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Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga, a ballroom legend in Boston, has died. (Facebook) Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga, a beloved Ballroom legend and spirited trans activist, was stabbed to death Sunday (2 March). She was 43. Described by those who knew her as a warm, thoughtful person and a guiding light for LGBT+ youth, DeAlto was found dead in her home in Massachusetts, Boston alongside another woman. According to local law enforcement, DeAlto was hosting Marcus Chavis and his family when he allegedly kill...

Caitlyn Jenner and other celebs accused of homophobia and transphobia By Stars Insider of StarsInsider | Caitlyn Jenner and other celebs accused of homophobia and transphobia As if the world werent difficult enough for the LGBTQ community, plenty of celebrities have used their positions as role models to make homophobic and/or transphobic comments. While some of these remarks appear born out of carelessness, others seemed to have plenty of intent behind them. And whereas some have apologiz...

Trace Lysette, Teddy Quinlivan, Alexandra Grey Discuss Being Visible “There’s no administration, and no political agenda that can stop me from loving myself,” model Teddy Quinlivan said. Actresses Alexandra Grey and Trace Lysette and model Teddy Quinlivan joined Out Wednesday on Instagram Live to celebrate the trans community in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. In a wide-ranging discussion, the group covered everything from dating while trans and anti-trans bills to advice for young tr...

Trans in Trumpland is a new four-part docuseries directed by Tony Zosherafatain about trans people living in red states during Donald Trumps presidency, told through a road trip across parts of America, specifically Idaho, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas. “The series’ subjects run the intersectional gamut, from 13-year-old Ash in North Carolina, home to the infamously discriminatory ‘bathroom ban,’ disallowing trans people from using the bathroom of their true gender, to Shane f...

Karamo’s Heartwarming Golden Globes Message Will Inspire You to Follow Your Dreams E! 2/28/2021 Kaitlin Reilly Replay Video On Saturday, Feb. 27, The Queer Eye star—who will host E!s red carpet at the Golden Globes this year—penned an emotional post on Instagram about finally nabbing his dream job. "7 years ago... I was struggling trying to balance a full time job to just get by, raising two kids alone & then rushing to a hosting class after my kids were asleep because ...

Trans in Trumpland documentary series reveals transgender Americans struggles, stories Alex Biese, Asbury Park Press Most Americans wrongly believe LGBTQ people are legally protected from discrimination Replay Video UP NEXT Donald Trump is no longer President of the United States, but many transgender Americans still find themselves living in Trumpland. "Trans in Trumpland," a new documentary series from TransWave Films, chronicles the stories and struggles of four transgender ...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. While there were numerous marginalized groups that suffered at the hands of the previous U.S. administration, looking back at Donald Trump’s four years in office, few were targeted in such an outsize way as the trans community. Almost immediately after assuming the presidency, Trump’s administration rolled back protections for trans students from discrimination, banned transgender people from serving in the military, a...

(Topic, 3:01 a.m., complete first season): Trans In Trumpland is a powerful docuseries with a total runtime of under two hours. Filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain takes a road trip across four states in the U.S. that have transphobic laws—North Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, and Idaho—to converse with four transgender people of different ages and races as they cope with or fight against the anti-trans policies implemented by the Trump’s administration. Zosherafatain, who is a trans man himself,...

BILLINGS: I know you did. MW: And I know so many people who didn’t survive from those years. When I speak to somebody who survived HIV in the early years, I often wonder how they made it through. BILLINGS: Well, I’ll give you my stock answer: I have absolutely no fucking idea. You’d have to ask a power much greater than me about how I survived it. I can tell you this: that the images I have of that time are of a very specific, tangible sense of death. And I find it fascinating that we ar...

Dan Levys M&Ms advert appearance was fleeting, to say the least (Mars Wrigley) In 2020, there was cause for quite a bit of celebration over what GLAAD summed up as “an unprecedented level of LGBT+ inclusion during Super Bowl LIV on FOX”. At least nine brands featured either LGBT+ celebrities or themes in Super Bowl 2020, including advert appearances by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Lil Nas X, Lilly Singh, Katie Sowers, Trace Lysette, Isis King, Jonathan Van Ness, Emily Hampshire, Ali...