American film and television director, writer, and producer Lilly Wachowski sat down for a poignant and moving 1 June interview with IndieWire in which she discussed her own transition, and the courage she feels is required for trans people who come out of the closet.
Black gay bars are closing while everybody profits off Black queer culture. Ballroom gets copied, our slang gets recycled, our aesthetics get monetized, & suddenly non-Black people are the face of “Black gay” events.
How do u consume the culture but erase the people who built it?
Like many creative people my work was stolen to train AI which then took my jobs. I’m fighting back, starting a small press for human-only publishing, particularly by people 40+, Welsh, &/or neurodivergent. I need your help to begin: just £1 will help. 🙏🏼
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A truly intelligent species wouldn’t poison its own drinking water, strip away its topsoil, drive wildlife populations into decline, and create chronic illness through the very food system it depends on.
In 2003, I was 9 years old & I auditioned to play Jeremy in Chitty @ the Palladium. I got a recall then got cut. I was in the street crying into the arms of my grandma when a man stopped and asked if I was ok. My grandma explained and he wrote me this. It was Anthony Head. RIP 💔