Remembering Lady Red Couture With Progress
Kareema Baines, known widely as the drag artist and performer Lady Red Couture, died on July 25 at age 43. She is remembered by fellow drag artists, admirers, and friends as a pioneer, but also as being an exceptionally kind person. She starred in the popular YouTube series Hey Qween! and inspired viewers to express […]
Accounting For General Biases in Medicine
I will never forget coming home from summer camp when I was twelve. I felt so tired, but chalked it up to not sleeping enough as camp drew to an end. A few days later my body, especially my joints, ached. I was used to some pain (thanks to EDS) and shrugged it off. Then […]
Aaron Philip: a model for “all types of bodies”
Photo Credit: Bryan Whitley on CNN As Pride month comes to a close, with activists still fighting for Black lives, it’s important to remind ourselves of this truth: all of this was made possible by Black trans women. The Stonewall Riots of 1969, the foundation of the modern LGBTQ+ movement, were in response to police […]