Oh, my heart. Let's talk about the beautiful Gia Carangi, who was widely considered by many to be the world's first supermodel.

Gia captivated the fashion world with her striking androgynous beauty and charisma. As an openly queer woman navigating the fashion industry in the late 1970s, she challenged beauty standards and left a lasting impact on generations of models who followed.

Despite her quick rise to fame, Gia was struggling internally with trauma, addiction, and ultimately the AIDS epidemic which tragically took her life on November 18, 1986.

I highly recommend watching HBO film Gia, starring Angelina Jolie. The movie talks about her influence on queer visibility, and the tragic circumstances that led to her death at just 26 years old.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse, addiction, drug use, HIV/AIDS, mental health struggles, and death.

Okay, so I had a full throwback moment listening to Believe by Justin Bieber and realized I was absolutely obsessed with JB in high school. Which got me thinking—is the Belieber-to-lesbian pipeline actually a thing?

I mean, obviously Biebs is insanely talented, but after his recent Coachella performance… tell me why the gays have Bieber fever all over again? I had to go into full investigator mode to figure out why.

title speaks for itself. let's chat xo