For this year’s
#TransDayOfVisibility
, we asked friends to share a message of love & solidarity with our young trans followers, and send a rallying cry to the culture at large that we will not stand for the right wing’s political attacks. Hate ends here:
For this year’s
#TransDayOfVisibility
, Teen Vogue and
@them
asked some friends to share a message of love and solidarity with our young trans followers, and send a rallying cry to the culture at large that we will not stand for the right wing’s political
BREAKING: 26-year-old
@TaylorSmallVT
just declared victory, making her Vermont’s first transgender state legislator.
@VictoryFund
has confirmed the win. Read more here:
“In his rejection of gender norms, in wearing whatever he wanted, he’d reminded me that my body was more than the object of ridicule," writes
@padyatheleo
of
@BTS_twt
's Park Jimin.
“Santana Lopez saved my life. She was the first explicitly canon lesbian character I ever saw and was the reason I realised that I was into girls. Naya Rivera was a part of my entire childhood, me becoming comfortable in who I am.”
@dykeaIvarez
Today is
#TransDayofRemembrance
, a day to honor the memories and lives of those we have lost to anti-trans violence. It is a day to mourn, reflect, & bring visibility to the realities trans people face, but it’s also a day to honor the brilliance and power of our community.
#TDOR
Please welcome to the stage Miss Eva Cado, and don't think for a second she's here to guac around. Watch Queer Eye’s
@antoni
get into drag for the first time ever with the help of Drag Mother
@miz_cracker
:
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@MicheleforFL
has won her race for Florida's House of Representatives. The Sunshine State will see its first openly queer Black woman as a state legislator. Read more here:
“The love you all are feeling is not wrong. This feeling is natural and precious.”
@HOLLAND_vvv
. Along with Holland and many others, join us for
#OutNowLive
, a virtual event honoring the legacy of pride, on Monday, June 22.
Ahead of
#Stonewall50
, the city of New York has announced that it will honoring two of Stonewall’s key players, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, in the form of permanent monuments. These monuments are proposed for the Ruth Wittenberg Triangle near where the Riots took place.
Jessica Chastain won the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday, and used some of her speech to highlight the current crisis of violence, legislative and otherwise, against the LGBTQ+ community.
"For any of you out there who do in fact feel hopeless or alone, you are unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you." - Jessica Chastain delivered a powerful condemnation of the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ sweeping the United States bills during her
#Oscars
acceptance speech.
“To be young, queer, and Black in America means that you can be misunderstood. You can be hated. It also means that you can be celebrated and loved. And I think there’s a lot at stake when you’re living out loud in that way.” -
@JanelleMonae
“We’ve faced discrimination based on sexual identity and orientation...this story is not mine alone.”
@HOLLAND_vvv
on homophobia against queer youth
#OutNowLive
#Pride
If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.
.
@SarahEMcBride
will become the highest-ranking transgender politician in the country after winning her state senate race in Delaware’s District 1. Read more here:
“It’s not about how many times you get rejected, you fall down, or you’re beaten up. It’s about how many times you stand up and are brave, and you keep on going.” Congratulations
#LadyGaga
on your first
#Oscars
win!
.
@RitchieTorres
has won his race for the 15th Congressional District in the South Bronx, making the Bronx born-and-raised politician the first queer, Afro-Latinx elected official to serve in Congress.
Read more here:
Them’s second annual
#OutNowLive
celebration honoring Pride takes place tonight! The virtual event will feature appearances from prominent members of the LGBTQ+ community, including activists, celebrities, and artists.
Tune in at at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST:
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@ShevrinJones
is Florida's first openly LGBTQ+ state senator. Jones shared “humbled to have earned the trust of the people of [Senate District] 35.”
Read more here:
"Park Jimin's
@BTS_twt
“Filter” performance, which I interpreted as a representation of gender fluidity and experimentation, assured me it was okay not to know which box I fit into"
.
@rinasawayama
is redefining pop stardom. On her second studio album ‘Hold the Girl,’ the singer-songwriter blends memoir and social commentary to stunning effect. Read our September cover here: