Rain Valdez Talks About The Importance Of Building Community With Q26
Rain Valdez is an actress, an award-winning filmmaker and the founder of ActNOW, the first and only acting class in Los Angeles, prioritizing a safe space for LGBTQIA actors and teaching beyond the binary. She recently starred in a Paul Feig directed, half-hour comedy pilot for Freeform TV, guest stars in Amazon's Sneaky Pete, and can also be seen in the CBS All Access new show Why Women Kill. Jasmine D. Lowe, the Managing Editor at Q26, got the chance to interview her via Zoom.
Comedian Sampson McCormick "Church Boy"
Sampson McCormick is a comedian and stage performer many issues of the day, including intersectionality from a Black gay male perspective, in the newly released film, "Church Boy," on June 1, 2020. The new stand up comedy concert film is the fifth from the award-winning comedian and is now available on several online platforms.
The Zenith Experience Presents Its First Pop-Up in Inglewood, CA
Pieces from the Alani Taylor were modeled at the intimate event while images of Beyonce wearing Alani Taylor pieces from "Black Is King" played on the television screen in the background.
To All the (Straight) Boys I’ve Loved Before
All the contemplating on my past experiences as a ‘woman’ were sparked by a conflicting turn of events. I realized that several of my straight ex-boyfriends were being mocked for their history with me. Most, if not all, of the ridicule that I caught wind of was based on a toxic concoction of transphobia, homophobia, and misogyny. But it all came down to that these men were being labeled as gay because of my past relationships paired with my current identity.
Homeless in a Pandemic
There’s a man to my right that I notice. Sitting in a foldable chair, tablet out, earphones in. He’s bundled in a blanket, excitedly reacting to the device in his hands. We’re under the same library in separate worlds, undoubtedly here for the same reason: a reliable internet connection. The only commonality between us was our home: the very parking lot we sat in.
The VDOM is Revolutionizing Sex Through Technology
The VDOM is a product that falls within its parent company's mission to create tech-based products that alter, change, and upgrade human lives in the most positive ways imaginable. VDOM's parent company, SkiiMoo Tech, is an all things tech startup that specializes in consumer tech-based products.
Here's Why You Can't Compare HIV to COVID-19
COVID-19 is a very serious and very real pandemic currently affecting the world at the moment. But to say that COVID-19 and the HIV/AIDS epidemic are one in the same is completely ignoring the length and ways that our society chose to ignore and stigmatize HIV/AIDS.
It's Personal(s): The Unchanging Polestar of Queer Connection
Lex is a new "dating" app for queer womxn-loving-womxn people. ISO (In Search Of) are the magical letters that, when used together, call people in our community to rise up, band together, make connections, and form relationships.
Black Lives Matter. Act Like It.
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”