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This African Female King Defied the Gender Binary in the 17th Century

Western understandings of queer identity may dominate the current conversation around LGBTQ+ folks and our history, but a wider, global look at sexuality reveals a much richer and more interesting story. In fact, what we consider “normative” today may very well have seemed bizarre to our ancestors. One of the[…]

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The First-Ever Virtual Pan-African Pride Is Streaming Now, and You Can Tune in All Weekend Long

This year has seen many planned events “go virtual” due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest is a pan-African Pride event called Pride Afrique that has just begun live-streaming and will take place throughout the weekend. The virtual Pan-African Pride event describes itself as: A virtual celebration of[…]

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Rainbow Riots Has Created the Soundtrack of a New India, Where Gay Is Legal and ‘Love Is Love’

The music and activism project is providing a soundtrack to India’s boundary-breaking human rights victory

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The Daily Sting, Friday: The Kevin Hart Scandal Closes, Grammy Nominations Announced

Today’s big headlines include an end to the Kevin Hart scandal (phew) and the announcement of the 2019 Grammy nominations

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