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3 Oct

10 Gender Non-Conforming Entertainers Breaking The Mold Of The

We’re celebrating and highlighting the celebrities who reside all across the LGBQIA+ spectrum this Pride Month. While gay, lesbian, and trans celebrities are sometimes spotlighted by various entities during this time, those that fall outside of strict gender boxes are sometimes missed, disregarded, or just unrecognized. In recent times, great strides have been made in the popularity and respect of nonbinary individuals. Nonbinary identity, also sometimes called genderqueer or gender-nonconforming, signifies that the person doesn't view themselves as exclusively male or female. Some people feel that they embody neither, while others feel that they embody each. In accordance with NBC, a recent survey found that about 5% of America’s young adult population (ages 18 – 30), now discover as a...
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10 Sep

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club

In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and feminine rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went in regards to the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.  The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The total phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to...
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