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In April, I volunteered to help with period packing. We made bags with menstrual products that will be donated to people who are not able to afford or have access to menstrual products.

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Here at NDSU, the Violence Prevention Educators advertise and support Denim day. Denim Day is a day to show support to survivors of sexual assault.

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This ad was made by Nike, where they had talked about how one day our society won't need an International Women's Day to show how far women have come in history, especially in sports. The ad shows a variety of athletes and women of different cultures embracing that women are just has powerful as men.

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The NDSU Student Government Funds Flow On The Go, which provides FREE menstrual products to any NDSU student.

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NDSU Students are able to get free mentrual hygiene products!

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This TikTok gives information on how CVS Pharmacy is trying to fight the pink tax, but viewing their products for price discrepancy and eliminating gender based pricing.

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This is my best friend Hannah. Hannah is a senior here at North Dakota State University studying Construction Engineering, which is traditionally a male dominated major and field of work.

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Lauren Ridloff is a person of color who also has a disability. She had played the first deaf super hero in the Marvel movie Eternals, which had a very diverse cast. Lauren is breaking down boundaries by showing not only men can be superhero and not only hearing people can be super heroes.

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"Eternals" star Lauren Ridloff makes history this weekend as the first deaf performer to appear in a Marvel movie. But the Tony-nominated performer is quick to shake off the "historic" label, instead paying tribute to the actors who blazed a trail for this milestone.

"I would not be where I am now if it wasn't for the deaf talent in the past and before me," Ridloff said Friday through an American Sign Language interpreter in an interview on Zoom. "They made an impact and cleared the path for me to get here."

"Eternals," the 26th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), features an ensemble cast - one of the most diverse lineups yet assembled by the franchise: Gemma Chan, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek and Brian Tyree Henry are among the key players.

Ridloff, 43, plays Makkari, an Eternal endowed with the power of superspeed. She talked about her debut in the MCU, the representation of deaf performers in Hollywood, and her role on the hit series "The Walking Dead."
The conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity. NBC News: The Eternals are new to the MCU. How familiar were you with these characters before you got the role of Makkari? Did you grow up with Marvel or superhero mythology more generally?
The Eternals were definitely new to me. I had never heard of this group before. I mean, I knew who [Eternals creator] Jack Kirby was and I was a Marvel comic book fan growing up.

Great story, actually. When I was little, I broke into my sister's room and stole a box of her Marvel comic books, which were filed in a very neat, precise way. My sister had a very specific set-up with her comic books, and she had forbidden me from actually looking at them. I took them out of her room, went out into the backyard and started reading them. I remember that moment, that discovery. The mythology, with so much color and action.

For some reason, I forgot about the comic books. I left them outside, and then it rained. In a way, this is my apology to my sister, doing this movie.
Chloé Zhao has such a distinctive directorial sensibility. What was your experience collaborating with her and watching her work?
It definitely felt chaotic at times, to be honest. There were moments where, you know: Wait, does this woman know what she's doing? But then I realize now, that's just the beauty of her work. Chloé puts so much trust in the people she works with, whether it's the cast or the crew.

I feel like Chloé has a few beliefs that she wants to bring to the MCU, and she definitely trusts the actors to follow through. I feel like Chloé really wants to keep things organic. She watched us, off-screen, just to see what we were like and how we interacted with each other. She took us out on a boat trip, hung out with us.

Looking back on it, now I understand why the script changed day to day. That's what was so crazy for all of us. But now, I definitely appreciate it, because I feel like, in the end, it was authentic.
You are making history with this performance as the first deaf superhero in the MCU. How does it feel to be at the center of this milestone for the genre and the industry?
That's definitely heavy. I don't know if I would agree with you on that, because I do want to say, first of all, that there's a lot of deaf talent out there. I would not be where I am now if it wasn't for the deaf talent in the past and before me. They made an impact and cleared the path for me to get here. I hope to continue carrying that for more talent to come, to carry that torch.

Of course, I'm thrilled about the movie. But I think the opportunity that the movie then presents to me, as Lauren - as a deaf, Black, Mexican woman - is that people are willing to listen to my own story and my own experience.

I can touch on my differences, my different intersectionalities of identity, and hope that, by bringing my story to the audience, people from marginalized communities will feel that there's room for their own stories and their own narratives.
In the last couple years, there has been slightly more visibility on screen for characters who are deaf or hard of hearing. I'm thinking of projects like "Sound of Metal," "CODA," Millicent Simmonds in both of the "A Quiet Place" movies. What do you think accounts for this shift we're starting to see?
I feel that, in general, viewers are so much more experienced now. TV and film are huge parts of our lives, and they have been for generations now. I think the tropes that we have seen over and over again - people are ready for something new and more real.

I do understand that a lot of people look to movies to escape. But at the same time, we're also looking for something to believe in: beliefs and values, to see what's relevant today.

I feel like Hollywood now realizes that people are ready for those kinds of stories, and they're just recently beginning to understand how to share the same space with a deaf actor and bring them into the story through the use of different resources, like an American Sign Language consultant.

It just so happens that my husband worked as the ASL consultant on most of the projects you just mentioned. I think that having another person - not just a deaf actor, but also the consultant or a [deaf] writer or a deaf producer - would give people behind the project a lot more confidence that they're telling the story in an authentic way.
When it comes to both representation and access, what are some changes you would like to see in the film industry at large?
I know that people have an idea about accessibility; subtitles are not a new concept. But I think people are starting to see that when we talk about accessibility, it actually comes with the idea of universal design, which basically means that accessibility is for everybody. It's not just for the deaf and hard of hearing community. It's not just for people with a disability. It's literally for everybody.

Representation isn't just in front of the camera. It's also behind the camera. We need more representation in pre-production, in the writers' room, in the crew. I feel that the more representation we actually have in that space, the better the stories are going to be at the end.
I think a lot of our readers will know you from your role on "The Walking Dead," which has been on the air for more than a decade. Why do you think the series resonates so strongly with people in the U.S.?
"The Walking Dead" is just brilliant in how they actually incorporate real life and weave it into the storylines.

When the pandemic happened, so many people reached out to me directly and asked me for suggestions on how to survive this quote-unquote "apocalypse."

I feel like "The Walking Dead" is just a wonderful mirror of real life, and that's why it's so successful. If you look at the cast, it is so diverse, but that's not what drives the story at all. "The Walking Dead" looks very much like the world at large that we live in - not including the Walkers, but you know what I mean.

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'Eternals' star Lauren Ridloff, Marvel's first deaf hero, on representation and access

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"Eternals" star Lauren Ridloff makes history this weekend as the first deaf performer to appear in a Marvel movie. But the Tony-nominated performer is quick to shake off the "historic" label, instead paying tribute to the actors who blazed a trail for this milestone.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known famously as AOC, is a Latina congress women for the United States Congress. Not only was AOC only 29 when she was elected, she is the youngest women to serve on the U.S congress.

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Town Hall on April 16 at 5:15 PM

Our April town hall will take place on Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 5:15pm - 6:15pm EST*. We will discuss the relief provided by federal stimulus packages, including the CARES Act. We will also have an expert from House Small Business Committee to help address your questions on small business relief courtesy of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Payroll Protection Program (PPP). There will also be an opportunity for Q&A. If you wish to submit questions in advance, please send your questions to aoc.townhall@mail.house.gov.

To register for our town hall please use the this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to access our Virtual Town Hall. If you need help registering, please call our district office at 718-662-5970.

*Please note Spanish language translation will be available only on the latest version of Zoom.

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Our April town hall will take place on Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 5:15pm - 6:15pm EST*. We will discuss the relief provided by federal stimulus packages, including the CARES Act. We will also have an expert from House Small Business Committee to help address your questions on small business relief courtesy of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Payroll Protection Program (PPP).

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Black Panther Wakanda Forever was released in fall of 2022. In the clip above, it shows that Shuri, a main character in the movie, becoming the new Black Panther. This is a huge deal because it shows little girls, that they can become super hero's, that they can fight their own battles, it also gives representation to the black youth community who may not get to see representations of themselves on the big screen.

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On March 13th 2023, Michelle Yeoh had made history by being the first Asian women to win the Best Actress Oscar. Michelle's win is such a great representation for the Asian community, especially for Asian actresses who now have a bigger inspiration to never give up on their dreams because they do have a chance of their dreams coming true.

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Michelle Yeoh made history at the Oscars on Sunday, becoming the first actress of Southeast Asian descent to win the Academy Award for best actress. Yeoh won for her role as Evelyn Wang in "Everything Everywhere All at Once," which also won best picture.

Yeoh is known for her roles in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Tomorrow Never Dies" in the James Bond franchise, and "Crazy Rich Asians" Despite decades of work and dozens of roles, this is Yeoh's first Oscar nomination.

In her Oscar-winning role, Yeoh plays a Chinese immigrant who can explore alternative lives in other universes.

When she got up on stage to accept her award she received a standing ovation. "Thank you, thank you. For all the little girls and boys who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility," she said in her speech. "This is proof to dream big, and dreams do come true."

"And ladies, don't let anybody ever tell you you are past your prime," Yeoh, who is 60, continued. The comment came after CNN anchor Don Lemon received backlash for saying presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was past her prime at age 51. Lemon later apologized.

"Never give up," Yeoh said, as the audience erupted in cheers. She then thanked her directors, the production company A24 and the cast and crew, and dedicated the award to her mom and "all the moms in the world."

"They are really the superheroes, and without them, none of us would be here tonight," she said.

Yeoh said her 84-year-old mom is watching in Malaysia with friends and family. "I love you guys, I'm bringing this home to you," she said. And she thanked her "extended family" in Hong Kong, where she got her start in acting.

Her family and friends watched the Oscars at a large viewing party in Kuala Lumpur, with the crowd erupting and many embracing her mom when Yeoh won.

Yeoh's mom said she had no doubt her daughter would win. "She's a very hard-working girl," she said a news conference at the watch party.

One of Yeoh's nieces called it a "jaw-dropping moment," to see her win. "I was speechless; I cried," she said. "It happened so quickly. We're so happy that she won, that our auntie won."

Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim congratulated Yeoh on behalf of the country where she was born. "The Government joins the nation in expressing warmest and heartiest congratulations to Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh for winning the highly coveted Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles today," he tweeted.

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" was written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, a duo known as The Daniels, who also won the Oscars for best director and best screenplay.

Yeoh's co-star Ke Huy Quan, who got his start as a child actor in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "The Goonies," took home best supporting actor award, becoming just the second performer of Asian descent to win that award.

And longtime film star Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actress for her role in the film - her first Oscar. The film also won for best editing.
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In the TikTok above, popular plus sized influencer Samyra calls out haters on their comments stating that just because a person is fat does not mean they deserve less than a person who is not.

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In early February, in the state of Mississippi, the representatives in the Mississippi House had approved a bill that would create a new district that would be almost all white, and ran by all white appointed men.

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DID WOKENESS DO THIS?

Earlier this month, white representatives in the Mississippi House approved a bill to create a new district-that includes all of the majority-white neighborhoods in Jackson, a capital city that is 83 percent Black. This includes creating a criminal justice system for the district, overseen by an all-white power base.

Under House Bill 1020, the white conservative chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court would handpick the new district's two supervising judges; its prosecutors and public defenders would be chosen by the state's white Republican attorney general.

The zone would be policed by an expanded Capitol Police force, led by the current white police chief, and supervised by the state's white Public Safety commissioner. Because all the district's officials would be appointed instead of elected, Jackson's majority-Black citizenry would have no voting rights on the matter-making it Mississippi's only jurisdiction where, according to the ACLU, "unelected judges and prosecutors have jurisdiction over criminal and civil law matters"-although 12 percent of their sales taxes would be redirected to help pay for it all.

"It's oppressive because it strips the right of Black folks to vote," Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said, after the bill cleared the House. "It's oppressive because it puts a military force over people that has no accountability to them. It's oppressive because there will be judges who will determine sentences over people's lives. It's oppressive because it redirects their tax dollars to something they don't endorse nor believe in."

"Black House Democrats rightly compared the bill to Mississippi's 1890 Constitution, which was drafted explicitly to 'exclude the Negro' from voting through sinster methods of black disenfranchisement."

Calling the bill " racially neutral," he suggested Jackson's Black elected representatives, who overwhelmingly rejected the legislation, have " used race" as some kind of political maneuver, and has even gone so far as to accuse those same black officials of "incompetence in leadership."

If it's not already obvious already, there's really only one way to describe an effort to create a white political stronghold in America's second blackest city, where the Black majority is subject to taxation without representation-and that is, "trying to pull a Jim Crow."

But it's not just the top-down white supremacist power structure the bill proposes that begs the Jim Crow comparisons. It's also the overtly racist subtext needed to justify the idea that white power is the natural "solution"-an assumption so frequently made, it's recognizable between all those lines of "racially neutral" language. (At the suggestion of an amendment to ensure his bill's unelected judges at least be from Jackson, Lamar suggested the search not be limited to the majority-Black city, asking, "Do we not want our best and brightest sitting in judgment?")

Black House Democrats rightly compared the bill to Mississippi's 1890 Constitution, which was drafted explicitly to " exclude the Negro" from voting through sinster methods of Black disenfranchisement. But the toppling of Reconstruction, in Mississippi as elsewhere, was also driven by the white supremacist assumption of Black incompetence, intellectual unfitness, and innate inadequacy, ideas fabricated to cast Black folks as incapable of leading. One Mississippi delegate would later write that the goal of the state's constitutional convention had been "to adopt some provision in our organic law which would serve to the State a good and stable government, freed from...negro rule from which we had suffered" and to "remove from the sphere of politics in the state the ignorant and unpatriotic negro."

For nearly a century, the white racist recollection of Reconstruction would redact and overwrite history, smearing Black leaders as inherently unfit to hold office, and falsely portraying the reestablishment of absolute white authority as a necessary intervention and saving grace.

Perhaps this history is lost to Mississippi's current white legislators, but that seems unlikely considering the effort they've put into scrubbing it from textbooks. (Ditto the fact that "no Black official has held" any of the designated shot-calling positions-attorney general, chief justice of the Supreme Court-nor "any statewide elected office since the brief period of Reconstruction after the Civil War, which ended due to white terrorism to block Black voting power," the Mississippi Free Press reported.)

Mississippi Today reports that during the four-hour debate over the bill, as "Black House members were doing all they could to plead with the humanity of their GOP colleagues, a large number of Republicans left the House floor altogether for a majority of the debate, reappearing from the back halls of the Capitol to cast a final 'yea' vote." Lamar, apparently indifferent, "sat behind the well and scrolled his phone."

And yet, Lamar keeps saying that HB 1020 is a "good faith effort at helping the people" of Jackson and Hinds County, but it sure seems like the same tired narrative of the "civilizing" power of whiteness being used to save "uncivilized" Blackness from itself.

Makes you wonder where the ineptitude truly lies.

"If it's not already obvious already, there's really only one way to describe an effort to create a white political stronghold in America's second blackest city, where the black majority is subject to taxation without representation-and that is, 'trying to pull a Jim Crow.' "

If HB 1020 isn't an attempt at a "land grab," as Democratic Rep. Ed Blackmon called it, then why does the bill not simply seek to fund more permanent elected judges to Hinds County and Jackson's courts, instead of diverting tax money to a whole new district? If criminal cases have surged in tandem with Jackson's crime surge, thus creating the backlog that Lamar wants to address, then why are the unelected judges of HB 1020 also going to be handling civil cases, to re-pose another question from Blackmon? (Especially since, in his op-ed self-defense, Lamar notes that Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owen stated that "our current judges are working really hard, but they have half civil and half criminal dockets.")

Mississippi's crime lab has been underfunded, understaffed, and under-equipped for years- contributing to backlogs in Jackson's courts and all around the state-and yet Lamar's bill does nothing to address long-standing appeals from lab staffers to address any of those issues. Overlooking these problems doesn't seem like a good way to address Jackson's criminal court case backlogs, unless what you were really trying to do was to create yet another entrenched white power system in the state.

While the new Capitol District will still be majority Black, it will also include 80 percent of Jackson's white residents, and guess whose property rights will be prioritized over all else, including certain folks' lives? Nevermind Capitol Police lack an "oversight board or standard requirements around transparency of reporting regarding officer-involved shootings," as Jackson-based organizer Makani Themba wrote for The Nation.

Just as Lamar wants his constituents to " feel safe when they come" to the capital, Black Jacksonians want to feel safe, too, both from crime and from over-policing. It's a concern the legislator blithely dismissed by stating, "if you're not committing crimes in Jackson, you really don't have anything to worry about."

In 2023, the Mississippi House passed a bill that would essentially resurrect Jim Crow; now that proposed law will head to the Senate, where Republicans also retain majority power. Perhaps Mississippi will become the first state to so openly reinstate Jim Crow, extracting Black power in every form it can, yet again. And others will undoubtedly follow.

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DID WOKENESS DO THIS? Earlier this month, white representatives in the Mississippi House approved a bill to create a new district-that includes all of the majority-white neighborhoods in Jackson, a capital city that is 83 percent Black. This includes creating a criminal justice system for the district, overseen by an all-white power base.

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is a popular marvel show that had aired in March 2021. In the scene above, Sam (to the left) and Bucky (to the right) were having a disagreement in the street when a cop comes to intervene. In the scene the cop looks at Bucky and asks "is this man bothering you?" indicating that Sam, who is a black man, was causing a problem, and didn't stop to think for a second that Bucky, a white man, was causing a disturbance.

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In the state of Florida, on February 17th one of the political committees had advanced a bill that restricts discussions in schools on sexual orientation and gender identities.

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On February 17, a Florida committee advanced a bill that would restrict discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

The bill would ban discussing these issues in primary schools and restrict how they are discussed in other grades if they are deemed "not age-appropriate." However, it does not specify what would be considered age-appropriate, or who decides. Any parent could sue their child's school for compensation for alleged harm if they believe those discussions have occurred. The likely outcome of the bill would be to deter teachers from addressing these issues and to chill open discussions and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students.

The bill would also require school personnel to notify parents of changes in a student's physical, mental, or emotional health. It would significantly limit the ability of counselors and teachers to be a confidential resource for students, including LGBT students who may not feel safe or comfortable asking questions about sexual orientation or gender identity to family members.

Human Rights Watch has documented how curricular restrictions harm LGBT youth in US schools. These restrictions not only prevent students from accessing information that's essential to their health and well-being, but send a discriminatory message that being LGBT is inappropriate or wrong. That message not only stigmatizes LGBT children but can tacitly encourage intolerance and bullying from peers from a young age.

In recent years, states like Alabama, Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah all repealed laws that limited discussions of LGBT issues in schools. Similar laws remain in place in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Texas, while five other states allow parents to opt their children out of curricula in which LGBT issues are being discussed.

By introducing new laws to this effect, Florida is moving in the wrong direction - and at least seven other states are poised to do so as well. Teachers should not fear punishment if they celebrate diversity or let kids know that it's okay to be LGBT, and students should not be cut off from affirming information and support.

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In June of 2022, The Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade in the case of Dobbs v Jacksons Women's Health Organization.

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Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade: Full Coverage

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Harry Styles made a debut on the cover of Vogues December Issue wearing a blue and black stitch dress.

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Playtime With Harry Styles: “You Can Never Be Overdressed”

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Dressing up, making music, living in the moment: This is what matters to Harry Styles. Boundaries and labels? Not so much.

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In 2022 Marvel released a new show titled She Hulk staring Tatiana Maslany. The show does not shy away from feminist themes, especially in the scene above where Maslany's character Jennifer Walters talks to a male character about controlling her rage and having to control it everyday.

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Unfair Treatment in the NCAA between Men and Woman Teams

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Unfair Treatment in the NCAA between Men and Woman Teams

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On March 18th 2021, Sedona Prince, a former basketball player for the Oregon Ducks, posted to her TikTok account showing the unfair treatment the women's team were receiving compared to the men teams. In her video it showed the drastic differences between the men and women's weight rooms.

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On December 21st in 2022, Dylan Mulveny, a popular transgender influencer, had posted to Instagram stating that she had undergone facial feminization surgery which is a surgery that modifies you're facial features to appear more feminine.

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On February 6th 2023, Kim Petras made a recording breaking win for the trans community by being the first transgender person to win a Grammy in the Best Pop Duo Category.

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LGBTQ history was made at the 2023 Grammy Awards. On Sunday, Kim Petras and Sam Smith accepted the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Collaboration for their song "Unholy," making Petras the first-ever transgender woman to win a Grammy.

The artists walked onstage together, but Smith stood behind Petras and gave her the mic."Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I'm the first transgender woman to win this award," Petras said.

"I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who take these doors open for me so I couldn't be here tonight," she said, before referencing the late Grammy-nominated producer Sophie, who died in 2020.

"Sophie especially, my friend who passed away two years ago, told me this would happen and always believed in me," she said. "Thank you so much for your inspiration, Sophie. I adore you and your inspiration will forever be in my music."

Petras also thanked Madonna for "fighting for LGBTQ rights" before turning the speech to her mother, who she says supported her throughout her entire journey.

"I grew up next to a highway in Germany," she said. "And my mother believed me that I was a girl and I wouldn't be here without her and her support and everyone who believed in me to this point."

She ended the speech by turning back to Smith. "This is a huge moment for me, Sam. Thank you. You're a true angel and hero in my life. And I love you and everyone who made the song too. I love you guys so much. Sorry, I didn't write down the names!"

Petras and Smith's "Unholy" was nominated in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category, which included Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran's "Bam Bam," Coldplay and BTS' "My Universe," Post Malone and Doja Cat's "I Like You (A Happier Song)."

The win for "Unholy" marks Smith's fifth Grammy after winning Record and Song of the Year for "Stay With Me" in 2015. That year, In the Lonely Hour won Best Pop Vocal Album and they were also named Best New Artist.

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Kim Petras Makes History As First Trans Women to Win a Grammy -- And Her Speech Is Incredibly Powerful

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