Enough
Voting for women isn’t all it takes to reach gender parity in politics. Changing our political system from the bottom-up will go a lot further.
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Pop Culture Fix: Is Lexa’s Death on “The 100” the Beginning of a Lesbian TV Revolution?
Mainstream media is covering Bury Your Gays for the first time ever. Plus, Evan Rachel Wood takes over Nylon for a day, Mary Louise-Parker and Rachel Griffiths will play wives on your teevee, Roxane Gay’s first novel is becoming a movie, and everyone loves Ellen Page’s Gaycation.
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Top 11 Times This Year Pop Culture Reminded Us Kids Are Queer and Trans Too
As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age 6 are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn’t be allowed to use the bathroom, we’re going to need representation in all-ages media.
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Also.Also.Also: Wizarding Schools, Chin Talk and Other Stories to Start Your Week
Lots of Harry Potter stuff happening right now, emotional complexity, late people, rich kids and veggies, reparations, being a teenage girl, “diversity,” and honestly more amazing stuff than you can shake a stick at, so get in here.
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LGBTQ Women, Real and Imaginary, Dominate GLAAD Award Nominees
Movies centered on lesbian, bisexual and trans women dominate this year’s film nominations, there are more trans stories featured than ever before and other exciting news from this year’s GLAAD nominations!
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GLAAD’s ‘Studio Responsibility Index’ Finds Hollywood Fails at LGBT Representation
LGBT characters may no longer be a big deal in mainstream films but good, nuanced portrayals that actually drive the plot most certainly are.
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LGBTQ Students Need Representation in Textbooks — and a Whole Lot More
On the 45th anniversary of Stonewall and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, it is worth interrogating how we learn and know our histories — and the conditions that contribute to our learning environment.
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Sunday Funday is Putting LGBT Rights in Writing Around the Globe
I’ve got good news for you, from Nepal to Argentina to Scotland and back!
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Pop Culture Fix: “Stonewall” Even More Insufferable Than Expected and Other Enlightening Stories
Early scathing reviews of “Stonewall,” the 10 characters you see in every Ryan Murphy show, talking to MC Bre-Z about her lesbian character on “Empire,” Julia Nunes’ debuts a new music video and other very important pop culture stories!
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“I Really Feel Like I Have A Home” And Other Genderqueer Highlights From 2015
“I’m not stuck somewhere in the middle of being a boy and a girl. I’m not two people. I’m not some binary. I am an experience.”
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Pop Culture Fix: Ellen DeGeneres Flattered By Tabloid Gossip, Bangladesh Gets First Lesbian Cartoon Character and More Super-Important Stories
Chris Brown stands up a gay party for being too gay, Ellen DeGeneres talks to Caitlyn Jenner about same-sex marriage, Bangladesh gets its first lesbian cartoon character, new music from Christine & The Queens, queers are all over The Root 100, SO MANY new queer movies to look forward to AND SO MUCH MORE!
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San Bernardino Shooting Illuminates Legislators’ Reliance on #ThoughtsandPrayers, Not Action
More on the suspects of the San Bernardino shooting, ICE stopped plans to house detained trans women in female facilities in Adelanto, Planned Parenthood shooter had a history of violence against women, and more news stories.
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Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Grows Up, Bravo Fucks Up, Carrie Brownstein Speaks Up and Other Uplifting Stories
Topics include Kristen Stewart tugging at the hem of her simple black sweatshirt, Laverne Cox, Anyone But Me, Dianna Agron’s lesbian tomboy turn and other stories from the present and future.
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News Fix: Even Legislators Are Mad About the Pay Inequity for the Women’s Soccer Team and More News
Sandra Bland was found dead in police custody Monday morning, two women who won the right to both be listed as their child’s parents on the birth certificate, explaining the Iran deal via legos, the Obama administration’s new pilot program to increase internet access for low-income households, a study explaining how much wealth we lose out on if we’re not white guys, Obama speaks at the NAACP’s National Convention, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: The “But I’m a Cheerleader” Cast Is Making Two New Movies, Lesiha Hailey Is Back On The Teeveee
Zoie Palmer and Ruby Rose face off on Dark Matter this week, lesbian director Kelsey Jannings returns to BoJack Horseman, Batwoman is getting animated, Lavrene Cox chats some more about Caitlyn Jenner, Miley Cyrus is hosting the VMAs, Jimmy Fallon forgot her went on a bender with Tig Notaro, and more more more news!
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Pop Culture Fix: Girls Like Girls Like Ellen DeGeneres, Tig Notaro and Lethal Lesbian Vampires
Stories include lethal lesbian vampires, Ellen Page’s lesbian movie Freeheld, girls liking girls in music videos, Welcome to the Dollhouse Part Duex, Ellen changing the world, Tig Notaro’s new doc and so much more!