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EW writer Lester Fabian Brathwaite shares the inspiration for his debut book, "Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant... and Completely Over It." Plus, get an exclusive look at the cover.

The State Department is paying out thousands of dollars to the Queer Muslim project.

The State Department is providing financial support to a “queer” Muslim organization in India so it can provide “LGBTQI” people in the regions with a platform to write, according to a grant listing.

Where are queer Jewish students supposed to go?

In the past two decades, a new, more radical form of progressivism has taken over American social and political life, even finding its way into the White House. Fresh instances of this new progressivism appear every day. For example:

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Melbourne-based Gideon D. Wilonja’s debut as a playwright, Do Black Boys Go To Heaven? had its origins in conversations that he had with his Black male friends. 

For her project 'Being Queer, Feeling Muslim', photographer Lia Darjes met with a number of individuals across Europe and North America who identify with...

Julien Baker was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night (January 7). Baker performed her recent song “Faith Healer” from Nashville’s Exit/In. Watch it all go down below. “Faith Healer” appears on Julien Baker’s forthcoming album Little Oblivions, which arrives February 26 via Matador. The follow-up to 2017’s Turn Out the Lights was announced last year with lead single “Faith Healer.” The previous night’s episode of...