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Mercury Stardust
Mercury Stardust (born December 8, 1987) is an American author, TikToker, transgender activist, burlesque performer, and home repair and maintenance educator. Known on TikTok as the "Trans Handy Ma'am", she provides tips and advice on DIY home repair. Life Stardust grew up on a farm in northern Wisconsin, where she learned maintenance skills from her father, a truck driver and farm hand. Although raised as a boy, she was drawn towards feminine aesthetics from a young age. In college, she studied theater and became a cabaret performer. Stardust took an internship as a maintenance technician at the age of 19, as she needed a day job while she traveled and performed in gay bars on weekends. In 2015, Stardust founded the Wisconsin Burlesque Association. Stardust chose her name in 2014. She came out as a transgender woman in 2019. Her spouse, Ari, is non-binary. Stardust began posting on TikTok in March 2021. Initially using the platform to promote her weekly burlesque show in Madi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin, Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the List of United States cities by population, 80th-largest in the U.S. The city forms the core of the Madison, Wisconsin, metropolitan statistical area, Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa County, Wisconsin, Iowa, Green County, Wisconsin, Green, and Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia counties for a population of 680,796. Madison is named for American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. The city is located on the traditional land of the Ho-Chunk, and the Madison area is known as ''Dejope'', meaning "four lakes", or ''Taychopera'', meaning "land of the four lakes", in the Ho-Chunk language. Located on an isthmus and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) clientele; the term '' gay'' is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT communities. Gay bars once served as the centre of gay culture and were one of the few places people with same-sex orientations and gender-variant identities could openly socialize. Other names used to describe these establishments include ''boy bar'', ''girl bar'', ''gay club'', ''gay pub'', ''queer bar'', '' lesbian bar'', ''drag bar'', and ''dyke bar'', depending on the niche communities that they served. With the advent of the Internet and an increasing acceptance of LGBT people across the Western world, the relevance of gay bars in the LGBT community has somewhat diminished. In areas without a gay bar, certain establishments may hold a gay night instead. History Gathering places favoured by homosexuals have operated for centuries. Reports from as early as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Mulvaney
Dylan Mulvaney (born December 29, 1996) is an American TikTok personality who has detailed her gender transition in daily videos since early 2022. In October 2022, Mulvaney spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House about transgender rights. Mulvaney has more than 10 million followers on TikTok, while her video series, ''Days of Girlhood'', has received over one billion views. Early life and education Mulvaney was born on December 29, 1996, in San Diego, California. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater. Career 2015–2020: Early acting roles Mulvaney's first significant role was as Elder White in the musical ''The Book of Mormon'' following her graduation from college. The role led her to tour the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Other roles included ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas!'' at the Old Globe Theatre; '' 8'' at the Birch North Park Theatre; ''Next to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ve'ondre Mitchell
Ve'ondre Mitchell (born circa 2003/2004) is an American internet celebrity, recording artist, and activist. She co-created the 2024 song " It Girl (Fan Remix)" with Aliyah's Interlude, which received over 3.5 million streams on Spotify. Mitchell served as a Youth Ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign in 2021 and was featured in GLAAD's ''20 Under 20 List''. She was nominated for "TikTok Queer Advocate of the Year" at the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards. Early life Ve'ondre Mitchell was born in Snohomish County, Washington. She is of Latin American and African-American heritage. Mitchell came out to her mother as transgender when she was seven years old. She attended Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, where she led the school's Black Student Union. Mitchell has said she grew up in a small town that was majority white, and sometimes felt she needed to hide her Black identity. Career In 2018, Mitchell appeared in the documentary ''The Most Dangerous Year'' which focuses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Spehar
Vitus Spehar, better known as V Spehar, is an American journalist and podcast host best known for their TikTok account, UnderTheDeskNews. Career Before entering journalism, Spehar worked in the culinary and hospitality industries in New York City, Tampa, Florida, and Washington DC. This included working at catering companies, the James Beard Foundation and Hungry Harvest, an organization which addresses food insecurity. Their first TikTok videos focused on preparing and cooking food during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the January 6 Insurrection in 2021, Spehar created a short video addressed to then-Vice President Mike Pence while crouched under a desk. The video took off, and Spehar continued to make videos focusing on explaining current events simply. After UnderTheDeskNews gained popularity, Spehar was hired to oversee the Los Angeles Times' TikTok account for six months. They also signed with Lemonada Media to produce V Interesting, a weekly podcast w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitch (service)
Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and " in real life" streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The games shown on Twitch's homepage are listed according to audience preference and include genres such as real-time strategy games (RTS), fighting games, racing games, and first-person shooters. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livestreaming
Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but not live-streamed. Livestream services encompass a wide variety of topics, from social media to video games to professional sports. Platforms such as Facebook Live, Periscope, Kuaishou, Douyu, bilibili and 17 include the streaming of scheduled promotions and celebrity events as well as streaming between users, as in videotelephony. Sites such as Twitch have become popular outlets for watching people play video games, such as in esports, Let's Play-style gaming, or speedrunning. Live coverage of sporting events is a common application. User interaction via chat rooms forms a major component of livestreaming. Platforms often include the ability to talk to the broadcaster or participate in conversations in chat. Many chat rooms al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transgender Health Care
Transgender health care, also known as gender-affirming care, includes the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health conditions, as well as sex reassignment therapies, for transgender individuals.Gorton N, Grubb HM (2014). General, Sexual, and Reproductive health. In L. Erickson-Schroth. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the transgender community (pp. 215-240). New York: Oxford University Press. Questions implicated in transgender health care include gender variance, sex reassignment therapy, health risks (in relation to violence and mental health), and access to healthcare for trans people in different countries around the world. Gender variance and medicine Gender variance is defined in medical literature as "gender identity, expression, or behavior that falls outside of culturally defined norms associated with a specific gender". For centuries, gender variance was seen by medicine as a pathology. The World Health Organization identified gende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Transgender Day Of Visibility
International Transgender Day of Visibility (often referred to as TDOV or Trans Day of Visibility) is an annual event occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society. The day was founded by transgender activist Rachel Crandall of Michigan in 2009 as a reaction to the lack of LGBTQ+ recognition of transgender people, citing the frustration that the only well-known transgender-centered day was the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which mourned the murders of transgender people, but did not acknowledge and celebrate living members of the transgender community. The first International Transgender Day of Visibility was held on March 31, 2009. It has since been spearheaded by the U.S.-based youth advocacy organization Trans Student Educational Resources. Recognition In 2014, the day was observed by activists across the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TikTok-A-Thon For Trans Healthcare
The TikTok-a-Thon for Trans Healthcare is a yearly fundraiser to raise money for transgender health care. The fundraiser is a livestream organised by trans TikTok influencers Mercury Stardust and alluringskull to fundraise for the mutual aid nonprofit Point of Pride. The fundraiser is organised for March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility and has raised over $4 million. Description The fundraiser is hosted by Mercury Stardust, known as the Trans Handy Ma'am, and a TikToker named Jory, known as alluringskull. The TikTok-a-Thon for Trans Healthcare guests has included the Point of Pride cofounder Aydian Dowling, Dylan Mulvaney, Mama Tot, V Spehar, makeup artist Darius Hall, Ve'ondre Mitchell, and Zaya Perysian. The campaign raises funds for transgender healthcare provided by the nonprofit organization Point of Pride, an organization that provides gender-affirming care. The care funded by the fundraiser includes; chest binders, femme shapewear, hormone therapy, tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Content Creation
Content creation is the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience in specific contexts. Content is "something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing or any of various arts" for self-expression, distribution, marketing and/or publication. Typical forms of content creation include maintaining and updating web sites, blogging, article writing, photography, videography, online commentary, the maintenance of social media accounts, and editing and distribution of digital media. A Pew survey described content creation as the creation of "the material, people contribute to the online world." Content creators News organizations News organizations, especially the biggest and more international, such as ''The New York Times,'' NPR, and CNN and others, consistently create some of the most shared content on the Web. This is especially true for content-related breaking news and topical events. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie Down Strap
A tie down strap (also known as a ratchet strap, a lashing strap or a tie down) is a fastener used to hold down cargo or equipment during transport. Tie down straps are essentially webbing that is outfitted with tie down hardware {{unreferenced, date=December 2017 Tie down hardware is used to turn webbing into a tie down strap. There are various categories of tie down strap hardware that allow for the creation of a virtually unlimited number of different types of tie down .... This hardware allows the tie down strap to attach to the area surrounding the cargo or equipment, loop over the cargo or equipment, and/or attach to the cargo or equipment. It usually also includes a method of tensioning the strap, such as a ratchet. Common types Two common types of tie-down straps are loop straps and two-piece straps. Loop straps are a single piece of webbing that is looped around the item to be protected and the two endpoints are brought together at the tie-down fastener for faste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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