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A transgender woman was found murdered in a hotel room in Oklahoma City early Monday morning, making her the 25th known transgender homicide victim this year.
Police responding to a report of a disturbance at the hotel about 2:30 a.m. discovered the body of Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, 31, reports Oklahoma City TV station KFOR. “This person had […]

The drag community lost a trailblazer with the passing of Mother Flawless Sabrina Friday night. Born Jack Doroshow in Philadelphia in 1939, she helped transform drag from an amusement for straight people into an art form that celebrated queer identity.
Doroshow first tried on women’s clothing as an 8-year-old, and by 19 had perfected the Sabrina […]

Whoopi Goldberg, born November 13, 1955, is an actress, comedian, author, human rights advocate…and best known as the moderator for daytime TV talk show The View. She starred in a popular one-woman production in 1983, and in 1985 she won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording. That year, Goldberg’s success with The Color Purple launched a highly […]

RuPaul’s Drag Race fan fave queen Courtney Act (Season 6) is back with an easy peasy lesson on what gender identity is. Straight-off her super fab AAA Girls tour, with sistas Alaska Thunderfuck and Willam Belli, the Aussie beauty has returned to her mission of enlightening us all on how to be our best selves. In […]

Dorothy Jean Dandridge, born November 8, 1922, sang at Harlem’s Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and became the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in Carmen Jones. Many years passed before the mainstream entertainment industry acknowledged Dandridge’s legacy. In 1999, Halle Berry played Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. […]

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World tour sashayed into NYC last week with a sold out show at The Town Hall. Produced by Brandon Voss (Voss Events), World of Wonder and VH1, fans got a chance to see full-on performances by their fave RPDR queens. Each city has a varied cast….the NYC leg featured Acid […]