Starting off the keynote conversation in Queertopia on Sunday, writer and comedian Lexi Adsit said trans women of color possess powers of world-changing and world-thinking.
Adsit compiled an anthology starting last year titled “Paradise on the Margins: Lessons and Dreams from Trans Women of Color.” At the event, Adsit emphasized Black trans womens’ founding of organizations that ensure community survival.
“That’s the kind of work that I want to lift up and recognize, and there’s so many incredible stories and individuals that are just making the world a better place,” Adsit said.
Over the weekend, Queer Pride Graduate Student Association hosted its 14th annual Queertopia, a conference that celebrates queer scholarship from a wide range of disciplines.
On Our Radar: Haley Sanchez Is Finally Living Out Her Onscreen Dream
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Haley Sanchez is quickly making a name for herself with her role as Greta on HBO Max s
Generation. The series explores the intersecting lives of a group of teenagers who are trying to find their place in the world. For Sanchez, not only is this her first major TV project, but it s a dream she s worked her entire life to fulfill. When I was younger, I feel like I wanted to [act], but it never seemed superpractical for me to do it or at least that s what everybody told me, Sanchez told POPSUGAR. This was this dream of mine that I was like, This is never going to happen. It just seemed like an impossible thing. Rather than giving up, the 24-year-old decided to chase her dreams and give it 100 by getting involved in theater, taking acting classes, and going on countless auditions. I just wanted to be able to say that I gave it everything that I had, she said. A lot of people told me I was going
How to watch HBO Max’s ‘Generation’
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The new series
Generation, delving into the grittier and more scandalous sides of teenage life, starts streaming today, March 11, on HBO Max.
The new half-hour dramedy series is the brainchild of father-daughter team Daniel and Zelda Barnz. (Zelda was 17 when she started work on the project, which should lend it some credibility among teen viewers.) It’s set in a high school in a fictional conservative-leaning California town, where the unfiltered realities of adolescence sometimes grate against parental values and well-meaning guidance counselors’ viewpoints. Teens’ social and sex lives have become fertile ground for TV to mine, and this series is no exception (comparisons to HBO’s
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