Lana Wachowski on Why She's a Bernie Sanders Supporter (Video)

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Here's What Made Lana Wachowski Support Bernie Sanders
The co-director of The Matrix movies and Sense 8 said a trip around the world made up her mind.
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Here's What Made Lana Wachowski Support Bernie Sanders

The co-director of The Matrix movies and Sense 8 said a trip around the world made up her mind.

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The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

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It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.