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PinkNews celebrates the queer Nobel Prize winners who achieved honour and acclaim in their chosen field spite of society's prejudices.

Published July 20. 2021 10:02PM  By PETER DOBRIN, The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — When Denyce Graves visited Marian Anderson in the Connecticut home where the famed singer lived later in life, the two vocalists talked about how Anderson had never sought to “become the face of the civil rights movement.” But Anderson was called to that moment in Washington, Graves said, referring to the now-historic 1939 open-air concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial, when Anderson’s voice became a unifying force for racial justice. “She would open her mouth and sing,” said opera star ...

Yountville's annual celebration of fine arts and wine produced one of the county's largest gatherings in more than a year.

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Jürgen Habermas: Who is the philosopher who rejected a prize from the UAE? At nearly 92, Jürgen Habermas is still advocating for a robust and transparent civil society. Now Germany's greatest living intellectual has rejected an award from the United Arab Emirates. Having lived through the Nazi regime, Habermas was inspired to embolden democracy in Europe and the world The celebrated German philosopher Jürgen Habermas will turn 92 next month, yet he remains firmly in the public eye after accepting, then rejecting, a controversial award from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this past week....