WE R WHO WE R

We R Who We R aims to allow people to tell their stories on their own terms. A series of projects exploring the spectrum of sexuality and gender.

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First picture of Eddie Redmayne as transgender painter Lili Elbe

The Oscar-winning actor's next role is in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl

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Jerusalem Gay Pride: Six stabbed 'by ultra-Orthodox Jew' - BBC News

Six people are stabbed at a Gay Pride march in Jerusalem and police arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man they say attacked marchers in 2005.

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Calvin Klein Jeans Features Same-Sex Couples in New Fall Campaign

Plus, teenage heartthrob Alessio Pozzi is back.

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'Gay genes': science is on the right track, we're born this way. Let’s deal with it.

A recent article argued that sexuality is down to choice, not genetics. But the scientific evidence says otherwise, and points to a strong biological origin

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Op-ed: This Is How My Life Improved After Trashing My Hookup Apps

Imagine what you can do when you're not consumed by Grindr and Tinder every waking moment.

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Why Coming Out As Bisexual Is Perpetually Exhausting

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How LGBT artists are louder and prouder than ever

For too long pop has been prudish – but young, queer artists are calling for music to get same-sex positive

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Exploring masculinity through the lens

This magazine is bringing Brazil’s queer conversation to the forefront as it breaks down the machismo behind masculinity

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‘My sexuality is not a phase,’ says Cara Delevingne

‘I am who I am’ – the model responds to the Vogue article that questioned her bisexuality

Cara Delevingne perfectly sets the record straight about sexual identity

'I am who I am' ‪#‎WeRWhoWeR‬

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Caitlyn Jenner accepts courage award: 'If you want to call me names, I can take it'

Caitlyn Jenner spoke at the ESPYs after winning the Arthur Ashe Courage Award following her decision to identify as a woman

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The former champion challenged Sergiy Stakhovsky over reports that he wouldn’t let his daughter play tennis as “half of them are lesbians”.

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Gay parenting books to be banned from Venice schools

Venice's new mayor orders the withdrawal of books about same-sex families from the city's primary schools

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Reza Aslan Explains Why Muslims Can't Afford To Be Intolerant Of Gay Marriage

Author Reza Aslan and "Daily Show" correspondent Hasan Minhaj believe Muslim Americans should embrace marriage equality, and their reasoning makes a lot of sense. Both Aslan and Minhaj j

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13 Beautiful Couples That Prove Love Is Love in Any Form

Ever since Bruce Jenner's much-discussed interview with Diane Sawyer, gender and race and all sorts of identity issues are in the spotlight more than ever. This touching and very public conversation was about so much more than proper pronouns—it's a reminder of how easy it is to judge and stereotype one another. In the spirit of ending all of that, the Interracial Genderless Love Instagram account, brought to you by the NOH8 campaign, offers more than a few stunning reminders that love is love, in any form.

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Cara Delevingne gets super honest about her sexuality and relationship

No lies, we were bummed out by Vogue's interview of the amazing model-turned-actor Cara Delevingne. Not because of anything Cara said — in fact, we loved how refreshingly open she was. What bothered us was the writer's use of the word "phase" to describe Cara's sexuality. "Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct," Vogue's Rob Haskell wrote. A rather dismissive and judging term to use for a very important part of a woman's identity, don't you think? But now, we're so happy with a recent interview Cara did with Daily Mail Australia. In this interview she dropped truth bomb after truth bomb. "I think everyone has a right to be whoever they want to be, so I'm just very happy," she told DMA on the red carpet of Paper Towns, which will be hitting theaters on July 24th. Referencing SCOTUS's recent gay marriage ruling and Ireland's yes vote in the same-sex referendum, Cara explained that she thinks, "it's wonderful ...

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1st Grader Backs Down Homophobe Street Preacher

Zea faces down a fire and brimstone street preacher, at a festival in Columbus, the day after the SCOTUS marriage equality ruling. Comfest is a family-friend...

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London Pride 2015

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