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Coming Out Is Challenging. Maybe One Day, People Won’t Have To
Max Battle
Oct 9, 2020
Calvin Klein
Gen Z’s Queer Icons Talk About Pride
Eliza Huber
Jun 18, 2020
Pride 2020
Why Queer People Love Witchcraft
Amanda Kohr
Jun 17, 2020
Pride 2020
Black Pride Events Save LGBTQ+ Lives. Now What?
Twenty-nine years ago in Washington, D.C., Ernest Hopkins, Theodore Kirkland, and Welmore Cook organized the “first Black PRIDE.” It was held on Memori
by Taylor Crumpton
Pride 2020
Queer People In 2020 Are More Visible Than Ever, But We’re ...
LGBTQ+ people are not strangers to fighting for the right for equal treatment, both under the law and in the culture. So it feels particularly meaningful t
by Gabrielle Korn
Pride 2020
Why Is Shopping For A Swimsuit As A Queer Person So Hard?
Adulthood has shown me that some feelings are near-universal — so too is the sense that you’re the only one experiencing them. This is especially
by Hannah Schneider
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Pride 2020
My Gender, My Body Hair, & Me
I want to be hairy to confirm who I am as a person, and who I am as a person compulsively removes my body hair.
by Hannah Rimm
Pride 2020
The Queer Black History Of Rioting
“The first Pride was a riot.”  This June, the LGBTQ+ community has routinely shared those six words across social media. Activists and demonstrato
by Jonathan Borge
Pride 2020
We Ask & We Tell, But It’s Still Hard To Be Queer In The Mi...
Kyle and I patrolled the Quantico woods, our faces smeared with camouflage grease paint, uniforms soaked with mud. It was 2013, day three of a week-long tr
by Janessa Goldbeck
Pride 2020
The Hidden Costs Of Starting A Family When Queer
Jac Ciardella sat at his kitchen table in New Jersey and inserted a syringe into a navel orange. His hand flexed as he squeezed the plunger, pushing water
by Molly Longman
Coronavirus
What It’s Like Being A Queer, Latinx Parent-To-Be During Th...
I was born on the heels of Hurricane Hugo. My mami told me she was worried I would be born early, in the midst of a disaster, with no medical care availabl
by Noelia Rivera-Cal...
Style
The Politician’s Theo Germaine Stars In TomboyX’s Trans Pr...
Today, to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, TomboyX, the gender-inclusive, size-inclusive underwear brand, launched its Trans Pride co
by Eliza Huber
Style
The Very Queer, Extremely Relevant Power Of A Good Waistcoat
The last time I was seriously considering the debonair potential of a waistcoat, I was eight and raiding the dress-up box for something pirate-appropriate
by Rosalind Jana
Movies
Pixar’s Onward Will Give Disney Its First Animated LGBTQ+ Charact...
Diversity is still not great in the film industry, especially for LGBTQ+ movie characters, but Disney is continuing its efforts to change that. Recently, t
by Tara Edwards
Fashion
The Jumpsuit That Saved My Holiday Gender Presentation
In 2017, five years after I came out as gay, I stopped wearing dresses. It was for a lot of reasons, but mostly because I was finally in a comfortable rela
by Hannah Rimm
Fashion
Jonathan Van Ness Wears A Gown And Sneakers On The Cover Of Cosmo...
Cosmopolitan UK is kicking off a new decade of magazine covers in a major way. For its January 2020 issue, the British fashion magazine will feature Queer
by Channing Hargrove
Beauty
Butchness Is Not The Opposite Of Beauty — It’s A Kind Of It...
Beauty is gendered — more specifically, who gets to be seen as beautiful is defined by how we perceive their gender. At one end of the gender spectrum, y
by Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Entertainment
Jonathan Van Ness’ Queer Eye Co-Stars & Celebs Support His...
Following the revelation that Jonathan Van Ness is HIV-positive, numerous celebrities are speaking out in support of the Queer Eye star — and it’s no s
by Alexis Reliford
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Pop Culture
Jonathan Van Ness Is Ready To Talk About Being HIV-Positive
Just ahead of the September 24 release of his memoir, Over The Top: A Raw Journey To Self-Love, Jonathan Van Ness revealed that he is HIV-positive — and
by Tara Edwards
Movies
Kristen Stewart’s Dilemma Illustrates The Problem Hollywood Still...
The recent legal progress made for LGBTQ rights makes it easy to lose sight of just how far we still have to go when it comes to true equality. The idea of
by Kathryn Lindsay
Dedicated Feature
Why Being Pro Black Must Include Being Pro Queer
“People were queer in your day and before your day, and they'll be queer after your day,” says Raven Baker, Unbothered's associate social med
by Us
Voices of Disability
I Loved Planning My Queer, Disability-Friendly Wedding — But It W...
One in four adults in the U.S. are living with a disability, but you wouldn’t know it given the lack of representation in the workforce, Hollywood, a
by Alaina Leary
Voices of Disability
I'm A Burlesque Dancer With A Disability — & Makeup Helps Me Own ...
When Pansy St. Battie discovered burlesque, it opened up a new world of glitter, glam, and freedom.
by Pansy St. Battie
Fashion
The Powerful Meaning Behind Jules' Finale Look On Euphoria
A lot went down on last night's finale episode of Euphoria. Spoiler Alert: Fez's fate is up in the air, Maddie saw the tape, Nate had a meltdown,
by Eliza Huber
Models
Model Carissa Pinkston Lied About Being Transgender — & Faces Bac...
Carissa Pinkston, a model who's worked for Nike, Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurang, Edie Parker, and others, is under fire for admitting that she lied about
by Channing Hargrove
Beauty
Brazilian Pop Star Pabllo Vittar: "I Suffered A Lot For Just Bein...
Long before Pabllo Vittar's rendition of Whitney Houston's “I Have Nothing” went viral, catapulting her to international fame, makeup
by Thatiana Diaz
TV & Netflix
What Brandonn Mixon Is Doing After Queer Eye & The Tan M...
Anyone who's watched Queer Eye knows that the Fab Five has a knack for getting people to open up. And that fact truly frightened season 4 hero Brandon
by Shannon Carlin
TV & Netflix
Don't Worry, Wanda Winters Is Still All About Her Pythons After ...
Warning: There are Queer Eye season 4 spoilers ahead. At the end of Wanda Winters' season 4 episode of Queer Eye, she makes a shocking announcement. A
by Shannon Carlin
TV & Netflix
After Queer Eye, John Stoner's Daughter Is Still Doing T...
Mornings at the Stoner house look a lot different after Queer Eye. It used to be that Queer Eye season 4 hero John Stoner's 10-year-old daughter, Lucy
by Shannon Carlin
TV & Netflix
After Queer Eye, Wesley Hamilton Started Another Fantast...
Forgiveness isn't easy, but Queer Eye hero Wesley Hamilton knew it was necessary. It's why Hamilton, who was shot and paralyzed when he was 24, a
by Shannon Carlin
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