André Hereford 🏳️‍🌈

Mosaic Theater’s "Young John Lewis" surges with energy and purpose, even if its writing shows some rough edges, delivering a vibrant portrait of a young civil rights icon. ★★★☆☆

Metro Weekly's @here4andre calls The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist “a lively, if alarming, documentary” about AI’s promise and peril. ★★★★☆

On this date in 1939, DC’s own Marvin Gaye was born at Freedmen’s/Howard U. Hospital. He lived in the Fairfax Apartments in SW & the East Capitol Dwellings. He attended school at Syphax, Randall, Spingarn, & Cardozo High. His musical legacy in DC & the US will not be forgotten!

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Liza Minnelli has outlived Pam Bondi’s time as Attorney General. Trump: “You’re fired!”

Here’s the official teaser trailer for #WidowsBay, a new horror-comedy series starring Matthew Rhys. Premieres April 29 on #AppleTV

Students and staff. Really bullied this young gay boy to suicide. from NCCU college because he was gay. This is so sad and hurtful. We really gotta protect our gay youth. Even in 2026. The hate is still running rampant . Smh 💔. May your soul rest in peace zyarre prince ❤️

Saturday, April 18th. Spring Sidewalk Sale at @lostcitybooks. $2 paperbacks $3 hardcovers $5 coffee table/art/photo books 📚 📕

In a significant retreat for Mike Johnson and House Republicans, GOP leaders have reached a deal to end the DHS shutdown huffpost.com/entry/republic…

Maybe he’ll learn something about the laws of the land. 😆

Internal issues leading to Jaden Ivey’s exit from the Bulls, per @JCowleyHoops - Destroyed the locker room “sanctuary” - Constant preaching made players uncomfortable - Religious rhetoric “pressed” upon teammates daily - Told players who was “righteous and unrighteous” Bulls reportedly viewed the behavior as “weirdness” in the workplace.

We love librarians holding the line against hate and censorship.

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Nia DaCosta and Connor Storrie getting PAID for a slasher spoof TV ad that is mostly just close up shots of his butt in tight jeans, is all sorts of hilarious. AND genius. Now someone give them a proper budget for a movie!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Trump administration order to end funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

I’ll be joining the Washington DC date with my sisters!

Today, March 31st, is International Trans Day of Visibility. In an era of immense difficulty for the community, it can be hard to remember that Trans Day of Visibility is as much about positivity as it is about awareness and resistance. The annual awareness day, which takes place on 31 March every year, was founded by activist Rachel Crandall Crocker as an alternative to the comparatively bleak awareness holidays dedicated to trans people, such as Trans Day of Remembrance.

About 510,000 people died of AIDS in the U.S. between 1981 and 1996. In the late 1990s, a breakthrough “cocktail” of HIV meds became available. Since then, treatment options have become more abundant and easier to take, and in the United States, HIV-related mortality rates have plunged. But now there’s risk of a backslide. States across the country are considering cuts to a program that covers about a quarter of the roughly 1.2 million people in the U.S. living with HIV. Tens of thousands could soon lose access to medication. The most extreme example is in Florida. Early this month, the state government drastically reduced access to its AIDS Drug Assistance Program, a long-standing federal initiative operated and partly funded by states that provides free or subsidized HIV meds and care. Claiming a $120 million budget shortfall, Florida chopped the annual income-eligibility cutoff for ADAP from about $64,000 (in line with many other states) to about $21,000. Half of the 32,000 Floridians who depend on ADAP would lose coverage. ADAP programs work both to help save lives and to stop the epidemic’s spread: Medically suppressed HIV cannot be transmitted. A recent study calculated that if Congress were to eliminate the act that houses ADAP, new HIV infections across 31 major U.S. cities would rise nearly 50 percent by 2030. Tim Murphy reports on how cuts in ADAP “could see the first rise in HIV incidence in decades”: nymag.visitlink.me/vh9KRx

Tennis players set up new league for trans women forced out of sport ➡️ bit.ly/4lPf0PM 📷 Envato

From “Poker Face” to “Shallow,” Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball delivered a gothic, high-energy takeover of Capital One Arena. Read @here4andre's review.