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Allison Tate is the Director of Editorial Video at Pride Media, and creates videos for The Advocate, OUT and PRIDE. She is a filmmaker, swing dancer, and enthusiastic Carol fan who works to amplify marginalized voices in media. 
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Join Philly's Anti-Trump Queer Dance Party (Video)

Protestors gathered outside the Republican Congress gathering to give a "fantastic middle finger" to the new administration.

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Join Philly's Anti-Trump Queer Dance Party (Video)

Protestors gathered outside the Republican Congress gathering to give a "fantastic middle finger" to the new administration.

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Daniel Dye, who has apologized, must complete sensitivity training before returning to competition.

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Opinion: The Trump administration is imposing unnecessary cruelty on incarcerated transgender people who have nowhere to go, writes NCLR legal director Shannon Minter.

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The former Kennedy Center president never seemed to grasp that when he insisted on being “normal,” to Trump, there is no reward for it, writes John Casey.

In this anniversary essay, author Michael Ferguson looks back at the 1976 film adaptation of Bobbie Gentry’s mysterious hit song and its lasting, complicated legacy in queer cinema.

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Dylan Blaha ran on defending transgender Americans and economic reform, but was outmatched by Rep. Nikki Budzinski’s endorsements and fundraising.

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