The International Olympic Committee has officially added Breakdancing to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It will be called breaking, as it was originally dubbed by the dancers at hip-hop’s first parties in the Bronx in the 1970s. First proposed by Paris organizers after trials at the 2018 Youth Olympics in
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Brandon Maxwell is a fashion outsider. Kind of. Beyond an A-list clientele that boasts every style star from Michelle Obama to Sarah Paulson, the self-proclaimed homebody grew up working in his grandmother’s clothing shop and dutifully watching his mother put on lipstick while he “sat in awe as a young gay kid from Texas who
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Gay congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has been elected to a powerful role (Getty/Jacquelyn Martin) Gay congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has been elected to a powerful role in the Democratic leadership. Maloney, one of only seven out LGBT+ people currently serving in the House of Representatives, was elected as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
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Natalie Desselle Reid has died. The actress who starred with Halle Berry on the 1997 flick B.A.P.S. and had a recurring role on Eve, died of colon cancer. She was 53. While details are scarce, TMZ noted that Desselle Reid battled colon cancer in private, and was surrounded by her family at a hospice in
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Bon Iver have announced that they will donate five percent of their annual publishing royalties to 2 A Billion, the band’s campaign that works toward ending gender inequality, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. The band was inspired by Jeff Tweedy, who pledged to donate five percent of his “‘writer’s share’ revenue” to Black Lives Matter
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Take her dramatic hairstyle, the “Max Cut,” for example. A shoulder-length bob on one side and long, flowing hair on the other, the cut was actually the result of an accident, Ava revealed.  “Everyone thinks I made up this story—which, it sounds like a made-up story—and my mom even said, ‘Girl, that sounds crazy. Did that actually happen?’
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Azealia Banks. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty) Azealia Banks posted a meme claiming that “mainstream” gay men are “appropriating horse culture” in their use of harnesses, ketamine and lube. Yes, this really happened. No, she’s not horsing around here, and really did post that meme on mane. Banks posted the meme while sparring with critics who commented
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Strictly Come Dancing paid homage to musical theatre with a dazzling drag routine (BBC) BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing kicked off Musicals week with a dazzling drag dance routine, but it was all too much for some easily-offended viewers. The primetime ballroom dancing show has been making tentative steps towards LGBT+ inclusivity, ruffling more than a few
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Are you ready for Lockdown 2: Toilet Paper Hoarding Boogaloo? The good news about staying inside and staying safe this week is that there’s a fantastic week of new television with options for everyone. There’s something for fans of medical dramas, gritty young adult dramas, and music documentaries, plus there’s an animated film that the
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Chance the Rapper is a study in redundancy … this according to none other than Dionne Warwick, and her words sent Chance into orbit!!! Dionne tweeted Saturday night, “If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this.” Solid point, Dionne. Chance flipped
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