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Bi Artist Spotlight: Radical Self Love with Princess Nokia

At only 24, New York artist Princess Nokia is changing the landscape of feminism in music. She embodies hip-hop like we’ve never seen before–following in the footsteps of Erykah Badu and Missy Elliot, but with a millennial individuality that denies comparison. Her breakout hit “Tomboy” is an anthem of radical self love. In the music video, her outfits alternate between baggy sweatsuits and tight bandeaus with cutoffs. She raps about her “little titties and fat belly,” exuding a jaw-dropping confidence in features that our culture has somehow deemed undesirable. That’s the beauty of this song: In interviews, Nokia has spoken… Keep Reading

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FINALLY: Lingerie for Trans and Nonbinary Folks

For most people, feeling sexy is an important part of the human experience. Queer folks often have to work harder to find a sense of self-love amidst a culture that puts strict limits on how beauty can look. For trans and nonbinary people, this struggle is especially difficult. Clothes, accessories, and makeup can serve as tools through which to reveal our inner beauty to ourselves and the world. We’ve compiled a short list of lingerie designers on a mission to create garments suited to a diversity of queer bodies. 1.) Rebirth Garments: Rebirth Garments are hand-made by designer and QPOC… Keep Reading

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Coming Out As Asexual To Your Partner

What I hope to say first is “Congratulations!”. You’ve probably found some answers about yourself that make sense, in more ways than one.  However frustratingly, after the relief of knowing how to identify on the sexuality spectrum, from pansexual to demi sexual to asexual, comes the anxiety and brand new questions. While groups like AVEN are building awareness and spaces for belonging and connection, the concepts are still somewhat unknown to many people. Let’s be clear that like anything else in your life, from your political leanings to sexual attractions or lack thereof, the only people who need to know… Keep Reading

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In Review: RuPaul’s Drag Con 2017

If drag is your religion, then RuPaul’s Drag Con is the yearly pilgrimage you need to take. Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 28 – 30, RPDC hit its third anniversary this year and I, along with three friends, was there to experience every sickening minute. Tips Before You Arrive Go VIP Regular tickets for the whole weekend are $50, and the VIP package is $100 extra. Worth every single penny. That VIP badge will get you into the convention for two hours on Friday night and half an hour before standard ticket holders on Saturday and… Keep Reading

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A Place For Everyone: Gaining Visibility With The Help Of Frank Ocean

Although Frank Ocean has avoided labelling his sexuality, his music is an antidote to the bisexual invisibility that is part of our culture. In recent years, the idea of bi invisibility has gained some ground in LGBTQ discourse. Bi invisibility/ bi erasure describes the tendency for people who are attracted to more than one gender to experience less understanding and support from their communities. Self-identified “B”s are the biggest population within the LGBTQ community, but you wouldn’t know it from the way their identities are represented in our culture. Exclusion from queer spaces like Pridefest, underrepresentation in the media and… Keep Reading

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Why Marriage Equality Still Does Not Equal Parent Equality

If I had written this article a year ago, the premise likely would have been different. I still would have talked about the legal need for second parent adoptions, but it would have been written with an air of “but of course we can all hope that this will be unnecessary in the future as clearly we are moving towards equality in all aspects”. Today, I write instead with more of a pressured focus to educate parents that I wouldn’t assume anything. There is continuing case for second parent adoptions. Same sex partners are still finding themselves in an odd… Keep Reading

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Presenting La Femme Bohème – One Company’s Story of Taking on Gender and Sexuality in Opera

MetroWest Opera Presents La Femme Bohème – The Original All-Female Version of Puccini’s La Bohème Mosesian Center for the Arts Black Box Theater 321 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472     Now in its 10th year, MetroWest Opera—a small, grass-roots professional opera company based in Boston, MA—is challenging notions of casting in opera—in particular the depiction of gender and sexuality—with the regional premiere of La Femme Bohème, the original all-female version of La Bohème.  First produced by Local Artists, Local Opera (LOLA) in Austin, Texas, La Femme Bohème is a direct response to a growing issue within the world of… Keep Reading

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HER: A New Kind of Dating App

Even the most extroverted, confident, and social media-savvy LGBTQIA women know that dating apps can be more work than they’re worth. Sure, they make it easier to meet people, but there’s no doubt that every date is a gamble. The dating app “Her” aims to make dating a little easier for queer women. First, the app is exclusively for LGBT-identifying women. This alone has a big impact: Users are free from the burden of sifting through hordes of straight cis men on apps like Tinder, and users already have a couple things in common—queerness and womanhood. No need for table… Keep Reading

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Kent Yoshimura – Solo Exhibition – ‘Oral Floral’

May 6th – June 3, 2017, Los Angeles, CA Opening Reception: Saturday, May 6th, 2017; 6 -10pm Closing: Sunday, June 4th, 2017 Los Angeles, CA – Jai & Jai Gallery is pleased to present ‘Oral Floral,’ a solo exhibition by Kent Yoshimura with an opening reception on Saturday, May 6th, 2017. In the artist’s first solo show with Jai & Jai Gallery, Kent Yoshimura presents new works that play with the “elusive complexities of our thoughts and desires.” By organizing the space in a circular flow, the viewer observes a curated narrative through different mediums ranging from delicate sculptures to… Keep Reading

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A QUICK TRIP TO BERLIN

My latest destination: Berlin. The city of darkness and the unknown. Berlin isn’t for everyone, but for those who like it the first day of arrival- you will more than likely LOVE it the second day. Case in point, by my second day,  I was ready to apply for residency. The city has personality unlike any other, especially given that it is artfully wrapped in murals and graffiti. Fun fact: Berliners compliment the almost stage-like aesthetic, as they are known for their edgy sense of style, their height, and how unbelievably nice they are. GETTING OUT/GETTING IN: I arrived to… Keep Reading

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