Cynthia Erivo stepped out at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival on October 13 for her movie Prima Facie, which opens in U.K. cinemas in November and is still awaiting a U.S. release date.
Report on kwn clearing the air after backlash over her Complex News comments that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush in a previous Angie Martinez interview was "kind of a joke."
Opinion essay on KWN explaining that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush was "kind of a joke," asking who the jest is really for when the same group of people is constantly made the laughingstock.
Journey To Launch episode with Arlan Hamilton, who was homeless when she launched Backstage Capital in 2015, on the mindset, confidence, and self-care behind her success.
Clash reports kwn's eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, with Destin Conrad on the opener and Ty Dolla on 'Til The Room Stinks.' Source: Clash, June 29, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-215.
Rated R&B reviews kwn's eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, as the B-side to With All Due Respect, with more vulnerability and experimentation. Source: Rated R&B, June 27, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-214.
An hour with Mandy Carter, the veteran Black lesbian activist, from the queer documentary podcast Cruising. Source: Cruising, April 28, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-206.
Queen Latifah interviews Regina Hall in a wide-ranging conversation that doubled as a reunion, reflecting on craft, trust, grief, and the possibility of a Girls Trip sequel.
EARMILK reviews kwn's nine-track EP, released June 20, 2025, highlighting its classic R&B influences and songs including “worst behaviour,” “do what i say,” and “war to be over.” Source: EARMILK, June 20, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-203.
The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writers
NME profiles kwn ahead of her EP with all due respect, discussing bedroom recording, musical influences and her rise in R&B. Source: NME, May 26, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-204. Author not yet verified.
Let's reflect on the lives of notable Black queer women in the early 20th century: the stories of Lucy Diggs Slowe, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, and Dorothy West, and the relationships and societal challenges they faced. Source: Aisle Tell You What, March 3, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-208.
Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
The Ugandan visual artist and LGBTQ+ activist, Leilah Babirye’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S., ‘We Have a History,’ is now open in San Francisco.
Coverage of the opening of All About Love at The Broad (May 25 to Sep 29, 2024), her 80-plus-work survey of Black women across painting, collage, installation, and photography.
Queer Money episode with Arlan Hamilton on what inspired her book Your First Million, the mindset shift needed to build a legacy of wealth, and how she gives back to the queer and Black communities she is part of.
Her first novel was turned down by several publishers, then embraced by a feminist press. As an author, poet, playwright and activist, she has continued to claim space for queer storytellers
Una nueva integrante llegó al Concejo de Medellín y cumplió su acto de posesión este jueves 10 de julio, durante la sesión plenaria que tuvo lugar en …
“Are we talking about sex too much?” BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGES VIA TWO TWOS A weekly podcast aiming to bridge the gap between the straights and the queers, Two Twos is produced by Rose F…
If the anti-gay bill is passed, how many more police raids, media witch-hunts, and hateful speeches will be subjected to simply for existing? Diary of a disaster Thursday 20 May, 2021 It is a cool Thursday night. I am sitting at my favourite beach restaurant in Accra. Suddenly, my phone starts buzzing. In a group chat for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) people in Ghana, the administrators are swiftly removing people without explanation. We soon learn why. In the city of Ho, in southeast Ghana, armed police have invaded a joint training workshop with the LBQ organisation OLS and local […]
This revolutionary show centres an out and proud lead that allows many to feel seen BY NIC CROSARA, IMAGE BY BET Throughout her career, Lena Waithe has proven herself time and time again to be a tr…
Meet the 100 trailblazers changing the game for LGBTQI representation BY DIVA STAFF It's finally arrived! The DIVA Power List celebrates LGBTQI women and non-binary people across screen, musi…
During Women’s History Month, we recognize women who were trailblazers, especially those individuals whose contributions are under-acknowledged, undervalued and underappreciated.
The star of Bridgerton talks season two, the Queen Charlotte spin-off and what it’s been like navigating the industry as a Black lesbian INTERVIEW BY NIC CROSARA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE MASONS Ou…
Under the banner of her digital media organization, AQ Studios, the Senegalese-American journalist has produced a number of documentaries, as well as hosted panels and film screenings, focussing on LGBT issues across the African continent.
Puna Press interviews Miki Vale following her Song of the Year win at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards for 'Bad Wolves.' Source: Puna Press, January 21, 2022. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-218.
Compartimos un intercambio que sostuvimos desde nuestro espacio de feminismos para América Latina de la Fundación Rosa Luxemburgo con Ochy Curiel, para pensar en conjunto algunos interrogantes sobre el feminismo decolonial.
Outed in Uganda’s virulently homophobic press, the artist and activist claimed asylum in New York. Now, her sculptures and paintings stand as monuments to the nation’s persecuted LGBTQ+ community
In this week's episode, Lady Phyll discusses the importance of inclusive education BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGES COURTESY OF PHYLL OPOKU-GYIMAH Exciting news, DIVAs! Co-Founder of UK Black Pride and E…
“I’m on a mission to keep DIVA representing all of us” BY CHAR BAILEY Hello Divas, As if I’m writing this. It seems all prior knowledge of how to use words is evading me and the taps on…
The stand-up comic talks coming out, racism and falling in love IMAGE BY STEVE PEIRCE In the brand new August edition of DIVA, our cover star Gina Yashere talks candidly about what it’s reall…
The film-maker’s first movie, about a Black lesbian teenager, has made it to the Criterion Collection, a catalogue of canonical films. She discusses her characters and the pleasure of this success
Thirty years ago, a group of Londoners had to battle to get LGBTQ+ people of colour their own place to party at Pride. What started on a ghetto blaster paved the way for today’s UK Black Pride
Report on Kehlani's Advocate interview, in which she says her cisgender, straight-presenting presentation has given her privilege in music, and that it is tougher for trans artists, Black gay men, and Black masculine gay women.
Join us on Wednesday in the Facebook DIVA Community for this juicy interview BY DIVA STAFF Following the success of The Riley Interviews during lockdown number one, DIVA has now launched The DIVA I…
Hosted by Saski and Char Bailey, The DIVA Interviews will link up with LGBTQI legends weekly BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Following the success of The Riley Interviews during lockdown, DIVA has now launched…
An initiative celebrating the most influential Black people in the British game has honoured key LGBTQI figures BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Today, The Football Black List has honoured some of the most insp…
The UK Black Pride co-founder and DIVA columnist on why being yourself isn’t the same within all LGBTQI spaces Pride month always brings with it conflicting feelings. From brands amplifying t…
Growing up in 80s Soweto, Ditsie was immersed in the struggle against apartheid. But she knew racial oppression was only part of the fight – and organised the first Pride march in Africa
An exclusive chat with your DIVA Pride co-host, Char Bailey BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS There is just one day to go until the DIVA Pride celebrations begin! Clear your diary if you don’t want to miss some …
Need some more Pride celebrations? We’ve got just the thing… BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Tomorrow (30) June, neighbourhood operator, Get Living, will host Speak With Pride, an interactive virtual event wi…
Jackie Kay – the Scottish poet laureate – reveals what it was like coming to terms with being black and being a lesbian in rural Scotland in the 1960s.
Nylon piece on rapper Chika Oranika talking body image in a new interview; she says labels people place on her, like being brave, are oppressive and reinforce the standard.
Karen Kaz Lucas is the revolutionary brainchild behind Africa's best-known sex positive podcast, The Spread, dedicated to decolonizing the way Africans talk about sex and sexuality. (Quartz Africa, from the article text; no publisher meta excerpt.)
Hailing from a country that criminalized queerness comes with its own challenges. But Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro is choosing to find the joy in her life as a trans women instead of dealing in the loneliness and trauma that can come with being a leading voice in the movement to change the status quo.
The writer whose radical honesty has won fans across the globe talks about writing as a cry for help, using books to fight racism and why she rejects ‘identity politics’
Our Bible App is a new app that caters to progressive Christians and people across a spectrum of spiritualities. Started in 2017, Our Bible App curates various Bible translations, devotional readings, books, and podcasts within its digital interface.
In one of the world’s most homophobic countries, a new generation of writers are writing queer people into existence. On Nigeria’s streets, on the pages of its newspapers, and on its screens, members of the LGBTQ community are largely invisible. And with good reason. Nigeria is one of the least tolerant countries in the world for gay people. In a 2013 global survey, it came out as the most homophobic nation of the 39 polled with 98% of respondents saying society should not accept homosexuality. Another study in 2017 found that 90% of Nigerians support the law that bans gay […]
Kiersey Clemons talks to us about sliding into those Instagram DMs; her undying love for old school Disney channel; being an out queer black actress in Hollywood; and of course her new movie, Hearts Beat Loud!
Her house has been broken into, her images stolen. But the South African will not stop using photography to highlight massacres, homophobia, hate crimes and rape. She talks about her new series: taking a self-portrait every day for a year
Report on Azealia Banks defending her decision to bleach her skin in a Facebook Live video, insisting there is no disconnect between her championing of Black women and her decision to lighten her skin tone.
Autostraddle feature on Ari Fitz's TOMBOYISH webseries, which documents fashion that blurs the lines of gender expectations, and her two-part PROMBOYISH miniseries for prom.
Homophobia is rampant in the island nation and sexual activity between men is illegal, but weeklong celebration offered some hope for the LGBT community
Weeklong event that was previously almost unthinkable in a Caribbean country long described as the one of the globe’s most hostile places to homosexuality
Athletes from around the world have spent the past week in Cleveland at the Gay Games, the world’s largest event for gay athletes. Skyler Reid found a festival on the up
Afrik.com poursuit sa série de portrait d'afro-caribéens gay, régulièrement stigmatisés au sein de leur communauté en raison de leur homosexualité. Voici
Pre-premiere Autostraddle interview with Ari Fitz, who self-identifies as a "model, filmmaker, and pusher," ahead of her debut on MTV's The Real World: Ex-Plosion and her forthcoming film and modeling projects.
"Pariah" is the first mainstream American film about an African-American lesbian, and it's really fucking good. You can watch our interview videos and read some words about it inside this post.
DeRionne P. Pollard, who is African-American and openly lesbian, will take the helm of Montgomery College in Maryland this August. According to the Maryland Gazette, Dr. Pollard was selected after a five-month nationwide search that drew 50 applicants. "Pollard, with 15 years of teaching and leading…
Gay campaigners praised the London Mayor's record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights last night as around 250 dignitaries gathered at City Hall for the annual pride reception.The event celebrated this weekend's EuroPride parade in London and was addressed by gay campaigners, celebrities and sponsors.
Barbara Smith, profiled in season 1 of the Smithsonian's Collected podcast, Rerooting Black Feminism. Source: Smithsonian Collected (National Museum of American History). Coverage ID ART-PILOT-209.
Smithsonian Collected (National Museum of American History)
Holly Fry and Tracy V. Wilson trace Audre Lorde's early life in the first of a two-part biography. Source: Stuff You Missed in History Class. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-207.
On Sunday, February 16, over 35 queer and/or trans Black women gathered at Soho's Holloway House for a brunch hosted by celebrity stylist Zerina Akers and filmmaker Sidra Smith, celebrating love, friendship, and community.
Opinion piece answering Azealia Banks's defense of skin lightening, in which she likened it to body modifications such as a weave or a nose job; contributor Kuba Shand-Baptiste explains why skin bleaching is an indefensible and dangerous process.
Dazed interviews kwn in Walthamstow about her EP, music videos and writing songs centering queer women's relationships. Source: Dazed, Isobel Van Dyke. Original publication date not yet verified. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-205.
The FADER interviews kwn ahead of her eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, talking Kehlani, R&B's intentionality, and flipping 'Hot In Herre' for 'risk it all.' Source: The FADER, June 25, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-212.
ee72 interviews kwn about her forthcoming EP and all pride aside, framing the two EPs as A side and B side and talking therapy, heartbreak, and grief. Source: ee72, May 26, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-213.
Cynthia Erivo stepped out at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival on October 13 for her movie Prima Facie, which opens in U.K. cinemas in November and is still awaiting a U.S. release date.
Report on Kelley Robinson's interview with TheGrio making the case for stronger political cooperation between Black and LGBTQ communities ahead of the midterm election, arguing the two communities share interests in fighting discrimination and protecting civil rights.
Lena Waithe was among eight recipients of Harvard's W. E. B. Du Bois Medal, its highest honor in African and African American studies, presented at a Sanders Theatre ceremony; fellow honorees included Angela Bassett, Mavis Staples, and Didier Drogba.
Profile of award-winning author francesca ekwuyasi ahead of her McGill Queer History Month keynote on Oct. 15, mapping a personal queer and creative history through Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic."
Queen Latifah opened up about her biopic in development at Variety's Power of Women summit on September 23, addressing how casting will work and why finding the right performer, or performers, is its own challenge.
Complex report on Queen Latifah's announcement at Variety's Power of Women summit (Sept 23, 2026) that casting is open for her biopic, and that it may take more than one actress to play her.
Report on KWN's social media apology over the Keke Palmer celebrity crush backlash; she said the word "joke" was the wrong choice of words, took full accountability, and reached out to Palmer privately.
Report on kwn clearing the air after backlash over her Complex News comments that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush in a previous Angie Martinez interview was "kind of a joke."
Opinion essay on KWN explaining that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush was "kind of a joke," asking who the jest is really for when the same group of people is constantly made the laughingstock.
Journey To Launch episode with Arlan Hamilton, who was homeless when she launched Backstage Capital in 2015, on the mindset, confidence, and self-care behind her success.
Clash reports kwn's eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, with Destin Conrad on the opener and Ty Dolla on 'Til The Room Stinks.' Source: Clash, June 29, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-215.
Rated R&B reviews kwn's eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, as the B-side to With All Due Respect, with more vulnerability and experimentation. Source: Rated R&B, June 27, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-214.
An hour with Mandy Carter, the veteran Black lesbian activist, from the queer documentary podcast Cruising. Source: Cruising, April 28, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-206.
Queen Latifah interviews Regina Hall in a wide-ranging conversation that doubled as a reunion, reflecting on craft, trust, grief, and the possibility of a Girls Trip sequel.
EARMILK reviews kwn's nine-track EP, released June 20, 2025, highlighting its classic R&B influences and songs including “worst behaviour,” “do what i say,” and “war to be over.” Source: EARMILK, June 20, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-203.
The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writers
NME profiles kwn ahead of her EP with all due respect, discussing bedroom recording, musical influences and her rise in R&B. Source: NME, May 26, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-204. Author not yet verified.
Let's reflect on the lives of notable Black queer women in the early 20th century: the stories of Lucy Diggs Slowe, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, and Dorothy West, and the relationships and societal challenges they faced. Source: Aisle Tell You What, March 3, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-208.
Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
The Ugandan visual artist and LGBTQ+ activist, Leilah Babirye’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S., ‘We Have a History,’ is now open in San Francisco.
Coverage of the opening of All About Love at The Broad (May 25 to Sep 29, 2024), her 80-plus-work survey of Black women across painting, collage, installation, and photography.
Queer Money episode with Arlan Hamilton on what inspired her book Your First Million, the mindset shift needed to build a legacy of wealth, and how she gives back to the queer and Black communities she is part of.
Her first novel was turned down by several publishers, then embraced by a feminist press. As an author, poet, playwright and activist, she has continued to claim space for queer storytellers
Una nueva integrante llegó al Concejo de Medellín y cumplió su acto de posesión este jueves 10 de julio, durante la sesión plenaria que tuvo lugar en …
“Are we talking about sex too much?” BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGES VIA TWO TWOS A weekly podcast aiming to bridge the gap between the straights and the queers, Two Twos is produced by Rose F…
If the anti-gay bill is passed, how many more police raids, media witch-hunts, and hateful speeches will be subjected to simply for existing? Diary of a disaster Thursday 20 May, 2021 It is a cool Thursday night. I am sitting at my favourite beach restaurant in Accra. Suddenly, my phone starts buzzing. In a group chat for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) people in Ghana, the administrators are swiftly removing people without explanation. We soon learn why. In the city of Ho, in southeast Ghana, armed police have invaded a joint training workshop with the LBQ organisation OLS and local […]
This revolutionary show centres an out and proud lead that allows many to feel seen BY NIC CROSARA, IMAGE BY BET Throughout her career, Lena Waithe has proven herself time and time again to be a tr…
Meet the 100 trailblazers changing the game for LGBTQI representation BY DIVA STAFF It's finally arrived! The DIVA Power List celebrates LGBTQI women and non-binary people across screen, musi…
During Women’s History Month, we recognize women who were trailblazers, especially those individuals whose contributions are under-acknowledged, undervalued and underappreciated.
The star of Bridgerton talks season two, the Queen Charlotte spin-off and what it’s been like navigating the industry as a Black lesbian INTERVIEW BY NIC CROSARA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE MASONS Ou…
Under the banner of her digital media organization, AQ Studios, the Senegalese-American journalist has produced a number of documentaries, as well as hosted panels and film screenings, focussing on LGBT issues across the African continent.
Puna Press interviews Miki Vale following her Song of the Year win at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards for 'Bad Wolves.' Source: Puna Press, January 21, 2022. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-218.
Compartimos un intercambio que sostuvimos desde nuestro espacio de feminismos para América Latina de la Fundación Rosa Luxemburgo con Ochy Curiel, para pensar en conjunto algunos interrogantes sobre el feminismo decolonial.
Outed in Uganda’s virulently homophobic press, the artist and activist claimed asylum in New York. Now, her sculptures and paintings stand as monuments to the nation’s persecuted LGBTQ+ community
In this week's episode, Lady Phyll discusses the importance of inclusive education BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGES COURTESY OF PHYLL OPOKU-GYIMAH Exciting news, DIVAs! Co-Founder of UK Black Pride and E…
“I’m on a mission to keep DIVA representing all of us” BY CHAR BAILEY Hello Divas, As if I’m writing this. It seems all prior knowledge of how to use words is evading me and the taps on…
The stand-up comic talks coming out, racism and falling in love IMAGE BY STEVE PEIRCE In the brand new August edition of DIVA, our cover star Gina Yashere talks candidly about what it’s reall…
The film-maker’s first movie, about a Black lesbian teenager, has made it to the Criterion Collection, a catalogue of canonical films. She discusses her characters and the pleasure of this success
Thirty years ago, a group of Londoners had to battle to get LGBTQ+ people of colour their own place to party at Pride. What started on a ghetto blaster paved the way for today’s UK Black Pride
Report on Kehlani's Advocate interview, in which she says her cisgender, straight-presenting presentation has given her privilege in music, and that it is tougher for trans artists, Black gay men, and Black masculine gay women.
Join us on Wednesday in the Facebook DIVA Community for this juicy interview BY DIVA STAFF Following the success of The Riley Interviews during lockdown number one, DIVA has now launched The DIVA I…
Hosted by Saski and Char Bailey, The DIVA Interviews will link up with LGBTQI legends weekly BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Following the success of The Riley Interviews during lockdown, DIVA has now launched…
An initiative celebrating the most influential Black people in the British game has honoured key LGBTQI figures BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Today, The Football Black List has honoured some of the most insp…
The UK Black Pride co-founder and DIVA columnist on why being yourself isn’t the same within all LGBTQI spaces Pride month always brings with it conflicting feelings. From brands amplifying t…
Growing up in 80s Soweto, Ditsie was immersed in the struggle against apartheid. But she knew racial oppression was only part of the fight – and organised the first Pride march in Africa
An exclusive chat with your DIVA Pride co-host, Char Bailey BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS There is just one day to go until the DIVA Pride celebrations begin! Clear your diary if you don’t want to miss some …
Need some more Pride celebrations? We’ve got just the thing… BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Tomorrow (30) June, neighbourhood operator, Get Living, will host Speak With Pride, an interactive virtual event wi…
Jackie Kay – the Scottish poet laureate – reveals what it was like coming to terms with being black and being a lesbian in rural Scotland in the 1960s.
Nylon piece on rapper Chika Oranika talking body image in a new interview; she says labels people place on her, like being brave, are oppressive and reinforce the standard.
Karen Kaz Lucas is the revolutionary brainchild behind Africa's best-known sex positive podcast, The Spread, dedicated to decolonizing the way Africans talk about sex and sexuality. (Quartz Africa, from the article text; no publisher meta excerpt.)
Hailing from a country that criminalized queerness comes with its own challenges. But Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro is choosing to find the joy in her life as a trans women instead of dealing in the loneliness and trauma that can come with being a leading voice in the movement to change the status quo.
The writer whose radical honesty has won fans across the globe talks about writing as a cry for help, using books to fight racism and why she rejects ‘identity politics’
Our Bible App is a new app that caters to progressive Christians and people across a spectrum of spiritualities. Started in 2017, Our Bible App curates various Bible translations, devotional readings, books, and podcasts within its digital interface.
In one of the world’s most homophobic countries, a new generation of writers are writing queer people into existence. On Nigeria’s streets, on the pages of its newspapers, and on its screens, members of the LGBTQ community are largely invisible. And with good reason. Nigeria is one of the least tolerant countries in the world for gay people. In a 2013 global survey, it came out as the most homophobic nation of the 39 polled with 98% of respondents saying society should not accept homosexuality. Another study in 2017 found that 90% of Nigerians support the law that bans gay […]
Kiersey Clemons talks to us about sliding into those Instagram DMs; her undying love for old school Disney channel; being an out queer black actress in Hollywood; and of course her new movie, Hearts Beat Loud!
Her house has been broken into, her images stolen. But the South African will not stop using photography to highlight massacres, homophobia, hate crimes and rape. She talks about her new series: taking a self-portrait every day for a year
Report on Azealia Banks defending her decision to bleach her skin in a Facebook Live video, insisting there is no disconnect between her championing of Black women and her decision to lighten her skin tone.
Autostraddle feature on Ari Fitz's TOMBOYISH webseries, which documents fashion that blurs the lines of gender expectations, and her two-part PROMBOYISH miniseries for prom.
Homophobia is rampant in the island nation and sexual activity between men is illegal, but weeklong celebration offered some hope for the LGBT community
Weeklong event that was previously almost unthinkable in a Caribbean country long described as the one of the globe’s most hostile places to homosexuality
Athletes from around the world have spent the past week in Cleveland at the Gay Games, the world’s largest event for gay athletes. Skyler Reid found a festival on the up
Afrik.com poursuit sa série de portrait d'afro-caribéens gay, régulièrement stigmatisés au sein de leur communauté en raison de leur homosexualité. Voici
Pre-premiere Autostraddle interview with Ari Fitz, who self-identifies as a "model, filmmaker, and pusher," ahead of her debut on MTV's The Real World: Ex-Plosion and her forthcoming film and modeling projects.
"Pariah" is the first mainstream American film about an African-American lesbian, and it's really fucking good. You can watch our interview videos and read some words about it inside this post.
DeRionne P. Pollard, who is African-American and openly lesbian, will take the helm of Montgomery College in Maryland this August. According to the Maryland Gazette, Dr. Pollard was selected after a five-month nationwide search that drew 50 applicants. "Pollard, with 15 years of teaching and leading…
Gay campaigners praised the London Mayor's record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights last night as around 250 dignitaries gathered at City Hall for the annual pride reception.The event celebrated this weekend's EuroPride parade in London and was addressed by gay campaigners, celebrities and sponsors.
Barbara Smith, profiled in season 1 of the Smithsonian's Collected podcast, Rerooting Black Feminism. Source: Smithsonian Collected (National Museum of American History). Coverage ID ART-PILOT-209.
Smithsonian Collected (National Museum of American History)
Holly Fry and Tracy V. Wilson trace Audre Lorde's early life in the first of a two-part biography. Source: Stuff You Missed in History Class. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-207.
On Sunday, February 16, over 35 queer and/or trans Black women gathered at Soho's Holloway House for a brunch hosted by celebrity stylist Zerina Akers and filmmaker Sidra Smith, celebrating love, friendship, and community.
Opinion piece answering Azealia Banks's defense of skin lightening, in which she likened it to body modifications such as a weave or a nose job; contributor Kuba Shand-Baptiste explains why skin bleaching is an indefensible and dangerous process.
Dazed interviews kwn in Walthamstow about her EP, music videos and writing songs centering queer women's relationships. Source: Dazed, Isobel Van Dyke. Original publication date not yet verified. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-205.
The FADER interviews kwn ahead of her eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, talking Kehlani, R&B's intentionality, and flipping 'Hot In Herre' for 'risk it all.' Source: The FADER, June 25, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-212.
ee72 interviews kwn about her forthcoming EP and all pride aside, framing the two EPs as A side and B side and talking therapy, heartbreak, and grief. Source: ee72, May 26, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-213.
