Awards season is in full swing and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is ready to kick things off for…
Arkansas is one of three states that doesn’t have a hate crime law on its books. Despite support from community…
Laverne Cox (Bad Hair, Promising Young Woman) recently shared details of a transphobic attack that occurred while…
Back in February, you might’ve heard about an ashy-ass rapper named Boosie Badazz who said some goofy-ass shit about…
While it might’ve been an anxiety-ridden election night for most of us, for the LGBTQ community it was a historic…
When The Root first spoke to George M. Johnson (one of our longtime contributors) just ahead of the release of their…
They were the breakout star of FX’s much-beloved (and now, much-missed) Pose, and now Indya Moore is breaking even…
Michael K. Williams Dug Deep Into His Own Generational Pain to Portray Montrose in Lovecraft Country
Michael K. Williams is a standout actor in any role he portrays, and most recently, he has been receiving much…
A pioneering advocate for the trans community who was instrumental in changing the way much of the media regards and…
Simply put, Darnell Moore was born to do the work.
The concept of a “makeover” gets new meaning this October, as Pose and American Horror Story star (and member of the …
With less than a month before Election Day, organizations across the country are ramping up their efforts to get out…
I once called an editor an asshole.
From 'Old Town Road' to Loveland: Lil Nas X Debuts a Designer Collab That Benefits Black Queer Youth
The jury may still be out on whether Lil Nas X will score another cultural zeitgeist like “Old Town Road,” but the…
The year 2020 is one for the books in terms of extra newsworthy events, so why not bring in the last few months by…
When news broke last week that Claws star Niecy Nash had remarried during quarantine, fans and followers were…
The rainbow over Hollywood shone a little brighter on Monday, as perennial fave Niecy Nash made a major announcement:…
A group of lawmakers in Elizabeth, N.J., authorized plans to build a monument to transgender civil rights activist…
There was a time in the not-too-distant past that seeing women in GQ was simply a signifier of who cis-hetero,…
