LGBT+ South Africans wave Pride flags at Durban Pride Festival. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) Lawmakers in the upper house of South Africa’s parliament passed a bill Wednesday (July 1) that bars marriage officers from objecting to marrying same-sex couples. South Africa remains an outlier in the patchwork of policies and laws in Africa wired to erase
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Billy Porter. (Getty images) In becoming the first openly gay man to cover ESSENCE magazine, Billy Porter delivered a grand creed on the impunity felt by those who slay Black folk and addressed the concerns expressed by religious homophobes over his “salvation”. The Pose star featured on the magazine’s July/August 2020 issue in an Aliétte dress
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Sia has a brand new title: grandma! In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, the 44-year-old Grammy nominee confirmed she is a grandmother.  “My youngest son just had two babies…I’m a f–king grandma!” she said. “I know, right?…I’m just immediately horrified…No, I’m cool. They call me ‘Nana.'” However, she has a different name
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The late John Prine, who died earlier this year of COVID-19, has received an unprecedented posthumous honor. He’s the first person to be named Illinois’ honorary poet laureate. “John Prine leaves behind an unparalleled musical legacy and was beloved by family and millions of fans who hope that in Heaven he finds Paradise waitin’ just
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Recent news surrounding Jurassic World: Dominion’s continued road to restarting production has dropped a story that, to some, is just business as usual. With the return of several important characters from Jurassic Park, most notably Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), it’s not that huge
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