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Gay U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) will chair the LGBTQ Congressional Equality Caucus in the newly seated 119th Congress, he told Axios on Friday.

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal on Thursday to LGBTQ advocates Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry, and Mary Bonauto, senior director of civil rights and legal strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law).

A post shared by PALM SPRINGS LIFE (@palmspringslifemagazine)I never limited myself to what I believed I could play, and I think that’s why the world has not limited me … I’m an actor, period, and I play everything.I just kept working, bringing my whole self into every role. The world shouldn’t have all of me.

Native Sons defied anti-queer legislation, racial tensions, and systemic injustice aimed at limiting the impact of the Black queer community, pushing through these challenges for another year of triumph across industries like entertainment, art, and politics. And the 14 changemakers below highlight just some of the most exemplary examples of how Black queer men are continuing to drive the culture, push for change, and honor the legacy of our queer ancestors who came before them. A post shared by @kaytranadaSubscribe to Native Son’s newsletter for more news, information, and conversations about Black gay and queer everything.Kaytranada made a celebrated return to music this year, releasing his first solo album in five years, Timeless.

Myself—his biggest moment in the national spotlight arrived when word got out in 2020 that he’d been having an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith.Excuse us: not an “affair,” but rather an “entanglement”—as Pinkett Smith famously put it. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.After meeting the Set It Off actress through her son, Jaden, Alsina and Pinkett Smith were romantically involved during a time when she claims she was separated from her husband, Will Smith.