InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger,laugh harder, and love deeper. ELIXHER got the opportunity to sit down with Al Janae Hamilton, a talented photographer, filmmaker, painter and costume designer. Check her out…
If you ask people (straight or gay) to define “lesbian sex,” you’ll likely be left with varying answers or the big question mark you started with. (The answer is not in “lesbian” porn.) You have to wonder why the average person is so puzzled when it comes to girl-on-girl intimacy when there’s no confusion about what constitutes gay male sex or straight sex.
InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger, laugh harder, and love deeper. This week we caught up with Nessette Falu, a Harlem native completing her doctorate at Rice University.
Last month, ELIXHER caught up with Saj Golde, star of the Showtime reality TV show The Real L Word, to chat about the importance of depicting Black lesbians in the media. It turns out that both Po and Dice, close friends of TV personality, La La, love ladies as well!
Of the nine men accused of murdering South African lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana, two were cleared of all charges yesterday and were released.
Too often the voices of bisexual men and women are rendered silent. It’s also common for members of the lesbian, gay, and transgender community to discriminate against their bi brothers and sisters. Adrienne Williams (pictured right), founder of the Bi Social Network, created an outlet to address the needs of this frequently overlooked segment of our community. Check it out!
InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger, laugh harder, and love deeper. This week Dana Robinson, a 33-year-old yoga instructor and entrepreneur from Long Beach, shares.
This year has been a breakout year for filmmaker Dee Rees, and it’s been a longtime coming. Her debut film Pariah, the semi-autobiographical story of an emotionally conflicted 17-year-old Bronx girl who lives a dual life between her conservative family and her gay friends, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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