Jason Hill and Luckie Fuller are both transgender men with very different experiences of coming out and transitioning. However, both men have one commonality: constantly trying to overcome the invisibility that black transgender men face.
It’s 2018, and apparently, a black family can’t go on vacation without having the n-word repeatedly yelled at them. That’s what happened to Covey Banks and her family at a resort in Orlando. She filmed the whole thing.
When Dina— a documentary about the relationship between Dina Buno, who has autism, and her husband Scott, who is also on the spectrum—debuted at Sundance last year, it resonated with critics and earned the Grand Jury prize.
A Florida professor’s class on “White Racism” has drawn so much controversy that at least two campus police officers were present to guard the course’s first meeting on Tuesday, according to the News-Press.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have funded programs to increase diversity in television production in the state.
The Good Doctor—the ABC drama about a young surgical resident named Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) who has autism and savant syndrome—has been a huge hit. It’s averaging 17.4 million viewers, surpassing even NBC’s This Is Us in the ratings, and Monday, Highmore was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Welcome to Ban Week, in which Splinter writers build a case for burning it all down.
Women and people of color as episodic television directors has continued to rise during the 2016–2017 season, according to a study released by Directors Guild of America on Tuesday.
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who made history as the first-ever U.S. Olympian to compete in a hijab, will officially have a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll in her likeness. Muhammad’s doll will be the first hijab-wearing doll in Mattel’s 72 year history. The news was revealed on Monday at the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year LIVE…
Donald Trump was elected president one year ago today. From day one, his presidency has been marked by a stream of protests spanning issues, including the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Women’s March, the travel ban, Confederate statues, healthcare, and white supremacy. Here are a selection of photos, from November 2016…
Fashion designer Donna Karan made some pretty offensive remarks when she gave her initial reaction about the Harvey Weinstein allegations earlier this month suggesting that the women were “asking for it.”
It’s been three weeks since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Less than 20% of the population has electricity. Only 64% of the U.S. territory has access to clean drinking water. While President Trump tried to assure everyone that relief efforts were going great, pictures from the island this week reveal a…
The comedian and writer Robin Thede is about to become television’s only black woman late-night TV host when her new program debuts Thursday night on BET.
Tracee Ellis Ross has always been a style icon who turns heads at award shows and constantly slays on Instagram. But now the award-winning actress can add fashion designer to her list of achievements.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton made a very sexist remark about Panthers beat reporter Jourdan Rodrigue.
The number of first-time female and ethnically diverse TV directors rose in record numbers for the 2016–2017 television season, according to a Directors Guild of America study released on Wednesday.
Cardi B is the hottest female rapper out right now and she just proved that when her single,“Bodak Yellow,” reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 on Monday, dethroning Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” in one of the biggest and most symbolic chart wars in recent memory.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become especially notorious under the Trump administration. Whether tearing apart families or making people so scared of possible deportation that they were afraid to seek help during the recent deadly hurricanes in Texas and Florida, ICE has earned an infamous…
Shonda Rhimes, along with the rest of us, watched some historic moments unfold at the Emmys on Sunday night. She saw Lena Waithe make history as the first black woman to win best writing for a comedy, Donald Glover become the first black man to win best directing for a comedy, Sterling K. Brown become the first black…
A new study released by GLAAD on Thursday showed that LGBTQ characters were basically nonexistent in the movies released by the seven major studios over the summer.
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