Kolb's position at the not-for-profit trade association involves more than giving out awards. He also influences ethical decisions, like urging designers not to hire underage models.
Opinion: From TikTok trends to Ivy League campuses, non-Black and straight users are strip-mining Black queer speech for clout, comedy, and cultural currency — without honoring its history or the people who shaped it, argues Quincy Hartwigsen.
Dylan Mulvaney makes her Broadway debut in "Six: The Musical" as Anne Boleyn.
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For many influencers, social media isn't the end-all, be-all of their careers. Multi-hyphenates like Dylan Mulvaney have used the internet as a springboard into the industries they've dreamed of entering. In the 29-year-old content creator's case, that dream has always been musical theater and Broadway. This week, she made that dream a reality, making her Broadway debut as Anne Boleyn in Six: The Musical. Keep Reading →
Going viral while still in middle school would be exciting enough for your average eighth grader, but for a Black queer amputee, it changed the trajectory of his whole life. Keep Reading →
Album art for August Ponthier's album 'Everywhere Isn't Texas'
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"It's the only place you know / But that don't make it home," nonbinary singer/songwriter August Ponthier sings with a golden hour drawl in the title track from their debut album Everywhere Isn't Texas, out now. Keep Reading →
In the latest blow to Bari Weiss's tenure as head of CBS News, famed out journalist Anderson Cooper will be stepping down as a correspondent for the news program after 20 years. Keep Reading →
In the second episode of the Game of Thrones spinoff series, fans were shocked by the size of Ser Arlan's "formidable weapon." But was it real or a prosthetic?
Step into the world of Plant Kween, Christopher Griffin, where greenery speaks of tenderness, identity, and radical care. Discover a living language of growth and joy.
Phoebe Cheong
Step into the world of Christopher Griffin, better known as Plant Kween, and you won't just find houseplants. There's an entire ecosystem humming with intention. As the Plant Kween, Christopher has turned greenery into a living language, one that speaks of tenderness, identity, and radical care. What began as a simple curiosity about plant care has since blossomed into something far bigger. After our chat, I realized that Christopher has curated a brand where growth is both botanical and personal, where sunlight feels like affirmation, and where joy is cultivated as deliberately as a Monstera. Keep Reading →
NYC Department of Social Services employees with signs march during an AIDS protest at the NYC Department of Social Services 1989 in New York City in New York.
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In the early days of the AIDS crisis, there were no treatments for people with HIV and no pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a prescription-based daily pill or an injection that people not living with HIV can take to prevent HIV infection, to prevent its spread. On top of it all, institutional racism in the realm of public health often left Black patients out. Keep Reading →
New Orleans is a city that knows how to have a good time — after all, its unofficial motto is “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” which translates to “Let the good times roll.” The LGBTQ+ community knows how to have a good time too, and queer people have long played a key role in the Big Easy's biggest party of the year, Mardi Gras, which falls next Tuesday. Keep Reading →
I found myself getting nervous around a group of gay men for the first time in a long time. I was invited to attend a gay sauna wellness experience (without a dark room, because if you know, you know). After checking in and being given the green light to head into the locker room to change into our swimsuits, I could feel my heart beating faster, and the nerves started to settle in. It was a packed room filled with fit, muscular, mainly white gay men, all being comfortable enough to strip naked in front of one another. Keep Reading →
Brandi Carlile, Tracy Chapman, and Bruce Springsteen are all featured on this protest song playlist.
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Get motivated in the fight against fascism, and march to this music. Keep Reading →
Free condoms for athletes have been a mainstay of the Olympics since the ‘80s, but Italy is proving to be stingy with the contraceptives. Keep Reading →