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Denny Agassi

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He Made Affection Feel Simple

He Made Affection Feel Simple

The New York Times — "Jack, in wooing me, nurtured the possibility that my romantic fantasies could come true, that I could be seen as a complex person rather than a fetishized token of someone’s imagination."
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Book your flights: 7 places around the world making positive changes for LGBTQ people

Book your flights: 7 places around the world making positive changes for LGBTQ people

Reckon — There's no sugarcoating how much bad news there has been for LGBTQ communities in the U.S. Violence against trans and gender nonconforming people in the U.S. continues to happen all too often. Even the Pope's statement last week that homosexuality should be decriminalized was tainted by his clarification that, yes, "it's a sin."
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These two new West Virginia bills are trying to make it a crime to be 'exposed' to trans people

These two new West Virginia bills are trying to make it a crime to be 'exposed' to trans people

Reckon — Two new bills were introduced in West Virginia last week, criminalizing drag performances and trans people, labeling them "obscene." SB252 would ban "obscene materials" within 2,500 feet of West Virginia schools and SB278 would keep minors from being exposed to sexually explicit displays at drag shows, which the bill frames as "transvestite and/or transgender exposure in performances".
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Trans women on hormone therapy are still fertile, study shows, but some have mixed feelings

Trans women on hormone therapy are still fertile, study shows, but some have mixed feelings

Reckon — For trans women, conceiving biological children might be more possible than we thought, according to a new study by Cell Reports Medicine released on January 17, 2023. The results capsize the presumed medical notion that undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prevents fertility.
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Hey 2023 Award Shows: Here are 12 trans women in entertainment who deserve their flowers

Hey 2023 Award Shows: Here are 12 trans women in entertainment who deserve their flowers

Reckon — When TV writer Ryan Murphy accepted the Carol Burnett TV Achievement Award at the Golden Globes last week, he didn't make the moment about himself. His shoutout to Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, star of his hit show POSE, and last year's winner of Best Actress in a Drama Series, made headlines.
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Becoming Gottmik: How Kade Gottlieb Uses Drag to Find Joy in Artistry-And Himself

Becoming Gottmik: How Kade Gottlieb Uses Drag to Find Joy in Artistry-And Himself

Coveteur — For many artists, a blank canvas can often be intimidating. Where and with what do you begin crafting your art? However, for RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 finalist and makeup artist extraordinaire Gottmik—whose blank canvas is her face painted in white—it’s an exciting symbol of starting anew.
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Meet Son Lux, Composers Of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

Meet Son Lux, Composers Of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

The Grammy Awards — The soundtrack for the genre-bending film 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' sounds jagged, as if the listener is flipping through TV channels. Learn how composer trio Son Lux scored the film's intricate set of universes.
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For Trans People, Nutritional Guidelines Are Limiting

For Trans People, Nutritional Guidelines Are Limiting

Healthline — "My confusion toward food, my gradually changing hormone dosage, and my feelings about my body begged me one collective question: When will I feel full, and when will I feel whole?"
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Gogo Graham AW22: Touching in the Absence of Touch

Gogo Graham AW22: Touching in the Absence of Touch

Office Magazine — An exclusive look at Gogo Graham's AW22 collection along with an interview and behind-the-scenes outlook by Denny.
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Transitioning Is About So Much More Than 'Befores' and 'Afters'

Transitioning Is About So Much More Than 'Befores' and 'Afters'

Allure — There's a common thread in most depictions of and stories about transgender and nonbinary: the 'before' and the 'after.' In this shoot with six trans people, we explore this obsession with appearance and why cisnormative beauty standards can't dictate our journeys.
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The Julie Mehretu Exhibition at The Whitney

The Julie Mehretu Exhibition at The Whitney

Gay & Lesbian Review — "Mehretu's art is invested in our lived experiences, and examines how forces such as migration, capitalism, and climate change impact human populations-and possibilities," The Whitney's website notes.
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Alexis Nikole Nelson Is Making #ForagerTikTok Our Favorite Place to Be

Alexis Nikole Nelson Is Making #ForagerTikTok Our Favorite Place to Be

Bon Appétit — She's all about ’80s funk, bittercress salads, and finding abundance all around.
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Gogo Graham Debuts Her First Menswear Collection

Gogo Graham Debuts Her First Menswear Collection

PAPER Magazine — "The release of FAGGOT and its debut collection "Sissies Pay Me to Tell Them What to Wear" is Graham's way of meeting men where they are. "Psychologically, it seems as though [the term] 'menswear' is a permission for men to feel like they have access to clothing, in spite of the fact that clothing has no gender and has always been accessible," she says."
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Getting Lost in the Attempt to Find Myself

Getting Lost in the Attempt to Find Myself

DADDY Magazine — 130 pages of original content from more than 30 writers, designers, and photographers. We invited the contributors to our first print issue to explore what it means to be TOGETHER. The results are humorous, thought-provoking, and always personal. Printed in Berlin.
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Transgender Inclusion On Screen Is Progressing | Well+Good

Transgender Inclusion On Screen Is Progressing | Well+Good

Well+Good — "It is no coincidence trans actors feel driven about their career; it is cathartic to deliver a performance and feel recognized in return, especially when celebrated in masses. However, that is no excuse for letting the trajectory of on-screen success irresponsibly move in a direction that leaves Black actors behind."
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Avatar: The Last Airbender's Princess Yue and the cycle of the sacrificing woman

Avatar: The Last Airbender's Princess Yue and the cycle of the sacrificing woman

SYFY — "When I see more and more of my mother in my reflection, it is not because we are women. It is because we sacrifice."
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What It's Like to Be Transgender and Face Dysphoria and Body Dysmorphia at the Same Time

What It's Like to Be Transgender and Face Dysphoria and Body Dysmorphia at the Same Time

Allure — "I don’t need doctors or therapists to validate that I am a girl who has a body, and that my body and gender are never going to be mutually exclusive, be it by my standards or someone else’s."
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The Gap Between Glamour and Death for Trans Women of Color

The Gap Between Glamour and Death for Trans Women of Color

them. — "I’m stuck between feeling like I need to be beautiful in order to be taken seriously, and feeling like I need to be invisible to be safe."
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How Thrift Shopping Helps Me Explore My Trans Womanhood

How Thrift Shopping Helps Me Explore My Trans Womanhood

them. — "I see a profound connection between thrifted clothing and my trans identity, and the ways in which I repurpose familiar items to create new ways of expressing myself."
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