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NIKE SUES OVER LIL NAS X’S SATAN SNEAKERS
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Nike has filed suit over Lil Nas X’s customized Satan sneakers. The sports clothing megabrand filed suit in a New York federal court against the sneakers’ creators, MSCHF Product Studio Inc.
Photo courtesy of MSCHF
see LIL NAS X page 7
1,001 great films (part 2)
From Mascara to Boys Don’t Cry, the films that shape us are always a surprise
Arkansas bans gender-affirming care for Trans youth
Mascara – Photo courtesy of Warner Home Video
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Staff Writer Mascara is this strange, maddeningly esoteric mystery-thriller from 1987 featuring the great Charlotte Rampling and the late Michael Sarrazin in key roles. It is a Eurotrash shocker primarily set inside an underground S&M club called “Mister Butterfly,” where alluring drag queens lipsync to a selection of well-known opera classics composed by the likes of Vincenzo Bellini and Richard Strauss. There’s also a glow-in-the-dark dress.
When I was 16 years old, I became obsessed with this picture. My local Hastings had a copy, and I’m pretty sure I was one of the only people who ever rented it. I knew it wasn’t good, and the plot concerning a deranged killer went nowhere. But having never watched an Andy Warhol or John Waters film up to that point, and having not yet progressed to the avant-garde wonderland of 1970s and ’80s German underground cinema I’d eventually discover in college, the alluring perversity of this endeavor fascinated me.
see 1,001 GREAT FILMS page 9
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by Kylin Brown SGN Contributing Writer The Arkansas legislature passed a bill that will prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors in the state. House Bill 1570 passed in the state Senate with overwhelming support (28 to 7) on March 29. Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) is expected to approve the bill. Under the restrictive measures, doctors will no longer be allowed to provide hormone therapies, puberty blockers, or transition surgeries to patients under 18, even with
parental consent. They will also be prohibited from referring these young patients to another provider elsewhere, and private insurers will be allowed to refuse to coverage of genderaffirming care for people of any age. This is Arkansas’ second bill in a week targeting the rights of trans youth, following last Friday’s signage of the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” which bans Transgender student athletes from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity [https://bit.ly/2PqeWv8].
see ARKANSAS page 17