I’m making mango cashew chicken stir fry for dinner with these peach creams for dessert (I don’t have regular access to a grill so I use the same directions and cook them for 7 minutes) and it will be HAPPINESS.
Queer as in F*ck You
Photos by @thestreetsensei
DapperQ, the biggest queer fashion show returns to kick off New York Fashion Week. Last Thursday, on the opening day of New York Fashion Week, dapperQ, the iconic queer style website, offered a quirky alternative to “traditional binary male/female runway shows” (according to their press release) with a eight designers, 70+ queer models. NYC’s Brooklyn Museum Fashion Show. The show, Bloom,r returned to the Brooklyn Museum after a two-year hiatus. There were over 14,000 tickets sold and it became the largest New York Fashion Week (NYFW) runway event ever to showcase queer style. (If you want more fashion week coverage, The Best Street Style at New York Fashion Week)
Black gay men have a disproportionate share of monkeypox cases, but struggle to access vaccines
The Boston Marathon is adding the option for non-binary runners next year. “Non-binary runners will not be required to register in either the men’s or women’s divisions for the 2023 Boston Marathon, race organizers said.”
I just signed up for this roundtable of queer banned book authors and thought you’d like to know about it because it looks super cool. You can register directly here.
We are excited to partner with @glaad to present a star #LGBTQ panel of banned authors for @BannedBooksWeek.
You will meet the amazing @IamGMJohnson, @sarahkateellis, @byleahjohnson, @DanielHaack, @harryewoodgateand Isabel Galupo!
Register here: https://t.co/iSCEHABpqk pic.twitter.com/yAmUm7QDyP
— The Emancipator (@the_emancipator) September 12, 2022
Speaking of queer authors, Roxane Gay did an interview about her dog, Maximus Toretto Blueberry Millman Gay, and I know you want to read it because historically, queers love pets and so does Roxane Gay.
I saw this, I thought of you
The WNBA has ended up being left behind in media rights deals. “The league is experiencing unprecedented growth, including the most watched regular season in 14 years.” I have to say, I’m a part of this growth – not only did I get into the WNBA this year, it’s the year I got two more people into the WNBA, and I know we say it often, but this league is so gay AND very good and damn i love it so much. Everyone should watch.
(I would normally have put this under Queer As In F*ck You, but I wanted to group the basketball news together: ‘Great Stories, Great Coverage’: Sue Bird, Geno Auriemma, Dawn Staley and others pay tribute to MA Voepel ahead of HOF award. MA Voepel, who is trans, has been a seminal chronicler of women’s basketball for more than 30 years, and you can read more about him here: MA Voepel is the gold standard)
The economics behind the ‘Smooth Exit’ – and what we should call it instead
Make every alarm. Stop what you’re doing. Read this: 15 minutes with Grace Jones. An icon. A legend.
As Rising Rents Crashed the Stock Market, Today Was the Biggest Fall in Two Years.
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Political Snacks
Supreme Court grapples with whether religious schools can discriminate against LGBTQ people. “Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance is a really tough case about how much immunity religious institutions should have from the law.”
