Tonight, the Golden Globes honored Ellen DeGeneres with the Carol Burnett Award for Achievement in Television. Kate McKinnon presented the award to her with a heartfelt—and at times, hilarious—speech. The SNL star, of course, has famously imitated DeGeneres for years and has often appeared on her talk show. While she joked about items of clothing…
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It’s taken 67 years, but when 90 beauty pageant hopefuls strut their stuff across the stage for the Miss Universe competition this Sunday, December 8th, they will be joined by the pageant’s first openly gay contestant—and it’s about time. The pageant world isn’t especially known for its inclusivity. Contestants have historically been overwhelmingly thin, white…
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“I still have more questions. How can you be a latina woman and be gay? You do know being gay is a sin correct,” the bride says, making assumptions about Cardenas’s beliefs. “I will pray for you my friend. I’m sorry that you’ve chosen a path that’s going to send you straight to hell. I…
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There are certain pieces of clothing that bond women across generations: the first bra, the prom dress, the wedding dress. I’ve always adored traditionally “feminine” things—nail polish, lipstick, flatirons, crimping irons—even as I started coming to terms with my sexuality as a teenager. Special occasions and holidays, especially, called for a new dress. But those…
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The gayest debate of our generation reached a fever pitch yesterday, September 18. No, I’m not talking about Glenn Close vs. Lady Gaga at the Oscars or whether Shangela was robbed during RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season three. (She was.) I’m talking about Bert and Ernie’s maybe-maybe-not relationship status on Sesame Street. It seems…
Read moreRecently a woman I was completely in love with dumped me. Normally I’d dive right into a routine of debasing her and emboldening my friends to call her a Demogorgon in wire-frame glasses. Except, unlike other exes, she wasn’t a Demogorgon. In fact, she was honorable in her actions; she let me go instead of…
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