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It won’t happen next month but organizers are making plans for a large in-person summer 2021 Pride event on Capitol Hill. “If it can be done safely, we will be doing it,” PrideFest head Egan Orion tells CHS. As...

The surprise result of transitioning was that I suddenly became memorable to… everyone.Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashI’ve changed. I’m different now.Now, before you accuse me of moonlighting as a stand-in...

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they’re fighting for a common purpose—and falling for each other—in Zoe Hana Mikuta’s Gearbreakers, publishing June 29th with Feiwel & Friends. Read an excerpt...

When he popped up on Skype, I had no idea who he was. The picture was anonymous. There were no details. I had not even given my username out to anyone that I could recall. Yet for whatever reason, I responded. In no...

As a young boy in elementary school, I had my first experiences of not being accepted and, in some cases, rejected. As a child, my family moved several times, which made me the new kid more times than I care to recall....

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was marked by difficult—but much-needed—conversations around racial inequality and systemic discrimination in America. The Black Lives Matter movement catapulted these discussions...

When I first came across Jean Kyoung Frazier’s debut novel, Pizza Girl, the title and the summary immediately grabbed me. Called “fresh, funny, and bittersweet” by the New York Times Book Review, Pizza Girl is a...

Janet Mock left people speechless after she took the mic at the Pose premiere event in New York City on Thursday. The landmark FX show's executive producer and director gave a passionate speech, speaking up against...

The horror movie, The Ring, premiered when I was in high school. Now, I love horror movies but when that girl came out of the TV screen I screamed for my mommy. The following story will not be nearly as graphic but can...

"Delusion is my game," sings New York-based artist ysak on her debut single, "other girls," a melodic electro-pop cut that sees her begging for a "savior" to "tear her life apart"...

It's been months since Elliot Page first opened up to the world and went public as a proud transgender man. The Umbrella Academy star posted a heartfelt message on Instagram, saying how "remarkable it feels"...

Admittedly, I couldn't tell you what the chief executive of a major industrial state does every second of every day. But I have to assume that West Virginia's Republican Gov. Jim Justice should have a pretty busy...

In the past, I’ve written about how I’ve both outgrown YA books as well as my refusal to label them, or any books, as “guilty pleasures.” The fact of the matter is yes, I still believe I have outgrown the...

Pixel Grip's new track "Demon Chaser" is relentlessly aggressive and relentlessly horny. "It's born from the desire to crush my enemies and to fuck my worries away," vocalist Rita Lukea tells PAPER....

Pixel Grip's new track "Demon Chaser" is relentlessly aggressive and relentlessly horny. "It's born from the desire to crush my enemies and to fuck my worries away," vocalist Rita Lukea tells PAPER....

The Conductors by Nicole GloverHistorical MysteryMarch 2, 2021 by John Joseph Adams This book was really so inventive from concept to completion and I was interested in it from the second I heard about it. This is a...

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