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Ben Cohen wants to spend next year in your house
Ben Cohen, the former English rugby player is probably the nicest LGBTQ ally we ever have had the pleasure to meet. It doesn’t actually hurt that also is the hottest-looking one too. When he retired from the English Team he became a full-time activist and founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation to combat homophobia…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews DONNA a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna,
Donna is a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna, as she learns, later in life, to live her most authentic trans life and to reconnect with her family as a woman. “This is who I want to be and who I want to show the world” Donna was…
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Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63
Photo by Jurek Wajdowicz REPRINTED FROM THE ADVOCATE BY TRUDY RING MAY 14 2022 5:32 PM EDT Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63. Vaid died Saturday at her home in New York City, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force. Vaid was executive…
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April Ashley : Vogue Model, restaurateur, style icon and trail-blazing transgender activist dies aged 86
The glamorous icon and trailblazing transgender activist April Ashley has died at age 86. She was a top Vogue model until she was cruelly outed by a British tabloid in 1961, and even though that damaged her modeling career, April still managed to lead the most exciting life packed to the gills. Boy George…
