by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 18, 2026 | Dossier
I remember watching Showtime at the Apollo late at night when I was growing up, and every time I watched, the host, which would be a revolving roster (including Sinbad, Mark Curry, Ricky Aviles, Rudy Rush, Steve Harvey, and Mo’Nique), would introduce Kiki...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Feb 18, 2026 | Dossier
There is a limited amount of information that we know about Sally-Tom, a trailblazing Black trans woman who was born in 1839, who is one of the first – if not the first – trans person in the history of the United States to have her gender recognized by the...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jun 28, 2024 | Commentary, Culture, Film
On September 8, 1993, Wayne Wang’s adaptation of Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club was released and broke ground when it came to Asian American representation in Hollywood as it bridged the gap between Asian immigrants and their first gen offspring with...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Apr 21, 2023 | Culture, Featured, TV
“It’s the aloha spirit,” RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sasha Colby tells me in regards to her unbelievable kindness she has displayed throughout season 15. “It’s definitely what is instilled in us as Hawaiians, being from there. The...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | May 25, 2021 | Film
A live-read of Legally Blonde? What, like it’s hard? To celebrate Pride in June, NewFest pride has set a virtual live-read of the Reese Witherspoon cinematic classic Legally Blonde with an all trans and queer cast that includes MacGyver actress Alexandra Grey in...
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