For me personally, queer nightlife has allowed me to find friends, family, and role models, people from whom I could learn. These experiences have given me a sense of not being alone and have emboldened me in many aspects of life. These encounters and experiences continue to influence my music. This song is intended as a love letter to visibility and pride. No one can take away the love you feel; it belongs to you.
With its plain white walls and barred windows, the building in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, also offers a splash of color in the sign with the bold pink lettering right above the entrance: Queer Cafe. "After we put it up above the entrance, all the threats came," Grigorita, the 27-year-old manager of the cafe, told DW. "But no," Grigorita said. "That sign is not going anywhere. It's the whole point of having a queer space in the city: It should be visible from the outside."
I can't tell y'all how much a relief last Sunday's Castro Street Fair was. I stopped by every booth, picked up way too much free candy (and condoms), and had to convince myself not to buy every t-shirt I saw. I wasn't alive for Harvey Milk's first fair half a century ago. As I scrolled through the photos of this year's event, I laughed to myself imagining what naughty pix he would've developed at his Castro Camera storefront.
I think just being out and being two girls in love, if we can change one or two people's lives and the way they feel about each other, that means a lot to me. I love to share my relationship on social media,
I mean, nothing I said in the interview was bad or wild or anything, but I think I was a bit naive to the fact that it was going to go big I thought it was just going to be a local thing for the people around the race course. But suddenly there was all this interest.
Carmen Carrera, a trans model, made her debut on The Real Housewives of Miami's seventh season as a friend of Kiki Barth. At the National LGBTQ+ Task Force Gala, she discussed her modeling career with Julia Lemigova, revealing she almost walked in the Victoria's Secret fashion show 10 years ago, but was denied due to a trans exclusion policy.