State of Firsts, directed by filmmaker Chase Joynt, follows Sarah McBride as she makes history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. The documentary chronicles McBride’s campaign for Delaware’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and the intense national attention that followed her victory. Her election coincided with Donald Trump’s return
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Launching in 2001 for the Game Boy Color, Pokémon Crystal was released as an enhanced version of 1999’s Pokémon Gold and Silver, as well as marking the final entry in the second generation of Pokémon video games. Although Pokémon Crystal became the lowest-selling game out of all the Pokémon main entries, it is still remembered
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Having a strong religious foundation was my parents’ top priority when I was growing up. They were college-educated and supplemented my academic education at home. I picked up my huge vocabulary from them, but I didn’t know that K-12 schools had libraries, much less librarians. The first time I entered a school library that wasn’t
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Syd’s third album is on the way. Beard arrives on July 17 via Warner imprint Free Lunch Records, and features Raphael Saadiq, Big Sean, Rodney Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, Van Hunt, and Jordan Ward. The Internet co-founder also tapped Florida duo Blu June for a lead single, “Callin.” Check that out below. Beard marks Syd’s first
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Steven Pfau’s expansive memoir, Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship, tells layered stories from his life and pays homage to his singular uncle Bruce, while also offering something more wide-ranging and complex: a theoretical meditation on the mentorship of uncles in the gay community.  Pfau’s prose is characterized by acute self-awareness and a
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DWTS Producer Shares Casting Update After Maura Higgins, Ciara Miller Join Season 35 Maura Higgins will always be faithful to her friends.  A month after the Traitors alum was announced as one of the first celebrity cast members for season 35 of Dancing With the Stars, Maura shared her thoughts on potential pro partners, revealing why
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Calvin Klein, Inc., part of PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH],  announces Jung Kook for Calvin Klein, a limited-edition capsule in partnership with global brand ambassador and pop royalty Jung Kook, marking his first fashion collaboration. Building on the brand’s long-standing ambassadorship with the artist, the capsule reimagines Calvin Klein’s brand-defining essentials through the lens of Jung Kook’s personal style,
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London’s Ezra Collective are releasing a new album, Here Because Of Hope. Arriving via Partisan, the record is out September 18. The jazz quintet has also shared a preview of the album, “Only Love,” featuring British-Gambian rapper Pa Salieu. Watch the lively music video below. Here Because Of Hope is Ezra Collective’s first album since
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Ryan O’Connell has never been interested in surface streets. The Emmy-winning creator of Special sat down with us to discuss his new essay collection, Inspiration Porn, and the conversation quickly spiraled into open relationships, body image, internet culture, addiction and why he believes straight people are currently trapped in “hetero hell.” “I just ask questions,”
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The power of a good compliment can’t be overstated. In social settings, compliments work as a subtle form of cognitive training — when we compliment the qualities and actions we like in other people, we train ourselves to focus on the good in the world around us. This also encourages positive behavior in the people
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Gilla Band are back their first music in three years and an expansive list of tour dates through 2027. Check out the new single “Giraffe” —which arrives alongside an inventive animated music video from Cuan Roche and Chanthila Phaophanit—as well as the full list of stops below. In a statement about the making of “Giraffe,”
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Community members surrounding the White County High School of Cleveland, Georgia are standing up to those upset over the fact that students elected transgender student Willow Polangco-Kenney as their prom king last month. Polangco-Kenney herself has spoken out, noting that people’s hatred has overlooked the prom queen’s beauty and the student body’s love and support.
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A fairy tale that is charmingly told and delightfully illustrated, The Sweetest of Lemons is truly the sweetest of books. While traveling by car to visit his grandfather’s farm outside of Isfahan, Iran, a boy listens to a storyteller share the fantastic tale of a young man’s journey to take back “a lemon so perfectly
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The Cramps formally ended in 2009 following the sudden death of their co-founder Lux Interior. Ever since, there’s been no new music, reissues, or archival releases from the band, not even after Jenna Ortega’s viral dance to “Goo Goo Muck” in Wednesday caused a surge of interest. That changes today with Gravest Gravy, a lost
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“Finally Feel Big” marks a vulnerable new chapter for emerging indie pop artist Liana Valle, who is turning deeply personal experiences into music that resonates far beyond the surface. With emotionally raw storytelling and introspective lyricism, Valle’s latest release captures the quiet but powerful journey of reclaiming self worth after heartbreak, criticism, and emotional exhaustion.
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