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By Rachel Shatto  February 07 2025 / 8:35 PM  
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Rachel Shatto, Editor-in-chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member, is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic, and she podcasts regularly about horror on The More Deadly Podcast and Bloody Good Horror. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
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Hi Fam 🌈
This year’s Grammy Awards felt like a collective win for the queer community. From the incredible performances and Sapphic moments that made history, to the LGBTQ+ celebs like Troye Sivan, Wayne Brady, and Scott Hoying living their best queer lives on the red carpet, the message coming out of Los Angeles this week was of hope and promise to not give up the fight.
We're here, queer, in love, and getting it on. And we aren't going anywhere! No matter how much Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and his gang of “little boys” try to "delete" us, the fight continues!
What a week! 
Plus, check out what the staff of PRIDE have been up to this week below! ⬇️
Cheers ❤️
Rachel Shatto, Editor-in-Chief
 
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📺 Stream & Chill: Clean Slate 
Y’all Norman Lear did it again! Clean Slate follows Desiree (Laverne Cox) who reunites with her father after having transitioned. It's funny, it's sweet, and it will give you all the good feelings we could all use more of right now! Streaming now on Prime Video.
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Lovato had previously unfollowed Nick in 2018, and it was never entirely clear what had happened between them, although the divide certainly didn't sit well with fans.
Although we're still not writing off the possibility of Camp Rock 3 bringing four of our fave former Disney Channel stars back to camp, the online reunion seems much more likely to have been related to Lovato's big surprise joining the Jonas Brothers on stage to kick off their 20th anniversary tour.
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