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Cover art for Jazzed: Jack Cole and Twentieth-Century American Dance; Jack Cole and Marilyn Monroe

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Even if you’ve never seen a Marilyn Monroe movie, you’ve probably, at some point in your life, viewed vintage film clips of the star’s iconic “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” performance from 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In addition to Madonna paying homage to it decades later in her “Material Girl” video, that image of Monroe — dressed in skin-tight pink satin, drenched in jewels, and surrounded by gorgeous male dancers — might be one of the most famous pop-culture moments in history. But many don’t know the renowned queer choreographer behind the legendary number, Jack Cole. Keep Reading →

How a 'Conversion Therapy Dropout' found belonging after religious trauma

Cover of the memoir Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging by Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, featuring a childhood photo of the author

The cover of Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging by Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez.

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As a child in Peoria, Illinois, in the 1980s, Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez couldn't hide his disappointment when he unwrapped what he had hoped would be an Easy-Bake Oven – finding basketball equipment instead. Like many young queers in the making, he had yet to find words for his feelings. And with a family that belonged to the evangelical Assemblies of God church, it didn't take long for the inkling to turn to shame. Keep Reading →

This nonbinary minister was a hero of the American Revolution

​Nonbinary revolutionary Public Universal Friend

Nonbinary revolutionary Public Universal Friend

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Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America’s Most Radical Revolutionary by Nina Sankovitch is a thrilling celebration of Public Universal Friend, a forgotten hero from the American Revolution, and a nonbinary renegade whose life illustrates just how radical the American experiment could have been. Their story begins in October 1776, in the small farming community of Cumberland, Rhode Island, when 23-year-old Jemima Wilkinson nearly died from illness — and Public Universal Friend, who said Wilkinson did indeed die and her body was reanimated with a new spirit, was born. Keep Reading →

‘I’m livid’: Republicans called out for denying Arizona town funds over library drag events

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Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ, speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 12, 2025.

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U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva is calling out congressional Republicans for denying funds for an Arizona library that hosted two drag events in 2019 and 2024. Keep Reading →

Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court

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The Nathan Deal Justice Center

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A teacher who was fired for reading a book about tolerance to children has appealed her case to the Georgia Supreme Court. Keep Reading →
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