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Hayley Kiyoko Turned Her Teenage Pain Into a Sapphic Success

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By Ashley Spencer
| Breaking One
In June 2015, two days before same-sex marriage was federally recognized, Hayley Kiyoko released her song "Girls Like Girls." At the time, Kiyoko was 24 and had built a fanbase from her acting roles in Disney Channel fare. But she was now putting out an explicitly sapphic song when she had come out as a lesbian only privately, to a few people in her life.
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At Las Culturistas With Will Ferrell, Pikachu and a Big Thing of Cottage Cheese

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By Ashley Spencer
| Breaking One
For one night only, in a restored prewar movie palace, the cast of "Hacks," Lisa Rinna in costume as "Jacob Elordi leaving an airport" and Pikachu were saluted with the same awe. The fifth annual Las Culturistas Culture Awards, created and hosted by comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, were held at the United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles late last month and are now streaming on Peacock.
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With ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko Turns Her Teenage Pain Into Art

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By Ashley Spencer
| The DAM.fm Rock
The once-closeted star has reinvented her song “Girls Like Girls” as a best-selling Y.A. novel and a new theatrical film. It wasn’t easy.
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