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Blurred Bylines offers thoughtful posts about U.S. politics and American history with an emphasis on gender, race and LGBTQ issues.
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Crystal LaBeija was a Black drag queen in the 1960s who combated racism by creating a house system that remains a staple of ballroom culture today.
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Matt Ingram was charged with intent to sexually assault a white girl because he looked at her in an infamous "reckless eyeballing" case.
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As the first woman to compete for a world billiards title in the U.S., Masako Katsura blew audiences away with her larger-than-life trick shots and competitive edge. But as a Japanese-American woman in a sport dominated by men in the 1950s, social constraints out of her control should have prevented her from playing against the best. However, her incredible skills and commitment to the sport caught a world on fire that thought it already knew what a woman could and could not do.
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17-year-old Lisa McVey persevered through a 26-hour abduction from serial killer Bobby Joe Long and helped police arrest her kidnapper two weeks later.
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In October 2022 alone, airlines broke or lost over 1,000 wheelchairs and scooters. But the risks of flying for those with disabilities extends beyond broken wheelchairs.
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Despite sustaining serious jaw and skull injuries, Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler lived on to testify at Ted Bundy’s Chi Omega trial.
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Bisexual people account for over half of the LGBTQ+ population in the U.S., but only a fraction serve at the country’s largest LGBTQ+ organizations.
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Abby Hernandez spent more than 9 months in a windowless shed but never lost the will to escape her kidnapper
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Latinos are the largest minority group in the U.S., but only 3% of TV shows and 5% of films in 2022 had a Latino lead.
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Against all odds, Enietra Washington survived an attempted 1988 killing from the Grim Sleeper serial killer in South Los Angeles.
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