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Staff favorites: Pride Month watch list


To help celebrate Pride Month, Arts & Entertainment staff writers have shared their favorite queer films. So whether you’re looking to learn more about the Asian American LGBTQ experience or the often overlooked history of Black queer representation in the film industry, our staff has the films for you.

A Long Time Coming


86-year-old Tom Capehart added yet another achievement to his resume this year: a degree.

JK Rowling’s transphobia shows the value of inclusive language


“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s most recent viral transphobic tweet and essay show why minor linguistic nuances can significantly impact the general population’s mindset around the LGBTQ community.  In the post, Rowling made fun of an article on period poverty during the pandemic for using nongendered terms to refer to “people who menstruate.”  “I’m sure […]