Cultural representation in the toy industry has historically been disproportionate; this applies to dolls especially. Target's collaboration with Orijin Bees is a groundbreaking development.
Op-Ed
Is Chappelle saying that the LGBTQ community doesn't deserve what they've gained? No. Not at all. But what he is asking is: where is the mutual empathy?
Poetry, for centuries, has been an essential tool for expressing both love and desire, especially for "the love that dared not speak its name."
The MacArthur Foundation has honored 12 amazing Black creatives with its generous and prestigious Fellowship grants, out of 25 awardees overall – a record number of simultaneous Black winners for the MacArthur Fellowship since its inception since 1981.
Although BIPOC people make up the majority of missing persons, they rarely get aggressive media attention due to racism in classification of the reports.
American citizens leave the country for a number of reasons, including travel, adventure, and exciting careers, but in recent years the number of Black American expatriates of all kinds has surged.
Audre Lord was a poet who described herself as "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."
It's the dawn of autumn. And I love autumn in Seattle.
It's no secret that inequality is still deeply rooted in the American public school system. Academic achievement is still correlated to whiteness, and the gaps in performance between white and Asian students and Black and Latino students prove that.
For members of the LGBTQ community who also find themselves on the autistic spectrum, their intersecting identities can lead them to feel excluded from Queer spaces, due to a lack of understanding and access needs not being met.