Mey

latina

latinx

movie reviews

“Power Rangers” Gives Young Queer Latinas Hope For A Superheroic Future

Trini, the Mexican-American Yellow Ranger, tells her friends that she’s figuring out her sexuality and that she likes girls, and in the process she finds a family.

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Mar 27, 2017

food lists

19 Popcorn Recipes for Popcorn Gals and Popcorn Pals

“Once in college I ate popcorn for seven straight meals. That’s over two days of nothing but popcorn.”

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Mar 27, 2017

murder

trans women

gender

38-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Alphonza Watson Is 8th TWoC Murdered This Year

Police don’t have a lot of information, other than that there was an argument and then two men sped away in a car. They are offering a reward for more…

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Mar 22, 2017

comics/graphic novels

Drawn to Comics

geekery

Drawn to Comics: Miranda Harmon Makes the Most Charming Dang Comics

Miranda Harmon has an art and writing skill that comes from her real life adorably charming personality. She’s able to turn subjects that you might not otherwise care about into…

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Mar 21, 2017

comics/graphic novels

Drawn to Comics

geekery

Drawn to Comics: Let’s Examine The Gayest Parts of the New Wonder Woman Trailer

I love reading queerness into things, so I thought this week that’s what I would do: read queerness into as many scenes of this trailer as I could.

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Mar 14, 2017

comics/graphic novels

Drawn to Comics

geekery

Drawn to Comics: Badass Ladies Wear Armor, Sword Fight and Make Out in The Order of Belfry

Everyone on earth knows that I’m gay for ladies in armor. So even if this was just a series of drawings and didn’t have any story at all, I’d still…

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Mar 7, 2017

america chavez

comics/graphic novels

geekery

Gabby Rivera on Bringing Her Queer Brown Weirdo Self to Marvel’s America

“I’m a queer brown weirdo and I love every short inch of myself. I’m bringing all that round, brown, goodness to this story. All the things that make me laugh…

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Mar 3, 2017

Hayley Kiyoko

music videos

music

Hayley Kiyoko Shares a New Unrequited Queer Girl Love Anthem With “Sleepover”

In this newest video, Kiyoko takes center stage as the queer protagonist of her video and her song, singing about the difficult feelings of a queer woman who develops feelings…

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Mar 2, 2017

murder

trans women

gender

This Is a Nightmare and a Genocide: Jaquarrius Holland is the Seventh Black Trans Woman Murdered This Year

Holland, who is the 7th trans person reported murdered this year, was just 18 years old. A teenager. A child.

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Feb 28, 2017

trans women of color

transgender

gender

Ciara McElveen is the 6th Trans Woman of Color Murdered This Year, Third Black Trans Woman in the Last Week

She was 21 years old.

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Feb 27, 2017

murder

trans women

gender

Chyna Gibson is the Fifth Trans Woman of Color, Fourth Black Trans Woman, Murdered So Far This Year

According to a friend, Gibson was visiting her friends and family in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. That friend added, “She was just a really good person. Everyone loved…

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Feb 26, 2017

murder

trans women

politics + activism

24-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Keke Collier is the Fourth Murdered TWoC This Year

We’re not even two months into the year and four trans women of color have been murdered, three of them Black, and the last two have been not even twenty…

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Feb 23, 2017