WARNING: This video contains explicit language. YouTuber Shane Dawson has addressed the criticism he has received for using blackface, saying the N-word and other racial slurs, insulting people living with disabilities, joking about pedophilia and more. In a 20-minute video released on Friday, titled Taking Accountability, the 31-year-old YouTuber issued public apologies to his 23
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Reddit, after years of piling pressure, clamped down on boards that, under new guidelines, promoted hate speech. A transphobic “gender critical feminist” forum was one of them. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Reddit, one of the largest social networking and imageboard websites, has banned one of the most prolific “gender critical” communities as part
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Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon. (John Berry/WireImage) In a momentous landslide victory for LGBT+ activists, the upper house of the Gabon parliament, the Senate, voted to decriminalize homosexuality. It comes after lawmakers in the lower house of the west coast central African country voted to reverse a law criminalising same-sex relations that was only
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Summer Walker has announced a new EP: Life on Earth is out July 10 via LVRN/Interscope. Check out the EP cover below. At last night’s BET Awards, Summer Walker performed “Session 32” and “Come Thru” with Usher, who stayed socially distant. Walker was also nominated for Best Female R&B/Pop and Best New Artist at the
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The fabulously out and proud Karen Akunowicz chatted with HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY about Pride Month and so much more! James Beard award-winning Karen Akunowicz is one of the many fan favorites who hail from the land of Top Chef. The fiercely amazing culinarian won our hearts when she first competed on the show’s 13th season before
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Canadian actor Pamela Anderson revealed that she wants to help Prime Minister Justin Trudeau adapt to the vegan lifestyle in a letter she wrote to him that also praises his support of the vegan food industry. Last week Trudeau announced that the Canadian government would make a $100-million investment into Merit Functional Foods, which creates
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B⁠y this stage of the coronavirus pandemic, the concept of “flattening the curve” is familiar, especially to anyone who’s watched Andrew Cuomo’s press briefings. At the once-daily events⁠—since June 19, they’re being conducted on what he described as an as-needed basis⁠—he frequently emphasized the importance of slowing the spread of the virus by putting depictions
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ alum Kim Chi stressed the importance of why Pride Month goes beyond the partying in our EXCLUSIVE interview with her. Kim Chi‘s career undoubtably exploded when she made her legendary entrance into the Drag Race werk room at the beginning of the Emmy-winning series 8th season. Her incredible fashions, engaging personality, wit,
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Beyoncé accepted a humanitarian award at the BET Awards from Michelle Obama. (BET/Twitter) Beyoncé used a BET Awards speech to urge Black Americans to vote in November’s elections, accepting a humanitarian award from former first lady Michelle Obama. The artist was honoured for her charity and community work, and used her acceptance speech to call
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