Lena Waithe To LGBTQ Youth: You Were ‘Born To Be Whole’
When Lena Waithe arrived at the Met Gala wearing a floor-length rainbow-colored cape in May, she was hailed as a “queer superhero.” Now, it’s been made official. The screenwriter, producer…
Surviving The Pulse Massacre Propelled This Gay Man Into Gun Reform Activism
Brandon Wolf is one of a group of survivors who made it out of Pulse nightclub alive in the early hours of July 12, 2016. His best friend, Christopher Leinonen,…
19 Photos Of Interracial Couples That You Wouldn’t Have Seen 51 Years Ago
June 12 marks the 51st anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared all laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional. In 1958, Mildred Jeter, a black woman,…
Jada Pinkett Smith To Daughter Willow: ‘By Your Age… I Gave Myself Multiple Orgasms’
Jada Pinkett Smith had a very public sex talk with her 17-year-old daughter, Willow Smith, on Monday. “We as women have been trained that women aren’t supposed to enjoy sex,…
Arizona Man Charged With Threatening To Bomb Harvard’s Black Commencement
(Reuters) – An Arizona man who made racially-charged online threats to shoot students attending Harvard’s first black commencement ceremony last year and to bomb the university has been arrested, federal…
Big Freedia: My Voice Is All I Need To Break Barriers
Big Freedia did not come to play with you hoes, as she’d say. She came to break barriers and make noise and live out loud. Really loud. You may have…
The Gay ‘Ghetto Boy’ Who Bonded With Mister Rogers And Changed The Neighborhood
When François Clemmons first met minister-turned-childhood-educator Fred Rogers at a Good Friday service in the 1960s, he had no clue what was in store for him. He caught the attention…
Lottery Winner Picks Up Check In Emoji Wink Mask
A Jamaican woman who won the equivalent of $1 million in a lottery found a clever way to collect the loot while protecting her identity: by wearing an emoji wink…
Philly Police Issue New Policy On Trespassing Response After Starbucks Arrests
The Philadelphia Police Department instituted a new policy on responding to calls about trespassing on private business property nearly two months after the controversial arrest of two black men at…
Saying Goodbye To Kanye West And His Music
The release of a Kanye West album has long been an event, a musical moment worthy of grabbing a snack and settling in to listen. I did just that in…