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How Rubby Valentin Represents Latinx & Queer Identities in His Genre-Mixing Music
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How Rubby Valentin Represents Latinx & Queer Identities in His Genre-Mixing Music

Rubby Valentin isn't interested in standing on a soapbox, he's busy making space for other queer rappers of color to explore their craft.

Drag Queen Horrorchata Is Behind The International Drag Festival Bushwig
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Drag Queen Horrorchata Is Behind The International Drag Festival Bushwig

A Brooklyn drag queen founded the first-ever international drag festival for all members of the LGBTQ+ community to feel celebrated and loved

How bRass Burlesque is Taking the Power Back for Queer Women of Color
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How bRass Burlesque is Taking the Power Back for Queer Women of Color

This burlesque group uses performance art to send political messages and celebrate queer feminism.

How Model Jillian Mercado Is Normalizing Muscular Dystrophy
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How Model Jillian Mercado Is Normalizing Muscular Dystrophy

You've probably seen her in Target campaigns or modeling for the icon Beyoncé's clothing line—but here's how Jillian Mercado is knocking down barriers for other models with differences and disabilities

How Julio Salgado Utilizes Art to Express Life As a Queer, Undocumented Man
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How Julio Salgado Utilizes Art to Express Life As a Queer, Undocumented Man

Julio Salgado turned to art after he had trouble finding his own voice—now the Latinx artist is using his work to express the reality of being a queer individual and an undocumented immigrant.

Meet Lucia Lucas, the First-Ever Trans Singer to Headline a U.S. Opera
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Meet Lucia Lucas, the First-Ever Trans Singer to Headline a U.S. Opera

Lucia Lucas thought she'd have to choose between coming out and pursuing her career—now she’s the first-ever trans singer to headline a major opera in the U.S.

How Iraqi Refugee Ahmed Shareef Defied Tragedy and Disabilities to Become a Musician
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How Iraqi Refugee Ahmed Shareef Defied Tragedy and Disabilities to Become a Musician

Presented in partnership with Visible: Ahmed Shareef didn't let being an Iraqi refugee left permanently disabled by the war conflict, and personal tragedies define the path of his life.“I didn’t know that piano players need two hands,” he stated.

How Gender-Fluid Supermodel Rain Dove is Bettering the Fashion Industry and World
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How Gender-Fluid Supermodel Rain Dove is Bettering the Fashion Industry and World

Rain Dove is a gender-fluid supermodel taking the fashion industry by storm and showing the world how to live boldly in one's truth

NYC-Based Rapper Anik Khan Is Empowering 'Brown America' in Hip-Hop
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NYC-Based Rapper Anik Khan Is Empowering 'Brown America' in Hip-Hop

Rapper Anik Khan is bringing “Brown America” to the forefront with his Bangladeshi-inspired hip-hop music

Sahana Srinivasan of Netflix's 'Brainchild' on Indian American Representation
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Sahana Srinivasan of Netflix's 'Brainchild' on Indian American Representation

Meet Sahana Srinivasan, the first-ever woman of color to host an American science show.

Actress Lauren Ridloff is Creating Space for Better Deaf Representation in Media
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Actress Lauren Ridloff is Creating Space for Better Deaf Representation in Media

Tony nominated actress Lauren Ridloff is bringing authentic Deaf representation to the stage and the big screen.“My dream was to write books.

Nick Linnehan's Identity Theater Spotlights Talent In The Disabled Community
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Nick Linnehan's Identity Theater Spotlights Talent In The Disabled Community

Presented in partnership with Visible: Though Nick Linnehan labels himself as a “gay, disabled, Catholic addict” — he's the brilliant mind behind Identity Theater, an inclusive theater group for disabled actors and rising talent, based in New York City

Non-Binary Comic Jes Tom On LGBTQ+ Stereotypes in Entertainment
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Non-Binary Comic Jes Tom On LGBTQ+ Stereotypes in Entertainment

Non-binary comic Jes Tom is using their work to spotlight trans issues and break LGBTQ+ stereotypes.“Right now, where I’m at in comedy, there’s a split between when I’m performing in rooms full of people that are also queer or are also Asian American and kind of understand what I’m saying and for those people it’s important because they agree with me,” they said.

How Shay Neary Made History as a Plus Size Trans Model
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How Shay Neary Made History as a Plus Size Trans Model

Shay Neary made history as a plus size trans model.“I’ve come a really long way for someone who’s from a bumble town in Pennsylvania.

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