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go-events · 5 years ago

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GO Rom Com Spotlight: @mia-ugly

The delightful @mia-ugly (also mia-ugly on AO3) has claimed 10 Things I Hate About You to adapt for Good Omens in the Good Omens Rom Com Event.

For reference, here’s a little background about the source material!

About 10 Things I Hate About You: Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick?

We spent some time chatting about how the adaptation is coming so far, as well as future plans for it! Now, get to know @mia-ugly a little better!

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goromcom: Let’s start with something about you. :) You know how if you open a Tumblr chat with someone you haven't chatted to before, Tumblr tells you two things they post about? I wanted to tell you that yours reports that you post "#ineffable co-stars au and #let's go". Let's go, indeed!

mia-ugly: Haha, "let's go" is my pretty places to run away to tag. I didn't not realize that was such a significant part of my presence on Tumblr (I can have a little romantic escapism as a treat.)

goromcom: Heck, have a LOT as a treat. But let’s move on to your rom com. You chose to adapt 10 Things I Hate About You. Has this movie been a favorite of yours, or is there some other reason you chose it?

mia-ugly: I remember loving the movie when I first saw it, as a grouchy teenager who over-identified with Cat and her excellent taste in girl rock. Also because of Heath Ledger's hair and Heath Ledger generally (the eternal queer dilemma of whether I wanted to look like him or bang him or if both things were potentially an option.) I also wanted to write a "Crowley seduces Aziraphale for dubious reasons" fic before the romcom fest was announced and 10 Things just seemed like a perfect fit for that storyline.

goromcom: Kat does have great taste! But let’s get specific for a moment. What's your favorite moment of your movie, and are you looking forward to presenting it in your adaptation? Any loose plans for that scene that you can share?

mia-ugly: My favourite moment is probably the Grand Romantic Musical Gesture in the bleachers: "You're Just too Good to be True." (The man can lunge, I'll say that about him.) This particular moment is getting changed in my fic, there is no lunging through the bleachers, but there maaaay be a spontaneous and helpless miracle that one of our lovestruck fools accidentally manifests. Of the musical marching band variety. And my tentative title for the story is "Heaven to Touch," so. The song is going to feature in it more than once.

goromcom: Oh, that’s a great line from that song! :) Other than your plans for that scene, do you plan to stick very closely to the beats of the original story, or make bigger changes?

mia-ugly: I'm trying to stick fairly closely to the beats of the story, but this is also my first Ineffable Husbands NON-au (yikes) so there are major changes I'm making in the set up. I'm essentially mashing 10 Things and Good Omens together and hoping that it is a delicious, piquant stew and not just a mix of snow and rainwater.

goromcom: I can definitely see a lot of fun in store for that mixture, so it should be lovely. Let me see if I can get one more preview out of you before we risk revealing too much. What's an interesting decision you've made in your planning so far--a notable casting decision, a changing of venue, or some other plan you have to paint Good Omens all over your rom com?

mia-ugly: I'm getting rid of Bianca! Sorry Bianca. So the impetus for the seduction comes from a very different place. Also two major characters are going to be... animals. Yes, Crowley goes full on Disney Princess and gets himself some animal sidekicks/spies. This sounds like a nightmare, here's hoping it works.

goromcom: I can’t wait to see that! It definitely has vibes of the deleted scene with Crowley and the rats, so that really tracks with canon for me.

But let’s move on, before we give out too many spoilers. I am blatantly stealing this last question from The Good Place: The Podcast, but here goes: Tell me something "good". It can be something big or small. It can be a charity you think is doing good work, or you can talk about how great your pet is.

mia-ugly: My pet is pretty great but I'm going to go full-on capitalist and throw some love at a business. So.

I'm a Canadian white-passing Indigenous person (Yale First Nation, holla at me.) And throughout our education system here we're taught that indigenous culture is a thing of the past, and we need to grieve as a nation for the literal GENOCIDE that Canada carried out (as if that still isn't happening today) but we don't talk about indigenous culture as a current, gorgeous, growing thing. What always astonishes me and fills my heart with warmth are the indigenous creators and artists and designers taking traditional elements and shaping them and bringing them into the present. Because culture evolves, it isn't stable, and we're still the fuck here. We survived. We never left.

There are many, many examples of this throughout Canada and the United States and all over the world. But my particular good thing is: My childhood best friend and her impossibly lovely partner run a company called Indi City that celebrates indigenous culture and fashion and models and you can BET I own their "matriarchy" necklace. They made an electric light-up jingle dress, they are doing amazing work with incredible values and their jewelry is gorgeous as hell. As a person who works with a lot of indigenous youth, I love creators like this, who give youth an opportunity to see themselves reflected back as vibrant and important and thriving in our country.

Not only still here. But leading us forward.

goromcom: That sounds like a great business working for toward an important goal of shining a light on those cultures and groups. I love it.

And speaking of love, you’re all gonna love the GO adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You, coming very soon!

#goromcom #goromcom spotlight #good omens #mia-ugly #10 things I hate about you

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queertheology · 4 years ago

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Allies

You started down the road of being an ally for LGBT people and now you find yourself realizing that this is hard work, that you don’t have it all figured out, and that sometimes people still get upset with you. Fear not! I put together seven habits of highly effective allies which will help get you started and keep you going in the right direction. Whether you are brand new in your support of LGBTQ people or years in the making, you’ll learn something from this.

1) CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION

There’s more to being an ally than saying “It’s not a sin to be queer.” Once you get there, keep going. Learn about the many needs of LGBTQ people: housing, employment, health care, immigration, education, safety. Meet with queer people that aren’t on billboards and in TV ads. Learn about the needs of homeless queer youth, of genderqueer people, of kids who are transitioning, of immigrant queers, of serodiscordant couples. This is a lifetime journey and you will be so much more effective when you embrace growth and learning all along the way, always refusing to stagnate.

2) PASS THE MIC

It’s great that you are willing to speak up for us. World changing in fact. Step one is to recognize that you, as a straight cisgender person, receive unearned benefits at the expense of LGBTQ people. It is easier for you to get into school, to be ordained, to get married, to immigrate, to seek medical attention, to be published, to be invited to speak at a conference. You need to know and recognize this. And then you need to do something about it. Refuse to speak on straight-only panels. Invite LGBT people along on your speaking gigs. Interview or guest post LGBT writers, theologians, businesspeople, actors, artists, and activists on your blog or website. Recommend or distribute resources created by queer people rather than answering the question yourself.

3) REMEMBER THAT OPPRESSION IS AN ONION

Even straight white males are not immune from marginalization. Perhaps you are Muslim. Maybe you are in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Or have spent time in jail. Or have a mental health condition. Or a physical disability. Maybe your body size is not the one idealized by our culture.

There are a variety of ways that straight men and women suffer marginalization: gender, race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, body size, physical and mental capacities, disease/carrier status, incarceration record… the list goes on. You don’t need to be perfect. In fact, recognizing the ways in which we are both oppressor and oppressed is a key step in a path toward liberation for all. Allow us to work in solidarity with you too. You don’t need to be our savior (and we don’t need to be yours). We can be in this together, as partners!

4) GET IN THE WAY

We can speak for and defend ourselves and still there are times when we want your help. It can be tiring to explain over and over again why we think it’s OK to be gay or why we need to transition. Help us when we are exhausted by taking over those conversations. Stand in the way–literally–when people denigrate us with their words. My good friend Sam Crowell spoke up when a man entered our church and started spewing anti-gay rhetoric. As someone who works in solidarity with LGBTQ people, it’s important that when push comes to shove, you’ll have our back, you’ll get in the way, you’ll act up. It may be uncomfortable, it might get you in trouble, that’s part of the package: welcome to our lives.

5) GET MESSY

Let’s be honest right up front: straight people will give you flack for being difficult and pushy, for always talking about “the gay thing,” and for being hypersensitive. And queer people will give you flack for not doing enough, for being too patient, for not doing it right. At some point, you might lose friends, family, money, or jobs. Jay Bakker lost almost all funding for his church, Revolution NYC. This is messy stuff. Embrace the mess, get messy.

Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be gracious and thankful when corrected. Allow yourself to let go of the comfort and safety that comes privilege. It’s messy work and it is also gratifying, life-giving, sacred work. And with a heaping of grace, we can all get through this.

6) ENGAGE IN OTHER SOLIDARITY WORK

Make sure that as you pursue freedom for LGBT people, you don’t throw other people under the bus. Don’t demonize unmarried people, polyamorous people, pagans, or feminists to help us gain rights. Don’t forget about queer people living under US military occupation, or indigenous queer people whose stolen lands we live on. Don’t ever say “They’re just like you, not like those people.” There’s enough room for everyone. Foster alliances and collaborations, rather than divisions.

7) LISTEN TO US

I saved the most important one for last so it will be fresh in your mind. This is absolutely crucial. Listen to us. Always. Without exception. If we tell you that what you said is hurtful or harmful, it is: apologize and stop it. If we tell you that your strategy is counterproductive, stop it. If we tell you that you’re doing a great job, believe us! If we tell you that your association with a person or organization undermines our trust in you, it does.

You might disagree, we might be at odds with your friends, it might be uncomfortable. If you want to work in solidarity with us, you need to trust us. This is about us, our needs, our safety, our liberation.

BONUS: FOCUS MORE ON WORKING IN SOLIDARITY RATHER THAN SELF-IDENTIFYING AS AN ALLY

Instead of self-identifying as an “ally” focus more on working in solidarity with LGBTQ people. Calling yourself an ally places the focus on yourself rather than on LGBTQ liberation. It also presumes that you are doing productive, useful work. Many straight people are (Jay Bakker and Onlielove Alston are excellent examples). If you are, we’ll tell you! Instead, focus on the work that needs to be done and on partnering with and following LGBTQ. We need to claim our lives, humanity, autonomy, and freedom. We absolutely want you along for the journey and at the same time we do not want you to (even accidentally) revictimize us by taking away our voices, agenda, and self-direction.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TRANSGENDER THEOLOGY

This fall, we’ll be hosting a course completely dedicated to transgender theology. The course will be geared both toward transgender Christians and to cisgender folks who want to learn from and better serve transgender folks. In addition to the lesson materials, there will be both open and closed discussion spaces.

There’s nothing like this out there, so we’re creating it.

Hop on the waitlist to make sure you get a spot (and snag some exclusive extras)

#queer theology #faithfully LGBT #FaithfullyLGBT #gay christian #transgender christian #Christian #transgender #Christianity

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shemakesmusic-uk · 4 years ago

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This segment features artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

Emily Kate

Toronto-based recording artist, Emily Kate perfectly bridges the gap between country and pop with her unique sound and lyrical storytelling. Pulling from real life experiences, her music conveys relatable thoughtful messages weaved with fresh, soulful melodies. Her meaning filled lyrics coupled with her warm sound is often described as Kelsea Ballerini meets a motivational speaker. She has just released her new EP All In. “These songs have taught me how to love myself, feel inspired, chase my dreams, have fun and grow as a person,” says Emily. “They've been my reminder and helped me through heartbreaks, insecurities, and now they get to be yours. All In features a track which I wrote the morning after a fun night out. This upbeat song is about going out with friends and meeting someone who takes your breath away. Its lyrics are a twist on the common saying, you had me at hello, and instead, this song is about someone having you ‘The Whole Time.’” Listen below.

Emily Kate · The Whole Time

Jordana Talsky

Jordana Talsky is a singer-songwriter and vocal looper who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She accompanies herself by voice with a Roland Boss RC505 loop station. Her ethos is to incorporate digital means into live performance in an organic way, and with the loop machine, she creates a choir on the spot with no pre-recorded parts. Her new single ‘Oh Yeah,’ represents a moment of awakening, like when you remember something you had forgotten about a dream that all of a sudden comes back in a flash, a moment to stand outside of yourself and contemplate, embrace, and inquire of your life. “It takes work, all the time, to choose not to look away and to be honest with ourselves,” says Jordana. “These moments, delicate and challenging, are insights into our authentic selves, that may offer a fresh vantage point from which we can choose to heal and evolve. Inspirational, fun and harmony-rich indie-pop, ‘Oh Yeah’ is about listening to your inner voice and taking faith in the spark you uncovered deep within you.” Listen below.

Jordana Talsky · Oh Yeah

Nimkish

To fully immerse in the multitudes of rising queer Indigenous star, Nimkish, is to honour the past, look ahead to the future, and bask in the resplendent present all at once. The Vancouver-based artist is fearless in her lyricism, confronting anti-Indigenous racism and colonial violence alongside other hard subjects like anxiety, grief and heartache. To the great tradition of singer-songwriters healing through their music, Nimkish brings a bright-eyed aim to flourish in all she has experienced. Nimkish’s lyrics give affirmation to past pain while living in the moment. To some it may sound like escapism, to others it may sound like moxie-driven R&B-pop pulsing through the club. What’s certain is her fortitude — she’s on a mission, combining the coolness and creativity of the TikTok generation with the lucidity and confidence of a grown woman. Nimkish’s anthemic new single, ‘YSB,’ features ASCXNSION and is about the need for healing, freedom, and to be heard. "’YSB’ is about the need for healing, freedom, and to be heard,” explains Nimkish. “Are you listening? Do you hear me? Am I screaming out into nothing? This song is about feeling like you can't get ahead, and specific issues that we as Indigenous women work through on a daily basis. Our generation has been left to deal with trauma and we are continually fighting for equity. It can feel exhausting to constantly try to be truly heard. I wanted to go deeper on this project and write about real shit. What we have created is anthemic, resilient, and confrontational, despite the vulnerability that it took to write about our lived experiences. This release is about showcasing Indigenous excellence and the need to amplify our voices. Our time is now – the future is Indigenous.” Listen below.

NIMKISH · YSB (feat. ASCXNSION)

Tana

Tana is an artist, writer and a topliner with charge and a unique flair for lyrics and melody. Her rich and diverse views on gay culture, have strongly influenced her musical and personal journey. Tana’s music is unapologetic, revolutionary, and liberating. At heart, Tana is a true artist, and is inspired by many things around her - people, sexuality, her heritage (being half Italian and Nigerian), the city she grew up in, and the LGBT community. She places diversity at heart and aims to make music that relates to the masses, whilst pushing her creativity at all times. Her array of influences create new ideas and sounds that break traditional boundaries. Think Halsey & The Weekend. She has just released her new single ‘Bad Habits (Keep On Coming)’. Tana says of the track: “I wrote ‘Bad Habits (Keep On Coming)’ over lockdown, and it’s about wanting to grow from a toxic relationship. I found myself holding onto flaws and limitations that really effected my personal growth, and writing about it helped me recognise these issues and learn from this experience.” Listen below.

Love Crumbs

Love Crumbs is a folk-rock and Americana group based in Massachusetts. Known for blending poignant lyrics with evocative vocal storytelling, their nostalgic, timeless, heart-on-sleeve sound harkens to a bygone era. They have just released their new single ‘Ellipses’. “The track is about trying to connect with someone and not being able to despite the best of intentions,” says Mike. “It's about the things that aren't said or are left unsaid. It's about a meaningful relationship that ended kind of suddenly. The person was typing to me (as evidenced by the "...") but I never got to hear their response. Closure isn't something that someone gives us, in the end. It's something that we have to come to on our own. The sonic influences for me on this track, probably in particular the chord changes in the verses are Neil Young, the pre-chorus Tom Waits. I wanted to stack Ali's vocals because it has an unreal sound (not occurring naturally, similar to Royals by Lorde) that can work in the right context.” Listen below.

Love Crumbs · Ellipses

Anniee

Anniee is an electronic artist and theatre composer based in Montclair, NJ just outside NYC. As a vocalist she has performed in a variety of styles and genres. Recently she has turned her attention to producing synthwave and retrowave tracks with modern and minimalist vibes. She has just released her new track 'Lonely Wolves'. "'Lonely Wolves' is moody and driving, with retro vibes and a modern sensibility—an intense journey exploring breakdown in relationship," says Anniee. Listen below.

Anniee · Lonely Wolves

Leah Rose

Emerging pop songwriter and producer Leah Rose has released her debut single ‘Goodnight’. The melancholic hue of ‘Goodnight’ arises from the sentimentality of a writer reflecting on a landscape they no longer exist in. The song was written and recorded in lockdown and is a prime example of how an artists’ time in isolation can result in the inevitable dissection of their past. Sonically, ‘Goodnight’ was inspired by artists such as Lorde, The Weeknd and Charli XCX. Leah Rose is a Cork-born artist who has spent the last 5 years based in Dublin. She spent much of that time honing her craft, finding inspiration in lyricists such as Alex Turner and Lana Del Rey. Strong imagery and colour play a huge role in Leah’s songwriting. Growing up with artists for parents meant that Leah was exposed to a range of visual art forms at a young age. She strives to create art not only through music but through her artwork, photography and overall visual aesthetic. “I see my songwriting style as atmospheric and somewhat abstract,” she says. “I love being able to use music as a tool to materialise the things I see in my mind. So when I write a song I try to place the listener right in the centre of my memories and daydreams”. Listen to ‘Goodnight’ below.

Leah Rose · Goodnight

Felyce

Felyce's alt-pop root influences shine through on her shuffling and atmospheric alternative Pop/R&B new single ‘Skin’. The Paris-based singer-songwriter Felyce shares the struggle she faced accepting the color of her skin while growing in France. Getting away from slow tempos, ‘Skin’ offers an energetic but still dark ambiance. Felyce wrote and performed ‘Skin’ and she worked with professional arranger Nicolas Lassus to make the song what it is now. She said in statement: "I wrote 'Skin' thinking about that beautiful story I heard once. A young black girl wondered why her skin was so dark and her mother told her the reason was because the sun loved her too much. That story really stuck with me". Born and raised in Paris, she spent most of her time between stage performances and school until high school when she put most of her focus on studying while writing her first full songs on the side. Felyce graduated from university in 2016 before starting a short career in HR but she realized that music was the only career for her and began learning production the next year while working on her debut EP Fear which dropped in 2018. She's been steadily releasing singles and crafting her sound since; embracing her formative influences, including British pop music acts like Sam Smith, Robbie Williams, Birdy, and American pop acts such as Lana Del Rey or Banks. Listen to ‘Skin’ below.

Kenzie Webley

Kenzie Webley has been writing songs since she was 13 years old but only started recording last year just before lockdown. Her new single 'Loveable' is out now to coincide with her finishing her A levels. Her debut album is almost finished and she already has the songs written for her second album! 'Loveable' tells the story of a couple arguing in public after a night out. It's from the perspective of someone who recognises their own culpability in the events. Listen below.

URARTA

URARTA’s new EP consists of four tracks centred around the issues of standing up for yourself and others, respecting the planet’s boundaries and looking out for your own. Musically, the band has its heart in punk, but simultaneously flirts with genres such as post punk, alt-rock, noise, Goth and indie. The lyrics are in English and in the dialect of Skåne –the southern part of Sweden where the band also has its geographical base. URARTA consists of Monica Richter (vocals), Ketty Hagmann (bass) and Tove Lorentz (drums). Listen to the song ‘D.I.Y’ below.

Vol 2: Vi Fick Fel Adress by Ursäkta Röran

#submission saturday #emily kate #jordana talsky #nimkish #tana #loe crumbs #anniee #leah rose #felyce #kenzie webley #urarta

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brooklynmuseum · 5 years ago

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Stronger Together

Hey Brooklyn,

We know that this is a precarious time in New York, and we want you to know we got your back. The Brooklyn Museum has been keeping the community at the center of our heart and mind. We are here to support you with art, culture, and most importantly love. During this time, it is important we continue to uplift and love each other, because to love is necessary work, and it is in love that we learn to build community, thrive, and lead under any circumstances. So, you know what to do! Check out the resources below, and tell a loved one to tell a loved one.

If you have questions, or have more you wish to see or to spotlight, reach out. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected].

Text 'COVID' to 692-692 to get important COVID-19 related updates sent straight to your phone. You can text 'COVIDESP' to get updates in Spanish.

Local Business Highlights of the Week:

Our quick fix for all flavors of chicken and waffles, Sweet Chick, is finally open for takeout and delivery only noon - 9pm everyday!

Sweet Science is a warm neighborhood eatery where you can always enjoy a quality meal and a great drink.Though we're missing their hip-hop gallery, takeout & delivery food and cocktails (try their frozen drinks!) menu available Tuesday - Sunday, 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Census

Complete the 2020 Census today at my2020census.gov!

Resources for artists, freelancers, and gig workers

Freelancers Union Freelancers Relief Fund will offer financial assistance of up to $1,000 per freelance household to cover lost income and essential expenses not covered by government relief programs.

The Artist Community Relief Fund supports artists and arts workers in the Lower East Side and Chinatown community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides unrestricted $250 emergency grants.

BxArts Factory Emergency Fund to Support Artists / Volunteers: an emergency fund through Go Fund Me, which will make proceeds available to artists directly connected to BxArts Factory in the Bronx.

Freelance Audio Fund provides emergency relief to the professional audio community impacted by COVID-19.

Facebook Small Business Grants Program - Facebook is offering $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in over 30 countries where they operate.

Food Resources

These guides by the Hunter College Food Policy Center list all food options (including stores that offer delivery and take EBT), by neighborhood.

Find resources like how to get funding for food and where to go to find food.

For LGBTQIA+ Communities

Black Excellence Collective: Black LGBTQIA+ mutual aid relief fund for vulnerable community members, including older adults, people with disabilities, those who engage in sex work, people who are undocumented, and those who are housing insecure. Black Trans Media: provide Black TGNC people and low-income communities of color in Brooklyn with supplies, cooked meals, groceries, and support as well as digital spaces for organizing and documenting communities' response to the pandemic. Fearless Femme 100: provides free mental health services to queer Black and Indigenous residents in Brooklyn.

People Who Are Formerly or Currently Incarcerated Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions provides post-release support for returning citizens in Brooklyn, including legal advocacy and community connections.

Support Release Aging People in Prison - RAPP to advocate for the release of older adults in prison, who are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.

For Sex Workers

SWOP Brooklyn created this relief fund that will be providing monetary aid to sex workers in the New York City area who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. SWOP Brooklyn also has a panel discussion Saturday, May 23 at 6:00pm on Sex Workers during this pandemic, and resources that can be given to them.

Undocumented Citizens

The New York State Youth Leadership Council is compiling this live document of resources in NYC around COVID19 support efforts. We are prioritizing resources open to undocumented people.

Guidance for People Who Use Drugs and Harm Reduction Programs

These guides for people who use drugs and harm reduction programs were created by: Higher Ground Harm Reduction, Reynolds Health Strategies, Harm Reduction Coalition, and Vital Strategies.

For Workers Who Need Childcare

Are you a parent who needs childcare while you work during the COVID-19 outbreak? Our volunteers are here to help you find the safest, lowest-cost options for your family.

Housing for Frontline Workers

Let’s find you a place to call home during your COVID-19 support work. AirBnB partnered with hosts to connect 100,000 healthcare staff and first responders with frontline stays so they can be close to their patients and safely distanced from their own families.

Internet and Technology

To help students stay connected during emergencies, the NY Department of Education is lending internet-enabled iPads to support remote learning for students. If you would like to request a device for a NYC student in your family, please fill out the form. The DOE will use the contact information you provide to get in touch with you to discuss when and where you can pick up a device. Priority will be given to students most in need, and all devices are granted on a temporary basis and will later need to be returned. There is a limit of one device per student. List of U.S Providers offering free Wi-Fi or special accommodations for 60 Days.

Remember to Follow Our Elected Officials For News:

See what NY Senator Gillibrand is advocating for in Capitol Hill for New Yorkers on Twitter! We are Tremendously thankful for her support for Culture during this time. Thank her for us too!

What’s going on da Hill? Follow our Senator Chuck Schumer on Twitter. We thank him for supporting NY through this pandemic, and supporting all valuable institutions in the Senate. Thank him for supporting the Brooklyn Museum so we can continue to support you! Don’t forget to @ him!

Stay up to date with information provided by Governor Cuomo. Follow our New York State governor on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for up to date information regarding new health guidelines closures, and executive orders.

The Mayor has a new Daily Message available on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube every morning. If your constituents have questions, comments or concerns, they want him to respond to, they can send them using the hashtag #AskMyMayor

The City Comptroller’s COVID-19 Resource Center contains critical information on the many government programs available to assist New Yorkers in need, recent policy changes regarding health and safety, options for financial support for residents and businesses alike, and organizations to reach out to for additional assistance.

The Office of the Brooklyn Borough President provides the most up-to-date information and resources to Brooklynites. Follow these pages regularly and follow Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on social media for real-time updates.

Congresswoman for the 9th District, Yvette D. Clark is working hard in Congress to support our local communities. Follow the Congresswoman on her Twitter to receive updates on what is going on in Washington DC and resources available in your ‘hood! Thank her for supporting the Brooklyn Museum during this pandemic. @ her on at twitter, you heard?!

Follow updates and news from Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo on Facebook and Twitter. Cumbo serves as the Council Majority leader for Brooklyn’s 35th District- Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bed-Stuy.

Check out New York City Council Member Brad Lander’s resource page aimed to help NYC-based freelancers and artists navigate these uncertain times. Have your voice heard, fill out the survey and explore what benefits might be available to you. Follow him on Twitter for important updates.

Follow updates from the NYC City Immigrant Affairs office on Twitter interested in renewing your DACA application form. Call ActionNYC at 1-800-354-0365.

Ay-O (Japanese, born 1931). Basket of Fruit with Flowers, 1971. Color serigraph. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster, 77.279.7. © artist or artist's estate

#coronavirus #community resources #brooklynmuseum #brooklyn #community #covid-19 #strongertogether #brooklynstrong #brooklyn museum #nyc

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huckleberrycomics · 6 years ago

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On this Thanksgiving, I’m going to give thanks for some of my favourite First Nations artists who continue to fight the good fight against colonialism

(that I have to research as part of my final exam anyway)

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Coast Salish and Okanogan, born 1957. Surrealist painter, history painter, and creator of the Manifesto of Ovoidism. Featured here are his paintings “Red Man Watching White Man Fix Hole In Sky” (1990), and “The Fish Farmers They Have Sea Lice”.*

Rebecca Belmore, Anishnaabe, born 1960. Performance artist, sculptor, and activist. Pictured here are her works “Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother” (1991) (a sculpture in response to the Oka Crisis in Quebec) and “Vigil” (2002) (a response to the missing and murdered Indigenous women in the downtown east side of Vancouver, BC).

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James Luna, Payómkawichum, Ipi, and Mexican-American (1920-2018). Photographer and performance artist. Featured above are his works “Take A Picture With A Real Indian” (2010) and “Half Indian/Half Mexican”. Here’s his memorial article.**

Norval Morrisseau, Anishnaabe, 1931-2007. Painter. Founder of the Woodland School of Canadian Painting and a member of the “Indian Group of Seven”. Pictured above are his famous “Thunderbird” print (1960) and “Indian Erotic Fantasy” (n.d.).

Bill Reid, Haida, (1920-1998). Hugely influential Canadian sculptor who had an enormous impact on the art world surrounding the work of First Nations artists. Pictured above is “The Spirit of Haida Gwaii” and “Raven and the First Men”.

Susain Point, Musqueam Coast Salish, (born 1952). Printmaker. Pictured above are “Beyond the Edge” (2015) and “Transformation” (2005).

Edgar Heap of Birds, Southern Cheyenne, (born 1954). Mixed media. Pictured above are two examples of his work from two of his series “Native Hosts” and “Genocide and Democracy: Secrets of Life and Death”.

And now for some writers!

I highly encourage you to read some of these books if you can.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. You can find a free PDF here, or buy a copy here!

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson*. You can buy it here!

As she races along Canada’s Douglas Channel in her speedboat—heading toward the place where her younger brother Jimmy, presumed drowned, was last seen—twenty-year-old Lisamarie Hill recalls her younger days. A volatile and precocious Native girl growing up in Kitamaat, the Haisla Indian reservation located five hundred miles north of Vancouver, Lisa came of age standing with her feet firmly planted in two different worlds: the spiritual realm of the Haisla and the sobering “real” world with its dangerous temptations of violence, drugs, and despair. From her beloved grandmother, Ma-ma-oo, she learned of tradition and magic; from her adored, Elvis-loving uncle Mick, a Native rights activist on a perilous course, she learned to see clearly, to speak her mind, and never to bow down. But the tragedies that have scarred her life and ultimately led her to these frigid waters cannot destroy her indomitable spirit, even though the ghosts that speak to her in the night warn her that the worst may be yet to come.

Not up for something that old? How about Robinson’s new book, Son of a Trickster that came out this year?

Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon.

Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared is only sixteen but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family's life, even look out for his elderly neighbours. But he struggles to keep everything afloat...and sometimes he blacks out. And he puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him, why she says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. Mind you, ravens speak to him--even when he's not stoned.

You think you know Jared, but you don't.

Something a bit more historical is Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse.

Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he’s a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he’s sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he’ll find it only through telling his story. With him, readers embark on a journey back through the life he’s led as a northern Ojibway, with all its joys and sorrows.

Kiss of the Fur Queen by Thomson Highway is somewhat convoluted, but a thoroughly enjoyable read with a touch of queerness inside.

Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests. As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen--a wily, shape-shifting trickster--watches over them with a protective eye. For Jeremiah and Gabriel are destined to be artists. Through music and dance they soar.

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden is another excellent, tragically dark tale.

It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. As Niska slowly paddles her canoe on the three-day journey to bring Xavier home, travelling through the stark but stunning landscape of Northern Ontario, their respective stories emerge—stories of Niska’s life among her kin and of Xavier’s horrifying experiences in the killing fields of Ypres and the Somme.

Not in a reading mood? How about some of my favourite films!

Indian Horse is now a movie.

Smoke Signals shaped my childhood.

Powwow Highway is amazing.

Reel Injun gets to the core of the history of Indigenous Cinema.

And Atanarjuat is arguably one of “the most indigenous films ever made”.

Happy Thanksgiving, lovelies! Support your local First Nations artists!

*I have met Lawrence and Eden. They are both very nice people. :)

**Huh, turns out my professor in the class I’m currently taking wrote this article.

(disclaimer: I am of settler descent, I am not Indigenous. I’ve grown up in Indigenous territories with lots of exposure to First Nations cultures, but I can’t claim that title for myself. I merely hope to uplift some First Nations artists and celebrate them, never to speak of behalf of Indigenous cultures <3)

#runaway posts #art history #art #first nations #culture #indigenous #colonial #thanksgiving #drug ment #alcohol

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dear fierté montréal: do better!

Photo credit: Valérie Bah i have been engaging with fierté montréal for a few of years now: writing letters, planning interventions, debating the vice-president of pride on cbc daybreak (!); i showed up to their community consultations and i made sure that concerns from local queer and trans communities of colour were being voiced, that our demands were being heard. a few months ago, fierté montréal invited me to be grand marshal at this year's pride; an offer which i declined for personal and political reasons, including that i did not want to have my Black trans woman identity be instrumentalized to cover up fierté's ongoing racist and transphobic actions and positions. yes, fierté montréal hired two staff of color (in an office of 30+ white people) to do outreach to marginalized communities, but as far as i was concerned: this was just the beginning of a very long process; fierté still has everything to prove, particularly given our history.

some of our demands had been met: there would be a POC-only safer space with an active listener on-site throughout the duration of pride, more artists and djs of colour would be booked for the festival, there would be a QTBIPOC bbq, but more excitedly: there would be a POC stage FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!

as an arts facilitator whose primary purpose in life is to create art and performance spaces for marginalized folks, i was beyond thrilled! a couple of years ago, having a by-and-for- POC stage at fierté montréal was unimaginable. it took a very long time and many generations of resistance to be able to have this stage: we earned it through protests, interventions, organizing and call-outs. but again, fierté montréal still had everything to prove: while we had claimed these spaces, would we be tokenized, fetishized, instrumentalized or harmed in in the process? on showing up for monday's QTBIPOC bbq (which was supposed to be POC-only, right?), we found out that the QTBIPOC bbq had been merged with the youth bbq (which was supposed to be youth only), to make space for a mainstream gay men's magazine, and defeating the purpose of having these "safer" spaces in the first place. we munched on our hot-dogs disappointed and disgruntled, but we also made the most out of the evening: there was still EXCELLENCE to come, the QTBIPOC stage! as the artists were gathering backstage, minutes before the show was about to start, we learnt that the spvm (montréal's police) HAD ENTERED THE POC SAFER SPACE (!!!), arrested a Black youth for smoking a joint while the park was full of white folks also smoking weed at that very moment. the police intimidated other trans folks of colour who were trying to engage with them, and they dragged the Black youth all the way across the park in handcuffs, all the while being physically and verbally abusive.

(the Black youth is safe now. with a strong support network. we are also raising funds to support this person as they take the time to heal: you can donate here or through e-tranfers to lamackerel[at]gmail[dot]com) this was not how we expected the evening to unfold. most of the artists backstage were Black and quickly staged an intervention to openly address what had happened and demand that our needs be heard and that our lives and bodies be treated with dignity. we were given a stage, we were given a mic, and we used it to voice the reality of our lived experiences and re-articulate that our needs and demands are dire. fierté montréal reacted immediately: they spoke with the spvm agents so that the youth be released without charges, and they issued a public apology, openly condemning the spvm for their action, blaming them for hindering pride's process of reconciliation with QTBIPOC communities. this was the very least fierté could do. backstage, everyone felt tense, broken, shaky, defeated, which was not the spirit in which we expected to be performing. and then there were all the QTBIPOCs who were in the audience, particularly those who had to witness a Black youth be arrested and dragged across the parc des faubourgs. [AND on top of all that, my co-host (also a Black woman) and I got harassed and bullied by a white cis male staff of fierté montréal backstage towards the end of the show!!!]

so fierté claims to want a process of reconciliation with QTBIPOC communities: when will fierté actually start listening to what we are saying? how many more incidents will it take? just a few weeks ago, fierté's vice-president said that he was excited that the military would be marching in the parade in uniform this year; everybody will feel safe because they will not be carrying any weapons.

two days ago, in presence of the mayor of montreal and the president of pride, the spvm apologized for the police raids on montreal gay spaces in the 70s, 80s and 90s. fierté montréal gracefully accepted the apology framing it as a positive step in the relationship between the police and lgbt communities, without naming or acknowledging that earlier this week a Black queer youth was arrested and mistreated by the police at a pride event, BECAUSE OF RACIAL PROFILING.

if fierté montréal is really listening to the demands of queer and trans people of colour, how come they still have not taken position on trans migrant rights in québec? (québec is presently the only province in canada that does not allow trans migrants to change their names or gender markers, not unless they become canadian citizens). montréal's trans pride, euphorie dans le genre, a grassroots by and for initiative, was dedicated to trans migrant rights. since pride started, i have witnessed at least 6 interventions at pride events from grassroots trans migrant organizers asking fierté to take a position in support of bill 895. how come fierté montréal still has not taken position? isn't fierté supposed to be advocating for all of us?

Photo credit: Adrianna Diaz

what happened at fierté montréal over the past few days is shameful and deeply harmful to QTBIPOC communities. we had to fight and beg, for years, to claim the small spaces that we did, to finally have our marginalized voices be heard. and even these small spaces that were supposed to be safe for us were rife with violence. so i urge fierté montréal to do better. if the organization claims to genuinely want a process of reconciliation with queer and trans indigenous, black, people of colour communities, then do better. and actually listen to us. and believe us. [i want to express my gratitude to my co-host, Tasheka Lavann, to the artists who shared the stage and allowed the Black Lives Matter intervention to happen, Lucas Charlie Rose, Ms Holmes, Karine Constant-Déjean, Panthera Whyz, The House of Mugler, Hua Li, Shawnee, Jason Maek & Zaena. gratitude to the QTBIPOC friends and volunteers who handled the situation, supported us and each other in that process.

Jodie-Ann and Naja for being such fierce and resilient warriors.

Ed, Dalia, Betty and all the other queer and trans folks of colour leading the trans migrant rights campaign. of course, gratitude to all the QTBIPOCs in this city holding it down, and to all our elders without whom our lives would not be possible.]

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Things to do this week in Toronto

What's occurring in Toronto, Feb. 3 to 7

MONDAY, FEB. 3

NBA: Toronto Raptors vs Chicago Bulls: The safeguarding NBA champion Toronto Raptors want to prolong their 11-game winning touch with a Monday matchup vs the Chicago Bulls.

Toronto Light Feast at The Distillery Area: Toronto's largest light art festival is back to change the Distillery Area into one of the largest open-air sculpture galleries in North America.

Toronto Chinatown 2020 Lunar New Year Event: Toronto Chinatown BIA invites the Year of the Rat with a 15-day celebration.

Winter Months Stations Presents 'Loophole': Come see the latest winter exhibition at the newly-formed York Street Park.

Etobicoke Electronic camera Club provides Peter Van Rhijn: Landscapes, huge as well as tiny: Peter will review big and also intimate landscapes photos as well as exactly how to modify and also enhance utilizing his special active ingredients!

Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Reward organizes a Budget City center Fulfilling: Review the City of Toronto's 2020 budget plan and become aware of local neighborhood concerns for the year.

This is Exactly how We Got Right here

Indigenous Planet Doing Arts is proud to offer its manufacturing This Is Just how We Got Right Here at Aki Studio. Lucille, Paul, Liset, and Jim-- friends, siblings, partners stumble at night one year after an unfortunate loss.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4

' On Thin Ice' by Christine Montague

An exhibition of paintings depicting polar bears, discovering both the wonder they evoke as well as the advising their transforming habitat offers.

ALSO ON TUESDAY

Finest Canadian Essays 2019: Toronto Launch: Reserve launch for Ideal Canadian Essays 2019 featuring analyses from Larissa Daikiw, Melanie Mah, Anthony Oliveira, Mireille Silcoff, Bruce Whiteman, as well as editor Emily Donaldson!

Functioning Women Comedy - February Program 2020: Featuring Toronto's best Queer as well as ally comics.

Civil Rights Watch Movie Celebration: Made in Bangladesh: A film that takes you behind that T-shirt you simply acquired on sale for $9.99, to disclose the human labor, sweat, as well as enduring that entered into it.

This is Exactly how We Duo - WEST: Alan Belerique as well as Luke Lynndale present This Is Exactly how We Duo - WEST, which is a monthly improv show generated at Funny Bar in Toronto's West End.

Winter Season Stations Offers 'Loop': Come see the latest winter months event at the newly-formed York Street Park.

After School Technology: MaKey MaKey: MaKey is a development set for the 21st Century as well as an excellent means for youngsters to discover electronic devices.

Hot Breath Karaoke at The Handlebar: Ridiculous video game program style karaoke, with rewards.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5

Herald Rhapsody: Luca Seccafieno and Fabrizio Viti

A program concentrated on rhapsodic design. The very first component is committed to Arutiunian's Armenia as well as the style of Charlier. The second component is a tribute to the city of New york city, the energy of West Side Story, and the magic of Rhapsody in Blue.

ALSO ON WEDNESDAY

Conn Smythe Sports Celebrities Supper as well as Public Auction: The Conn Smythe Sports Celebrities Supper as well as Auction is Canada's most successful as well as prominent sporting activities dinner.

NBA: Toronto Raptors vs Indiana Pacers: The NBA's Hoosier State team heads to Toronto to tackle the protecting champs.

Taking Liberties at Campbell Residence: Examining 5 defining moments in the life of a city, when ordinary citizens are required to make remarkable options.

Herald Rhapsody: Luca Seccafieno and also Fabrizio Viti: A program concentrated on rhapsodic style. The first component is devoted to Arutiunian's Armenia and the sophistication of Charlier. The 2nd part is a tribute to the city of New york city, the energy of West Side Story, as well as the magic of Rhapsody in Blue.

Toronto's yearly area council conferences are taking place across the city, consisting of:

Toronto and also East York Etobicoke and also York Scarborough North York

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

Toronto Light Fest

Toronto's biggest light art event is back to change the Distillery Area right into one of the biggest open-air sculpture galleries in The United States and Canada.

Come From Away at Royal Alexandria Theatre

Come From Away is the impressive brand-new musical that Toronto has embraced with open arms and has target markets leaving the theater night after night claiming they are "pleased to be Canadian!"

ALSO ON THURSDAY

City of Toronto Recreation Task Fair: Trying to find an initial task, part-time job, or possess an ability you intend to put to work? We have actually obtained something for you. Seasonal and year-round possibilities. Some settings employ at 14 years of age.

Art Senior Prom: OCADU Art Fundraising Event: You are invited to art senior prom a fundraising event organized by the illustration and painting course of OCAD College, for their college graduation catalogue! Entertainment, budget friendly art auction, food as well as a cash bar.

Coastlines Grown-up Book Club: Come out and join us the very first Thursday of monthly to review popular publications in an enjoyable and friendly environment.

Adult Colouring: Colouring unwinds your mind, minimizes stress, enhances your vision, imagination, electric motor abilities and focus. We provide the colouring sheets, coloured pencils, as well as songs.

POPAGANDA Funny Program: An improv comedy reveal where comics take inspiration from songs to produce scenes as well as worlds totally right away.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7

Photos in Debris - Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze's Photos in Particles is the first instalment of The City Is a Collection, a MOCA event collection that presents independently possessed contemporary art work from throughout the Toronto neighborhood.

ALSO ON FRIDAY

African Textile: Mud Fabric: Travel back in time to learn more about the beginnings of Bogolan textile art, among Africa's most uncommon and also distinct textiles, additionally known as mud towel.

Weird Love: A Funny Variety Show: Weird Town Funny's illustration, improv and standup will have you wondering just how any of us managed to stay in partnerships.

Douglas Coupland Onstage: Celebrated artist and also author Douglas Coupland discusses his aesthetic projects, creative techniques and also cultural impacts.

Marjorie Prime at Coal Mine Theatre: Coal Mine Theatre is proud to introduce its upcoming discussion of Jordan Harrison's pulitzer prize-nominated marjorie prime, guided by Stewart Arnott.

Toronto Light Fest at The Distillery District: Toronto's biggest light art festival is back to transform the Distillery District into among the biggest open-air sculpture galleries in The United States and Canada.

Wintertime Stations Presents 'Loophole': Come see the most recent winter months event at the newly-formed York Street Park.

ONGOING

Friday Talks with Anthony DiCaita at Columbus Centre: These informal conversations with Anthony DiCaita, head of state and CEO of Suite Charities Inc. are held on the second Friday of on a monthly basis, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Consultations are 20 mins each as well as should be scheduled ahead of time.

Originate from Away at Royal Alexandra Theater: Come From Away is the awesome brand-new musical that Toronto has actually welcomed with open arms as well as has audiences leaving the theatre evening after evening asserting they are "pleased to be Canadian!" This manufacturings runs until March 1.

Toronto Light Feast at The Distillery Area: Toronto's biggest light art event is back to change the Distillery Area into one of the largest open-air sculpture galleries in North America. Running up until March 1.

Weekly Lunchtime Skate at Nathan Phillips Square: Delight in free lunch skating at Nathan Phillips Square every Wednesday in between 12:30 and also 1:30 p.m. till March 22.

Inuit Artists' Textiles from the 1950s as well as '60s: Exhibition presents the obscure story of a group of Inuit musicians and also printers who generated a collection of vibrant visuals fabrics in Kinngait, Nunavut during social change that disrupted standard language as well as connections to the land. This event runs up until August 2020.

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The Eighteen Stories in 2018

As 2018 comes to an end, may we keep in memory what this year has meant for us - relating to achievements, testaments, and special significant moments.

This consists of selected pieces that I wrote for various media outlets in 2018, ranging from feature, straight news, and press releases. I’ve only selected 18 among the total number of articles based on their social impact and human interest. Centered mostly on arts, culture, inspirational testaments, and societal awareness, these stories sum up a fragment of what happened in the year that has been.

Links on where the stories have been published are posted.

Cinemagis X awards outstanding local films

Filmmakers receive their plaques of appreciation for participating in this 10th celebration of Cinemagis Northern Mindanao Digital Short Film Festival during the awarding ceremony at SM City CDO Event Center on January 27.

Links to the story:

Xavier University website: http://www.xu.edu.ph/xavier-news/63-2017-2018/3107-cinemagis-x-awards-outstanding-local-films

MindaNews: http://www.mindanews.com/press-release/2018/01/cinemagis-x-awards-outstanding-local-films/

CDO Dev: www.cdodev.com/2018/01/29/cinemagis-x-awards-outstanding-local-films/

Cagayan de Oro exhibit sheds light on the marginalized

INCLUSIVE ART. Guests of the 'Primal' exhibit by Artsada Kagay-an Inc (AKI) view works of art by local artists. The exhibit aims to spread awareness about the realities faced by misrepresented and marginalized sectors in society.

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/210949-cdo-artists-empower-communities-exhibit

CDO artists sustain local heritage through artworks

For Cagayan de Oro-based artists, crafting art is an opportunity to promote and sustain local heritage.

Link to the story:

Mindanao Press: http://www.mindanaopress.net/2018/10/27/cdo-artists-sustain-local-heritage-through-artworks/

‘Panaghugpong’ highlights CDO excellence

Cagayan de Oro is bursting with artistic talent in dance, literature, music, visual arts, film and theater

Link to the story:

The Manila Times: https://www.manilatimes.net/panaghugpong-highlights-cdo-excellence/386780/

Ang Pasyon ni Hesukristo

In theater, Linda Manalo’s "Ang Pasyon ni Hesukristo" takes on a localized language, but with the same narrative and themes that gave life to the Gospels. Conveying the same message, The Xavier Stage presented the play for the fifth time as part of the company’s annual tradition during Lent. This year, performances ran from March 28 to 29 at the XU Little Theater.

Link to the story:

Xavier University website: http://www.xu.edu.ph/xavier-news/63-2017-2018/3330-ang-pasyon-ni-hesukristo-i-have-saved-you-i-have-died-for-you

Panunuluyan 2018: The Nativity as the origin of Christmas

THE NATIVITY STORY. Linda Manalo’s “Panunuluyan” presents the narrative based on the biblical accounts about Jesus Christ’s birth. As an annual tradition, The Xavier Stage adapts the play, as directed by TXS director Hobart Savior, every Christmas season to commemorate and celebrate the essence of the holiday.

Link to the story:

Xavier University website: http://www.xu.edu.ph/xavier-news/140-2018-2019/3813-panunuluyan-2018-the-nativity-as-the-origin-of-christmas

The Degree Holder and Licensed Educator

Jeb Bayawon has breached through social and economic barriers by pursuing education.

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/206092-scavenger-degree-holder-story-jeb-bayawon-msu-graduate-2018

Kagay-anon filmmaker advocates for IP rights

For Julienne Anne Ilagan, a filmmaker who hails from Cagayan de Oro City, agriculture takes its root from the indigenous communities.

Link to the story:

Sunstar: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1763672/Cagayan-De-Oro/Lifestyle/Kagay-anon-filmmaker-advocates-for-IP-rights-in-this-years-ToFarm-Film-Festival

CDO Spotlight Artist: Alve Aranton, The Young Adult Writer

The 23-year-old writer from Cagayan de Oro City has gained a following of young adult readers in the local community, across the country, and even, at some point, from different parts of the globe ever since her works appeared on online platforms such asCandy Mag,Katha Magazine, and the LA and Las Vegas-based Cliché Magazine.

Link to the story:

CDO Dev: http://www.cdodev.com/2018/12/21/cdo-spotlight-artist-alve-aranton-the-young-adult-writer/

Cagayan de Oro empowers youth in local governance

Empowering the youth to lead enables more opportunities for citizen engagement and sharing of ideas. The OYDC members hope to spread this concept in other communities across the country.

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/196291-cagayan-de-oro-youth-local-governance

Xavier Ateneo makes history with first senior high school commencement exercises

In its 84 years of existence, Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan marks a new milestone as it celebrated its first commencement exercises for senior high graduates in March at the recently-opened Xavier Ateneo Sports Centre.

Link to the story:

Xavier University website: http://www.xu.edu.ph/xavier-news/63-2017-2018/3289-xavier-ateneo-makes-history-with-first-senior-high-school-commencement-exercises

LGBTQ+ community takes pride to Mindanao

Mindanao Pride opens its doors to individuals who identify themselves as lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders or queers seeking protection against violence, abuse, and subtle or direct discrimination.

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/204479-lgbt-pride-mindanao-pride-month-2018

Pride March set to step in Oro

Following the tradition of LGBTQ communities across the globe, the pride march aims to empower, validate, and celebrate the existence and aspirations of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer individuals - most of whom had been marginalized and discriminated against in society for their uniqueness in sexuality and identity.

Link to the story:

Sunstar: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1770437

Kadaiyahan Festival 2018 to highlight inclusivity for LGBT community in Mindanao

Kadaiyahan highlights the possible inclusivity that can be shared by identified LGBTQ+ members and straight allies who support their cause. It took its name from the literal Bisaya translation for diversity.

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/217974-kadaiyahan-festival-2018-highlight-inclusivity-lgbt-community-mindanao

XU Glee Club wins gold, silver prizes in Indonesian Choral Festival

Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan Glee Club wins gold and silver prizes in Indonesian Choral Festival.

Links to the story:

Xavier University website: http://www.xu.edu.ph/xavier-news/140-2018-2019/3623-xu-glee-club-wins-gold-silver-prizes-in-indonesian-choral-festival

Sunstar: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1764465

Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan preserves local history through digitization

The archived documents span from the Spanish colonization of the Philippines to the American occupation, and the pre-Second World War era.

Link to the story:

Mindanao Press: http://www.mindanaopress.net/2018/10/16/xavier-university-ateneo-de-cagayan-preserves-northern-mindanao-history-through-digitization/

Cry for Justice in the Maguindanao Massacre continues

Nine years after the brutal Maguindanao Massacre took place, media groups and families of victims still hear echoes of “calls and demands for the Philippine government to address the ongoing case with adequate reparation and absolute justice.”

Link to the story:

Mindanao Press: http://www.mindanaopress.net/2018/11/23/849/

Cagayan de Oro to hold first design conference in February 2019

FIRST IN CDO. The Oro Design Conference is Cagayan de Oro's first design conference patterned after similar events annually held in Manila, Cebu, and Davao. Photo courtesy of Oro Design Conference

Link to the story:

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-and-culture/219204-cagayan-de-oro-design-conference-northern-mindanao-creatives-february-2019

#journalism #2018 #new year #art #culture #literature #arts and culture #stories #cagayan de oro city #Philippines #Christmas

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Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands Of 2018

This fall, an artist found her voice. In A Star Is Born, Ally Campana goes from unknown to sensation in under a year. The movie is unrealistic wish fulfillment, but her upward trajectory embodies our hope for all artists, at least on a smaller scale: to become popular enough to follow their muse without sacrificing their integrity, to provide us with music that has a lasting impact. The narrative of the film is, of course, messy and more tragic, but perhaps in some alternate timeline ALLY would have made our list of the Best New Bands Of 2018. (Or not, if her debut was more “Why Did You Do That?” and less “Always Remember Us This Way.”)

Stereogum has been putting this list together since 2010, and we pride ourselves on doing a pretty good job of sussing out talented artists as they reach their crest. Of course, there are a few caveats: “New” is a relative term — a lot of these acts have been cutting their teeth for years. The viral, immediate fame that ALLY comes by in A Star Is Born is a rarity; instead, it’s usually a slow and steady climb. And, stubbornly, we still call it Best New Bands, even though a lot of the inclusions on this list aren’t bands at all, because why change a good thing when it’s working?

This list, which we purposefully run a bit removed from the year-end list onslaught, is meant as recognition for artists that have had a great year and as an investment in them for the future. Many of these names will be familiar to regular Stereogum readers, present in our daily music posts and Band To Watch column. If you revisit our lists from 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010, you’ll find that we’ve been pretty on-point. So get familiar with Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands Of 2018, presented in alphabetic order, below. You can also listen to a playlist of our picks on Spotify. Enjoy! –James Rettig

03 Greedo

LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA

An American original. His voice is an expressive wonder, a tangle of yips and cackles and sudden, overwhelming bursts of energy. Plenty of rappers have taken the weird early days of Young Thug as blueprints, but Greedo is the only one who has pushed Thug’s style further out into the ether. And yet he remains grounded to his own dark realities; he calls his music “emo for gangbangers.” Throughout the first half of 2018, Greedo pumped out an insane amount of music, and we’re going to need all of it. In July, Greedo turned himself in to start serving a 20-year prison sentence for drug and weapon possession. We won’t hear anyone like him anytime soon. –Tom Breihan

Anna Burch

LOCATION: Detroit, MI

Anna Burch isn’t exactly new. She’s been around for a while, singing in Frontier Ruckus and Failed Flowers and playing with people like Fred Thomas and Minihorse. But the Detroit rocker’s debut solo album Quit The Curse still feels like a real coming-out party. It’s easily the best thing she’s ever done, spinning wryly relatable tales of love and heartbreak over indie-rock that marries old school starry-eyed girl-group harmonies with scruffily melodic ’90s alt-pop. It sounds warm and comfortable, confident yet understated. In other words: It sounds like Anna Burch. –Peter Helman

Ashley McBryde

LOCATION: Nashville, TN

An Arkansas native, Ashley McBryde had spent a full decade in Nashville, trying to get a country music career going, before her tough and elegant song “A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega” finally got the ball rolling. “A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega” is a hard-luck ballad about ending the worst day of your life amidst a bunch of other sad sacks in a place where the drinks are cheap. And that song, it turns out, wasn’t a fluke. Girl Going Nowhere, McBryde’s debut album, is a gorgeously lived-in, righteously sad, painstakingly crafted piece of work. McBryde namechecks Townes Van Zandt on the very first song and then spends the rest of the album living up to his example. It shouldn’t have taken this long for us to hear her. –Tom

Bat Fangs

LOCATION: Carrboro, NC

Early this year, Ex Hex bassist Betsy Wright and Flesh Wounds drummer Laura King released their debut album as Bat Fangs. It fucking rocks, full stop. Their songs are simply constructed by design but pack a huge punch. They put a fresh spin on old rock ‘n’ roll clichés, turning them on their head and reminding you why those clichés endured in the first place. Bat Fangs relishes in excess, with slick riffs and a charismatically goofy sense of fun that still manages to get to the heart of some pretty deep issues. –James

Black Belt Eagle Scout

LOCATION: Portland, OR

Black Belt Eagle Scout is the moniker of Katherine Paul, a queer indigenous artist who grew up on a reservation near the Puget Sound. Her music is a direct reflection of her upbringing, and she describes the songwriting process as a kind of therapy. There’s a universality to Paul’s soul-searching, a yearning that transcends the boundaries between people and speaks to the human condition in general. Single “Just Lie Down” starts with distorted feedback that could soundtrack a migraine or the worst day of your life. It eventually quells as Paul beckons in a revelation. “It’s all in your head/ It’s all in your head,” she sings. –Gabriela Tully Claymore

Black Dresses

LOCATION: Toronto, ON

Black Dresses is the collaborative effort of the artists known as Dei Genetrix (formerly Girls Rituals) and Rook, and we named their debut album WASTEISOLATION one of the best albums of 2018 so far. Not long after that, Black Dresses put out the HELL IS REAL EP. The duo’s noisy dark-pop is as ferocious as it is fun, even when they’re singing about traumatic experiences. Catharsis is this band’s driving force; if you don’t have anything to scream about, they’ll give you something to scream about. –Gabriela

BlocBoy JB

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LOCATION: Memphis, TN

2018 has been a big year for viral dance crazes, and leading the charge was BlocBoy JB. With a practiced kick-and-pump motion, the Memphis rapper set off a chain reaction that would eventually lead to children and video game characters performing his signature move. BlocBoy debuted the “Shoot” dance last year, but the move, and the man behind it, gained wider recognition when they came attached to a Drake feature. “Look Alive” underscored and amplified BlocBoy’s effortless flow, his words hitting with the same ease and intensity as his jerky gyrations. That unique charisma runs through his Simi mixtape. Energetic production mimics his lighthearted wit, each punchline matched with its sonic equivalent. In the same way that Drake labors to keep up with BlocBoy’s moves in the “Look Alive” video, the rest of Simi’s featured artists can’t help but adhere to BlocBoy’s style and pace. –Julia Gray

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Booji Boys

LOCATION: Halifax, NS

Think of how hard it must be to work up a sweat in a place as cold and remote as Halifax, Nova Scotia. And then listen to the way the music of Halifax punks Booji Boys positively drips with sweat. Booji Boys are named for a Devo reference, but they offer messy catharsis instead of twitchy and precise theory. The band has been releasing music since 2016, but they really picked up steam with Weekend Rocker, a beery rush of an album full of muddy guitar tones and adrenalized hooks. In a place like Halifax, you have to make your own fun. Booji Boys have clearly made plenty of it. –Tom

Bristletongue

LOCATION: Lake County, IL

It takes a lot to make a big impression with just four tracks, but Bristletongue do just that on their debut EP. Femme Florale is a towering quartet, each song epic in its own right. The band locks into a painterly blend of post-rock and emo that’s elevated by L Morgan’s capacious voice. Their narratives deal with a lack of self-worth, told through repeated imagery of flowers dying and blooming once again. “Must I be wanted to be worth anything?” they ask on standout “Daisy Chain.” Bristletongue’s music sounds like the cycle of life playing out in your ears, capturing the intense sadness and unimaginable beauty contained within. –James

Camila Cabello

LOCATION: Miami, FL

Camila Cabello put out one of the catchiest and most memorable Top 40 pop songs in recent memory. All you have to do is sing, “Havana, ooh na-na,” and whoever’s in your vicinity will respond, “Half of my heart is is Havana ooh na-na.” That song is inescapable, the single that made Cabello’s departure from Fifth Harmony suddenly seem like an excellent career move, and her debut solo album Camila is chock-full of hooks. Opener “Never Be The Same,” with its chorus delivered like a bird song, rolls out the red carpet for Cabello to sashay her way down. –Gabriela

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Caroline Says

LOCATION: Austin, TX

Caroline Sallee’s whisper takes many forms across No Fool Like An Old Fool, her sophomore album as Caroline Says. Layered atop a smoky bossa nova beat, it conjures the alluring hum of a lounge singer. It sways with a jangly guitar, breathing new perspective into familiar indie rock. Submerged in padded synth, it sounds weathered and knowing. The LP finds Sallee reflecting on her Alabama hometown, where she recorded her first album. Her whisper, now deliberate and adventurous, is guided by an acknowledgment of decay. She likens the arid setting to her aging body: “I used to love this town…I was born and will be buried.” Time passes and she remains an “Old Fool,” but wise in understanding her naiveté. –Julia

Closer

LOCATION: New York, NY

Two-thirds of Closer play in the indie-rock supergroup Real Life Buildings. Now forget that. Closer don’t sound anything like Real Life Buildings, and they don’t sound like indie-rockers dabblers trying their hand at post-hardcore either. They sound like the genuine article — raw, passionate, and urgent, building from twinklingly pretty atmospheric post-rock valleys to headrush screamo-assault peaks. And at the center of all of it is singer-artist-poet Ryann Slauson and their drum kit and throat-shredding roar, bashing feelings straight into your skull. –Peter

Control Top

LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

Philly punks Control Top released an EP of purposeful, tough garage-pop in 2016. But it wasn’t until the 2018 single “Type A” that they really found their voice. The Control Top of “Type A” have a new lineup and a new sound, and the result is two and a half minutes of the most feverish and cathartic music we’ve heard all year. It’s a motorik grind, the bass and drums locking into a fast and tense lockstep while jittery and molten riffage erupts from the guitar and frontwoman Ali Carter talks her shit: “Your false authority is dreadfully boring to me.” The band’s debut album can’t come soon enough. –Tom

Ella Mai

LOCATION: London, England

“Boo’d Up” was everything you could want in a hit single, a plush, sleek ’90s throwback swooning with the intoxicating power of new love. Thanks to “Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai became a star almost overnight, and with her self-titled debut album, she’s surrounded it with a whole constellation of sexy, retro R&B executive produced with a steady hand by Mustard. If nothing quite matches the sheer wattage of “Boo’d Up” or its winning follow-up single “Trip,” it’s still a pleasure to sink into the sumptuous atmosphere and the fluid power of her voice. –Peter

Empath

LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

The very foundation of Empath is enough to guarantee some buzz. Formed by members of All Dogs and Perfect Pussy, the band of schooled DIY punks quietly released their two-song debut CRYSTAL REALITY way back in 2016, but it wasn’t until this year that they were able to commit to the project more seriously. Their breakthrough tape, Liberating Guilt And Fear, channels the pop punk and hardcore that fueled their previous projects, but there’s a candy-colored sheen to these songs that glimmers beneath scuzzy production. It’s a promising start for a band predestined to turn heads. –Gabriela

Gia Margaret

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Gia Margaret’s debut album is called There’s Always Glimmer, and that’s as apt a description of her music as any. Her whispered lullabies waft in like a cool mist through an open window, swirls of synth, piano, and guitar twinkling as they catch the moonlight and receding back into the night. Even when she sings of aching sadness, she does it with the kind of hushed, intimate beauty that sounds like a soft glow in the darkness. There’s always glimmer. –Peter

Haley Heynderickx

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LOCATION: Portland, OR

An album is like a garden in a way: all these little creations grown from seed, carefully tended until they bloom together into a collective whole more beautiful than the sum of its parts. I Need To Start A Garden, Haley Heynderickx’s debut LP, is the sound of such cultivation paying off. Her folk-rock songs sneak up on you with sudden bursts of beauty or intensity, never more so than when she finds herself wailing the album title in a frantic fit of catharsis on “Oom Sha La La.” It’s a rare moment of lost composure from one of this year’s most assured new singer-songwriters. –Chris DeVille

Haru Nemuri

LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

Haru Nemuri doesn’t make pop music, but she’s doesn’t not make pop music either. The Japanese artist mixes elements from J-pop, rap, post-hardcore, noise, and electronica and sets the genre concoction on fire. Its flames just happen to be extremely catchy. Her full-length debut, which came out earlier this year, is packed with sonic ideas that each evolve in three minutes or less. Maybe it’s this brevity — the immediate payoff — that makes her music so rewarding. Blazing guitars and crisp drums race to the finish line, tense arrangements linger just long enough. Nemuri is carving something completely new out of recycled pieces. She’s also making a very strong case for short songs. –Julia

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Hatchie

LOCATION: Brisbane, Australia

Dream-pop can be such a slippery slope. Over the years, how many bands have come and gone who could create enveloping atmospheres but didn’t have the songwriting to guarantee the kind of dream you remember when you wake up? Sugar & Spice — Harriette Pillbeam’s debut EP as Hatchie — avoids that fate because it has songs. Occasionally leaning harder on the pop half of the dream-pop equation, Hatchie arrived armed with hook after hook. In “Sure,” the verse and chorus and refrain are in open war for which part can be the catchiest, while “Sleep” boasts a synth riff that is incredibly, giddily addictive. Sugar & Spice is essentially a perfect EP. It’s exhilarating to imagine what Pillbeam will be able to pull off next. –Ryan Leas

House Of Feelings

LOCATION: New York, NY

Before House Of Feelings was the name of a musical project, it was the name of a party. It sounds like one, too. Matty Fasano would invite his friends to come DJ, dance, and escape their workaday lives for a few hours, and he, Joe Fassler, and Dale Eisinger apply the same liberating everyone-is-welcome ethos to their music, bringing in guests from the indie scene to bare their hearts over an infectious disco-house thump. But even as they tackle the anxieties and insecurities of modern life, they invite you to lose yourself to the beat — because in this house of feelings, the biggest room is euphoria. –Peter

Illuminati Hotties

LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Tudzin is the full package: a gifted producer, songwriter, singer, lyricist, melodicist, and instrumentalist whose album Kiss Yr Frenemies is one of the best debuts in recent memory. Under the name Illuminati Hotties, the LA musician cranks out charming indie-rock tracks that represent the full scope of her personality. Some, like “For Cheez (My Friend, Not The Food),” are touching. Others, like “Pressed 2 Death” and “Shape Of My Hands,” are hilariously scathing. The lot of them are clever, winsome, and richly conceived. Tudzin’s fan base is small and fervent at the moment — a secret society, you might call it — but if there’s any justice in the music industry, she’ll be a star someday. –Chris

JPEGMAFIA

LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA / Baltimore, MD

Veteran is hardly JPEGMAFIA’s first release, but it is his first one that sounds fully-formed. After a couple years kicking around the Baltimore rap scene, Barrington Hendricks moved out to Los Angeles around the time Veteran was released, but the project spends its whole runtime looking backward, synthesizing everything he’s worked on up ’til this point. It’s an intoxicating, glitchy, often abrasive mix of textural ingenuity. The album’s title has a double meaning, both in that Hendricks got his start in music while serving abroad in Japan and that, in 2018, he’s fucking tired and over all this shit. Veteran paints a portrait of someone that’s above it, told through hazy sporadic beats and samples and a scatter-brained energy that only adds to its appeal. –James

Lala Lala

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Lillie West picked the perfect band name. There’s a sing-song quality to the music she makes as Lala Lala, an intentional silliness that belies the distress beneath. On her new album, The Lamb, Lala Lala processes a fear of losing control, inspired in part by newfound sobriety and a home invasion that left her deeply paranoid. Some of West’s fears manifested in songs about the apocalypse (“When You Die”) while others nestled into lyrics about inner balances gone awry (“Destroyer”). Lala Lala’s strength lies in West’s voice and the glitchy melodies she writes make what could just be another indie rock project sound fresh and exciting. –Gabriela

Long Neck

LOCATION: Jersey City, NJ

When Lily Mastrodimos put out her first music as Long Neck back in 2014, she was coming from a place of interior solitude, a respite from the louder music she made with her then-band Jawbreaker Reunion. But on Will This Do?, the project’s full-length full-band debut, she’s looking outward for answers — from the cosmos, from her ancestry and hometown, from her friends and potential partners. On the explosive “Mine/Yours,” she explores the dichotomy of the title with her remarkable voice and a rollicking forward momentum. Will This Do? is an album about learning to make space for yourself, unmatchable in both its earnestness and ferocity. –James

Many Rooms

LOCATION: Houston, TX

Many Rooms’ debut album is called There Is A Presence Here, and it sure sounds that way. It’s a spectral and skeletal singer-songwriter record, Julien Baker’s barebones post-rock balladry haunted by Grouper’s eerie ambience. Brianna Hunt’s songs seem to materialize out of nothing and hover gracefully over barren wastelands, like God leading the Israelites as a pillar of fire. Sometimes they sound like demos captured in a closet, weighed down by heavy burdens. But mostly they feel like supernatural events — mirages where spiritual turmoil plays out in the space between this world and one unseen. –Chris

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Retirement Party

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Retirement Party are just getting started. The Chicago trio play bright, energetic, relentlessly hooky pop-punk, but their debut album Somewhat Literate is as much a product of frontwoman Avery Springer’s restless mind as anything. Her hyper-analytical gaze focuses inwards, on her own anxiety and depression and self-doubt, but even at its darkest, her navel-gazing never sounds anything but fun. “Sometimes I think that I can do anything,” Springer sings at one point. “But then I sit down and I qualitatively analyze my acute sense of awareness for my environmental surroundings.” And sometimes, she does it over some breathless shredding. –Peter

Rico Nasty

LOCATION: Prince George’s County, MD

When Rico Nasty is playing, there are no bystanders: You are her, you fear her, or you worship her. Depending on your mood and general disposition, you could very well be “the bitch with the long hair and her top off” like Rico. On a bad day, you might be the “bitch bleedin’ out” while Rico “still got the speakers loud.” The SoundCloud-bred rapper doesn’t deal in subtlety. Rico recently released her major-label debut, Nasty, after years of sharing mixtapes with her growing audience. The new one is one giant flex — a wicked storm of lo-fi beats, goth and emo flavor, and immutable personality. Whether Rico’s sing-rapping or snarling into the void, her power is awe-inspiring. –Julia

Shannen Moser

LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

If you’re from Pennsylvania, the state’s landscape can seem nondescript. While Shannen Moser might be based in Philadelphia now, she hails from nearby Berks County, more of a small-town rural area. And on her excellent sophomore effort I’ll Sing, she has fleshed out her folk-indebted songwriting in a way that perfectly conjures the feeling of long, rambling drives through her home state. I’ll Sing is plenty aware of the traditions from which it draws, and Moser’s songwriting is so sharp that all the dusty guitars and winsome melodies make a convincing argument that she should soon be inducted into a long lineage of American songwriters born from endless wandering through this nation’s highways and countrysides. –Ryan

Sidney Gish

LOCATION: Boston, MA

Sidney Gish’s second proper album, No Dogs Allowed, is a collection of everyday objects, simple melodies, musings, and memories. The Boston singer-songwriter imbues items and ideas with confession and insight. She keeps a food diary to retain some modicum of control over her life, draws a line from sine triangles and biblical sin to “two-faced bitches,” mispronounces words as a power move, and tunes her guitar to echo each sentiment. The bittersweet confusion of early adulthood plays out in the harmonious tension between her sarcastic realism and tender twee. “Upon realizing I don’t know anything, there’s a lazy sense of glee,” Gish sighs, adopting the perspective of a city rat. Elsewhere, she sings alongside a campy keyboard, “We’re gonna go to a show and then come home and probably die.” Throughout the album, Gish acknowledges that lingering fear of death and foolishness with spirit and wit. –Julia

Sir Babygirl

LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY / Hanover, NH

A couple months ago, Sir Babygirl seemed to appear out of nowhere with the single “Heels.” As an introduction to Kelsie Hogue the songwriter, you couldn’t ask for a more effective or attention-grabbing track. “Heels” was a roiling, cathartic pop song that defied easy categorization, and much of her forthcoming debut Crush On Me follows suit. Sir Babygirl, as a project, is overflowing with ideas and influences, colliding into an idiosyncratic, colorful, and often overwhelming sound. You never quite know where Hogue is going to go next, and that’s part of what makes her great: This is the sound of someone emerging, shaking loose old hang-ups and anchors, to seize life and make art that reflects it in all its messiness. –Ryan

SOB x RBE

LOCATION: Vallejo, CA

This time next year, Vallejo quartet SOB x RBE might not still be rapping together. Signs of internal turmoil are spilling over into the public, and solo careers beckon. If so, the dynamic runs directly contrary to the celebratory spirit that courses through their music. At a time when zonked-out, robotic trap music has gone from an innovation to a cliché, the group’s pair of Gangin albums represent some of the most vibrant and inviting hip-hop on the market. In the grand Bay Area tradition, they’ve got bounce, they’ve got swagger, and they’re a hell of a lot of fun. –Chris

Sorry

LOCATION: London, England

The breadth of influences Sorry displays is impressive, especially for such a young group. Normally a band emerges with a signature sound and branches out from there, but the UK four-piece have made it a point not to be pigeonholed. So far, their discography consists of a string of increasingly sturdy singles and two rock mixtapes that are an intoxicating blend of breathy vocals and hazy thoughts, rendered in sharp pop hooks. The band’s two dynamic poles are childhood friends Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen, and the project leaves enough space for them to shine as songwriters in their own right. Whenever the band manages to cook up a proper debut album, it’s sure to be a knockout, and until then they’ve left a beguiling collection of songs in the meantime. –James

The Beths

LOCATION: Auckland, New Zealand

Wheels don’t always need to be reinvented. The Beths, from Auckland, aren’t doing anything new. Instead, they’re operating within grand continuums — of New Zealand indie romantics, of ‘90s-besotted power-poppers, of hook-happy slackers with fuzz pedals and big hearts. The members of the Beths all studied jazz in college, and yet they play with all the giddy gusto of a group of teenagers who just heard the Blue Album for the first time. The songs on Future Me Hates Me, their instantly lovable debut album, all shoot straight for the pleasure centers of anyone who has ever enjoyed, say, a Lemonheads record. It’s an old sound, and yet it’s a sound that never gets old. –Tom

Thyla

LOCATION: Brighton, England

There have been other bands like Thyla, groups looking to decades past and mining the impressionistic soundscapes of shoegaze. But it’s hard to remember another band that’s attained the peculiar, almost-paradoxical balance Thyla has: the anxious forward momentum of post-punk and the brooding and heaviness of grunge underpinning the melancholic-then-transcendent parabolas of prime dream-pop. And perhaps more importantly: Those other bands didn’t have Millie Duthie. As far back as Thyla’s early, powerhouse singles like “Pristine Dream” and “Tell Each Other Lies,” Duthie immediately proved herself a force to be reckoned with, a singer capable of sounding like a hurricane even amidst all the layers and intensity of Thyla’s music. With their debut EP on the way, Thyla are still changing and exploring. But with Duthie’s voice guiding the way, chances are whatever they discover will be fruitful. –Ryan

Tomberlin

LOCATION: Louisville, KY

Despite Sarah Beth Tomberlin’s devout Christian upbringing, the Louisville-based singer-songwriter never liked going to church. She no longer identifies as Christian, and instead practices a sort of self-communion, writing and recording music as Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, is made up of 10 personal ceremonies, quiet hymns of introspection. Gentle fingerpicking and reverb-laden electric keys conjure a holy presence as Tomberlin meditates on relationship patterns, self-worth, loneliness, faith, and growth. Each concern carries the same weight and godliness in her “church.” –Julia

Ultra Beauty

LOCATION: Washington, DC

There’s not much good in the highest reaches of our nation’s capital these days, but it’s never faltered as a hotbed of great music. Ultra Beauty count themselves among the same scene that, in recent years, has birthed Priests and Flasher and many more acts that espouse radical politics in songs that go down smooth. The trio’s self-titled debut EP is an airtight collection of wiry and shimmering tracks that manages a string of delightful surprises, melodies and little touches that sneak up on you but make perfect sense once they’ve settled in. –James

Valee

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

GOOD Job, You Found Me, Valee’s debut EP for Kanye’s West’s record label, goes a long way toward explaining the Chicago rapper’s appeal: that delicate, meticulous “old-timey tiptoeing burglar” delivery that makes even boilerplate rhymes sound good and renders him a genius when setting an evocative scene like so: “Walked in Shell, flamed up a L/ Bumpy Margiels, feel like braille/ Dirty ass ginger ale, came through the mail/ I fucked your girl, in the hotel.” But summer smash “Womp Womp,” on which R&B stud Jeremih imitates Valee’s flow, most clearly encapsulated his glory. Lots of rappers claim to be God, but few approach the beat with such a still, small voice. –Chris

Vein

LOCATION: Boston, MA

There’s no easy way to say this: Vein are a nu-metal band. What’s more, they’re a supremely dope nu-metal band making the genre sound vital in the year of our lord 2018. There are traces of early Deftones and Incubus in the Boston band’s recent Errorzone, but also far less critically rehabilitated sludge monsters like Mudvayne and Static-X. It’s brutal, ballistic, hellishly discordant cyborg rock in which even the dreamy reprieves are rapidly swallowed up by nightmares. If every trend must recirculate two decades later, Vein represent close to a best-case scenario for reliving this much-maligned moment in rock history. They might remind you why some long-discarded version of yourself used to love this stuff. –Chris

Westerman

LOCATION: London, England

Westerman didn’t know if he was going to keep releasing music. After two EPs and a split with management, he was a bit defeated. Then “Confirmation” arrived, a revelation for him and us alike. Songs like “Confirmation” don’t come along too often — instantly alluring, infectious yet still enigmatic even after dozens of listens. It felt as if Westerman had suddenly located some kind of alchemy, fusing his plaintive folk roots with slick urbane textures and giving us a song that unveiled new subtleties listen after listen. That’s a hard thing to follow up, but recent singles like “Edison” and “Albatross” further fleshed out Westerman’s new world and, well, confirmed that we may be watching the birth of one of this generation’s most unique and captivating songwriters. –Ryan

YBN Crew

LOCATION: Birmingham, AL / Galveston, TX / Suitland, MD

In the past, rap crews have all been geographically focused: All the best rappers within a certain neighborhood, or within a certain circle of friends, all getting together to do their own local sound better than anyone else can do it. But the three core rappers in the YBN Crew come from Alabama, Texas, and Maryland. They didn’t grow up together. Instead, they met up while playing Grand Theft Auto online and freestyling into their headsets. And yet they still give off that conquer-the-world vibe — young guys doing their best to impress each other and somehow catching a zeitgeist-wave. Their debut full-length YBN: The Mixtape is all unrealized potential, weighed down with repetitive beats and unfortunate guest spots. But all three rappers, especially YBN Cordae, are almost frighteningly talented. And when they truly find their voices, look out. –Tom

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Monáe came out in April (Tommaso Boddi/Getty)

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The Panic! at the Disco frontman unveiled he was pansexual in July, becoming a member of Monáe in coming out publicly in his early 30s.

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He ongoing: “I guess you could qualify me as pansexual since I truly really don’t care. If a individual is good, then a individual is good. I just like excellent men and women, if your heart’s in the right put.”

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However, it is excellent that the forty one-yr-outdated musician felt at ease ample to publicly announce his sexual orientation.

Kehlani (Christopher Polk/Getty)

The US singer came out in April on Twitter, producing: “I’m queer. Not bi, not straight.

“I’m captivated to females, males, Genuinely captivated to queer males, non binary men and women, intersex men and women, trans men and women.”

Rock band Say Anything’s guide singer also came out as queer, making the announcement in an psychological letter which also unveiled that the group was breaking up.

Under the heading “GAY Stuff,” Bemis, 34, wrote: “I have always been bi-ish or queer or a straight person who can also like boys.

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The Finnish singer and Eurovision 2018 star came out to PinkNews in March, stating: “I am quite very pleased to be lesbian and I experience quite a great deal like I am lesbian, absolutely.”

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She explained: “I’ve by no means ever just been captivated to males. I have by no means just been captivated to females. I have by no means felt the require to tell any individual that I’m bisexual.

“I really don’t experience like I am. I just experience like I’m captivated to who I like. I honestly experience like anyone is like that.”

Lorde’s sister Indy Yelich-O’Connor unveiled she was bisexual in Could.

The 19-yr-outdated writer took to Twitter to share the information, keeping matters shorter and sweet by just producing: “plot twist (I like boys and ladies).”

The world singing sensation’s teen sibling then screengrabbed the tweet and shared it by means of an Instagram tale, making positive all of her followers had been up to velocity on her sexuality.

Hodgson came out in April (zander hodgson/YouTube)

The British design, actor and Instagram star was just one of a lot of celebrities this yr who chose to arrive out in a heartfelt YouTube video.

The actor, who lives in Los Angeles and has had smaller roles in Hollyoaks, Coronation Avenue and Shameless, determined to share his sexuality to inspire other individuals who could possibly be struggling to arrive to conditions with their LGBT+ standing.

In the video, Hodgson explained: “I needed to tell anyone that I am homosexual, and even though that does not alter just about anything for me, and ideally not for you, I just considered it was a truly important issue to share with anyone.”

He added: “I needed to do this video as properly, since when I feel about all the youngsters out there that are becoming bullied, or are truly struggling with their sexuality, even teenage or grownups, I just want you to know that you are not by yourself.”

Another design, actor and Instagram celebrity to arrive out this yr was Derek Chadwick, who produced the announcement in July, detailing that his mother and father had been “not quite accepting” when he very first advised them he was homosexual — and that he hoped his coming out would enable other individuals.

“Coming out in this way enables me to use the privilege that I have to enable other men and women who really don’t have that,” the Scream Queens actor added.

Andrea Russett came out to her seven.5 million Twitter followers and four million Instagram lovers very last thirty day period, the day prior to Bi Visibility Working day, since — she explained — her greatest close friend Sandra Poenar advised her she believed that queer men and women go to hell.

“I came out to Sandra as bisexual 4 yrs in the past. (Shock! Yeah. Not just how I prepared to arrive out publicly, but s**t happens I guess),” she wrote in a lengthy social media submit.

She added that she needed to tell “anyone who is struggling with just about anything very similar in their existence, you are not by yourself.

“You are not any a lot less of a individual since of who you may perhaps select to like.”

The YouTuber, who has far more than one.5 million subscribers, came out in November 2017 with a amazing video which has so significantly captivated all around 4 million views.

She advised lovers that her sexuality was anything she had struggled to communicate about to men and women shut to her, leaving her frustrated.

But just after likely by way of a individual journey, she posed in front of her rainbow-included dwelling and advised her audience: “I’m Elle Mills and I’m bisexual.”

Robert Páez (LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty)

Sportspeople in diving, car or truck racing, swimming, squash, golf and soccer took the courageous move this yr of showing their legitimate colors to the environment.

One particular of these stars was Robert Páez, a 23-yr-outdated Venezuelan Olympic diver who shared an inspiring essay about celebrating “who he truly is.”

He explained that he felt “at moments ashamed to go out into society” since of who he was — but no for a longer period.

The racing legend and 3-time Le Mans 24 Hrs winner, is a famous stamina racing champ who received the 24 Hrs of Le Mans across 3 many years – in 1977, 1983 and 1994.

The racing driver, whose sexuality had been an open secret inside of sporting circles for some time, publicly acknowledged he was homosexual at the age of 69, forward of his autobiography becoming launched.

He talked about serving to a suicidal college student in 2012 and explained: “I considered, if my voice is powerful ample to enable just one child, it could possibly enable two youngsters, or 5 or a hundred.”

The footballer, who plays for Major League Soccer aspect Minnesota United, broke a big barrier in June when he came out as homosexual.

Martin wrote a assertion on his Twitter account which explained: “June is Pleasure thirty day period, and I am very pleased to be actively playing for Pleasure, and to be actively playing as an out homosexual person.”

The 23-yr-outdated added: “As we rejoice Pleasure evening I want to thank my teammates for their unconditional support for who I am.

“In gentle of who I am I want to stimulate other individuals who perform sporting activities skillfully or usually to have self-assurance that activity will welcome them wholeheartedly.”

Harrity, who has 2 times picked up the US Nationals title, turned the very first brazenly homosexual person at the major of squash in April.

In a submit to social media, the 27-yr-outdated athlete wrote: “To anyone I know, and to all who know me, I have anything that I am at last prepared to get off my upper body.

“I am homosexual, and I’m prepared to reside my existence as an brazenly homosexual person. I have determined to arrive out since I am persuaded that acquiring anyone know this about me is the only way I can truly be content.”

DeVine, a swimmer on the US national workforce, came out as homosexual very last thirty day period, admitting that coming out was “really tough” for him and that he was fearful of how his workforce would respond.

He broke the ice by very first telling a former teammate, who he explained “did a lot” for him “and was truly there for me as a close friend.”

And DeVine quickly learned that his apprehension about coming out to his teammates was unfounded, as all people all around him reacted properly to the information.

Tadd Fujikawa (Sam Greenwood/Getty)

In September, Fujikawa turned the very first male specialist golfer to arrive out as homosexual and explained he hoped his tale would enable other individuals in the LGBT+ neighborhood.

The American sportsman from Hawaii posted a picture of himself on Instagram on Planet Suicide Avoidance Working day, alongside a caption detailing why determined to go general public about his sexuality.

“So… I’m homosexual. Lots of of you may perhaps have already recognised that,” he wrote.

“I really don’t count on anyone to comprehend or settle for me. But remember to be gracious ample to not press your beliefs on me or any individual in the LGBTQ neighborhood.

“My hope is this submit will inspire every single and just about every just one of you to be far more empathetic and loving to just one a further.”

At the age of 47, the former environment champion and Olympic swimmer verified he was homosexual.

The British sportsman explained: “I obtained truly excellent at the dance of telling 50 %-truths. I have supported the Terence Higgins Rely on, Stonewall, Ben Cohen’s Stand Up to Bullying campaign.

“But I have always done it below the radar.”

He added: “I’ve lived an brazenly homosexual existence to my buddies and spouse and children. But I always hid it as a swimmer.”

The Thor: Ragnarok actress spoke publically about her sexuality for the very first time in June.

Thompson, who’s greatest recognised for her appearances on dystopian drama Westworld, as properly as her function as the explicitly bisexual hero Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, explained: “I can just take matters for granted since of my spouse and children – it is so cost-free and you can be just about anything that you want to be.

“I’m captivated to males and also to females. If I carry a woman dwelling, [or] a person, we really don’t even have to have the discussion.”

The 19-yr-outdated, who produced their title in The Hunger Video games series and utilizes gender-neutral they/them pronouns, previously came out as queer and—in 2016—as bisexual.

But in an interview with lesbian pop singer King Princess—real title Mikaela Straus—in June, they explained: “*Insert Ellen DeGeneres’ TIME Journal address squat and vast smile* Yep I’m homosexual.”

The actor, who has since starred in hit movie The Loathe U Give, added: “I’m grateful for how becoming homosexual has afforded me this capacity to encounter and comprehend like and sex, and for that reason existence, in an expansive and infinite way.”

In July, at the age of 23, the Arrow and Scream actor unveiled that they are non-binary.

Taylor-Klaus came out as homosexual in 2016 by tweeting: “hello my title is bex and sure the rumours are legitimate I am v homosexual.”

And their most current announcement was produced with a very similar air of nonchalance, with Taylor-Klaus — who’s a series frequent on Netflix’s Voltron: Famous Defender — tweeting it out in a great deal the exact same way.

They wrote: “I came out as trans non-binary in a place entire of men and women right now. Guess it is time for me to do that on right here, too…

“Hi. I’m Bex, and the rumours are legitimate. I’m v enby.”

The actor, who rose to fame in Disney Channel movie series Teenager Seashore, came out as homosexual in August, revealing at the exact same time that he was in a extended-term marriage with screenwriter Blake Knight.

Forward of his movie Achieve becoming launched, he wrote on Instagram that he had “personally dealt with suicide inside of my individual spouse and children [and] powerful bullying in large school.”

He added that “myself and the person I have been in a marriage with for a extended time (@hrhblakeknight) have the two knowledgeable shootings inside of our hometown school programs, and have witnessed the heartache that will take put in affected communities just after this kind of tragic occasions.”

Abbi Jacobson (Frazer Harrison/Getty)

The star and co-creator of comedy series Broad City came out in April.

Even though marketing six Balloons, her Netflix movie with Dave Franco, she explained: “I form of go the two ways I day males and females. They have to be amusing, carrying out anything they like.

“I really don’t know — I have by no means truly been interviewed about this prior to.”

24-yr-outdated musician and Disney actress Alyson Stoner came out as bisexual in March.

The star, who is greatest recognised for her roles in More cost-effective by the Dozen and The Suite Lifetime of Zack & Cody, opened up about her sexuality and struggles with faith in an psychological essay for Teenager Vogue.

She wrote: “I, Alyson, am captivated to males, females, and men and women who discover in other ways.

“I can like men and women of just about every gender id and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.”

“It is the like we can build and the goodness we can add to the environment by supporting every single other’s greatest journeys,” she added.

The Glee actor appeared to arrive out on Instagram in March, when he posted a picture of a picture of just one man’s hand on major of a distinct male hand, with an emoji undertaking the hand gesture for “I like you” in ASL.

The upcoming thirty day period, he produced his rumoured marriage with fellow actor Austin McKenzie Instagram formal, submitting various pictures of the delighted few embracing.

The pair the two showcased in When We Increase, a 2017 TV miniseries designed by Dustin Lance Black that advised the tale of the struggle for LGBT equality in the US.

The Gotham star spoke about his sexuality publicly for the very first time in March, when starring in a drama set in the course of the AIDS crisis.

Smith, who is greatest recognised for actively playing Edward Nygma, aka supervillain The Riddler, on Fox’s preferred Batman prequel Television series, unveiled he identifies as queer.

The actor added that his individual spouse and children responded with “a good deal of love” when he came out.

Totah has starred in Champions and Glee (Mike Coppola/Getty)

The actress, recognised for her Television roles in Glee, Champions and Jessie, came out as transgender in a potent essay for Time magazine.

Totah, 17, explained she was “grateful” for roles she has performed above the yrs, but regretted enabling herself to develop into recognised as a homosexual male alternatively than as a transgender female.

She also spoke about her faith, stating she has “come to think that God produced me transgender” and added that when it came to auditions for female sections, she was setting up to “gun for individuals roles.”

Immediately after all, she added: “It’s a clean up slate – and a new environment.”

True Blood actress Rutina Wesley quietly came out in November 2017 as she unveiled her engagement.

The star, who performed Tara Thornton on the cult vampire present and has also appeared on Queen Sugar, uploaded a series of Instagram pictures revealing her engagement to Shonda, a chef from New Orleans.

She referred to her new fiancée as the “light of my life” and “fire of my loins” in the posts, adding hashtags which examine: “Always far more, by no means a lot less. I explained yes” and “I like you far more than words and phrases.”

The Steven Universe creator came out as non-binary in July.

The 31-yr-outdated is the brain powering the preferred American cartoon series, which has repeatedly earned praise for its portrayal of queer people like lesbians Ruby and Sapphire, who obtained engaged before this yr.

Sugar, who has previously labored on Adventure Time and has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award 5 moments, unveiled: “One of the matters which is truly important to me about the present is that the Gems are all non-binary females.

“They’re quite distinct and they are coming from a environment wherever they really don’t truly have the frame of reference. They’re coded female which is quite important.”

Sugar added: “I am also a non-binary woman, which has been truly good to specific myself by way of these people since it is quite a great deal how I have felt in the course of my existence.”

We transfer on from just one form of outstanding writer to a further, and Ronan Farrow’s determination in April to publicly arrive out.

The influential journalist, who was essential in exposing Harvey Weinstein, quietly came out as he approved an honour from the Point Basis, which supports LGBTQ learners.

The former NBC Information character, who is the son of Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen, advised the audience: “Each and just about every LGBT individual who has to go by way of a process of accepting on their own and turning rejection and isolation into toughness is richer and far more resourceful and far more established for that journey.”

The writer and co-founder of The Toast came out in February, just after realising his id when researching for his most current reserve, The Merry Spinster.

“It turns out I’m trans!” explained Ortberg, who has also published Texts From Jane Eyre.

“I’ve put in a good deal of time pondering by way of this and likely to support teams, and I begun health care transition just after an preliminary ‘trial period’ to see how I felt about it.”

He added: “I’ve been working with realising that the emotions I had prior to had been not the entire tale.

“How do I produce a vision for the long run that does not negate the previous? It was wild to have all of this arrive up consciously for me in the middle of producing the reserve.”

As properly as culturally important men and women, the previous yr has also been notable for the political figures who have taken the courageous move of revealing their legitimate identities.

One particular of these was Huanwu, the grandson of Singapore’s very first prime minister, who sparked celebrations in the country — wherever homosexuality is unlawful — when he came out as homosexual in July.

Huanwu, who is also the nephew of current Primary Minister Lee Hsien Loong, broke the information by way of Out in Singapore, an exhibition for “LGBTQ people who would like to arrive out to spouse and children, buddies and peers in the neighborhood.”

Huanwu, 31, transformed his Facebook profile picture to a picture of him and Yirui Heng, a 27-yr-outdated veterinarian, just after they had been pictured with each other in the exhibition.

Ahlers was on Denmark’s variation of Dragons’ Den (Tommy Ahlers/facebook)

The Danish cupboard minister unveiled he was bisexual just after yrs of speculation.

Ahlers, who has been the Minister of Science, Technology, Details and Bigger Education since Could, explained that he was coming out publicly at the age of forty two since his position as a minister meant he could not hide any section of himself.

“When men and women mention that they have heard a rumour, I reveal to them that it is not a rumour, since there is no touch of fiction in it,” he explained.

“But the fact is also that I have arrive to the conclusion that I like the two males and females.”

The French cupboard minister, who serves as Secretary of Condition for the Electronic Sector, came out at 33 on the Intercontinental Working day From Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

The En Marche politician wrote: “Homophobia is an unwell that eats away at modern society, invades large faculties, and poisons family members and dropped buddies.

“Worse, it haunts the minds of homosexual men and women, and often forces us to hide and lie to prevent hatred, to reside.”

Jones, who sits in the Florida Household of Reps, came out as homosexual just about six yrs just after he was very first elected.

In carrying out so, the politician turned the very first brazenly homosexual African-American legislator in Florida.

He unveiled that he had recognised he was homosexual since kindergarten, but only opened up about his sexuality all around 5 yrs in the past when he determined to tell his spouse and children.

Jones came out by enabling Equality Florida’s political director to include things like him in a listing of endorsements of brazenly homosexual candidates, stating he was to begin with not sure if it would be the greatest “coming-out party” prior to choosing to go forward.

And here’s just one far more for this retrospective, which was as well ambiguous to include things like as a definitive coming out second, but as well amazing to leave out totally.

Harry Styles with the Pleasure flag at just one of his concert events (pukinghoran/twitter)

Which is right, the just one and only Harry Styles provoked an outpouring of enthusiasm from lovers before this yr, just after lyrics in his new music appeared to expose he was queer.

The former One particular Path singer had spoken about his sexuality prior to, stating very last yr that he had “never felt the need” to label himself.

But Styles’ lyrics for his music “Medicine” led his lovers to explode with enjoyment and hail him as a bi icon, as the 24-yr-outdated star sang: “The boys and the ladies are right here, I mess all around with them, and I’m okay with it.”

He adopted up individuals sensational strains by singing: “I’m coming down, I figured out I kinda like it, and when I snooze I’m gonna dream of how you tasted.”

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