But the lows gave the highs more meaning.

“You all look so gay!”

For New York, she declared herself “black Madonna.”

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Who stopped the music?

I was getting ready to express myself!"

she said, interrupting a vogueing routine on stage with an outfit that channeled Madonna’s iconic cone bra.

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as the ladies ofPosetook the stage.

Strike aPose, theres nothing to it… She also mentionedNigel Shelby,a 9th grader in Arizona who committed suicide after facing homophobic bullying in school.

It is a love letter to my sisters and siblings so often discarded."

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SO MANY SHOWS!"

Oscars producers, take notes.

“There is so much work to be done, but there has also been progress.

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Cut to the looks from his parents, sitting in the audience, as that thought sinks in.

First, she said, ‘I probably would’ve hated your wife anyway.’

What a gift that I spent today with my parents and my son.”

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This is not the country that I want my children to grow up in.

It’s horrifying, it’s unconscionable, it should always been condemned."

But there’s “hope and optimism” in our current reality.

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“It was an innocent time before social media, before the Keto Diet.

I was dating a man back then.

You didn’t know I had a brief foray into heterosexuality.

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It was during filming ofA League of Their Own.

If she likes you, she’ll do the movie.

venture to be funny.'

I then proceeded to have diarrhea.”

Madame X is a freedom fighter."

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