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Dylan Mulvaney and Phillip Picardi on Girlhood, Content Creation and More at Teen Vogue Summit 2023

The panel included reflection on Mulvaney's exponential success, future dreams and status as an “it girl.”

BY TEEN VOGUE

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Performer, model, and content creator Dylan Mulvaney took Teen Vogue Summit 2023 stage for an in-depth conversation moderated by Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of the Los Angeles LGBT Center and founder of them Phillip Picardi.

Formerly, Picardi made history as Teen Vogue's first male beauty editor and later went on to become the Chief Creative Officer of the publication. He returned to celebrate Teen Vogue's 20th birthday in an engaging conversation with Mulvaney, discussing the changing media landscape, representation for transgender youth, and more.

Mulvaney rose to fame in March 2022 — a little over 600 days ago — when her “Days of Girlhood” series went viral on TikTok. In these video diaries, Mulvaney tells viewers all about her daily life as a trans woman, encompassing everything from dealing with prejudice to buying clothes and loving Twilight. Since then, she's taken the world by storm, appearing in major brand campaigns and walking the runway at New York Fashion Week.

With Teen Vogue Summit 2023 being centered around dreaming your future, Mulvaney took the stage to discuss her prosperous career and what it's like being a content creator who shares stories of trans joy. Revisiting Mulvaney's original post documenting her first day of girlhood, she said, “In that first video, I just remember hoping that ppl could see my intentions were good and i was the truest version of myself and I was ready to learn.”

Today, Mulvaney confirmed she's set to release a number of projects in new fields. Some plans she teased to the Teen Vogue Summit audience included acting and writing a book. This news comes after a tumultuous year for Mulvaney, who revealed that the hardships she faced this year have influenced her upcoming works.

“I think that is the one piece of this whole last year; I rushed a lot of things. I talked about a lot of things really fast and I think there were some little minute details that got lost in the mix and I'm doing those now,” Mulvaney said.

Mulvaney also revealed some dream projects she'd love to work on in the future, including a romantic comedy centered around transgender people finding love and success as well as a rendition of the musical Legally Blonde with transgender people. She explained that she believes that audiences seeing transgender people in these scripted roles will teach others how to love and support transgender people as well.

Mulvaney also discussed being in the fashion and beauty space. She noted that she's become more experimental with her style over the years, a major step from her traditional upbringing and past reservations. “I was so scared of being seen as a predator or all the things they were projecting on us... now, I feel like I’ve given myself permission to go there,” she says.

Content creation will also continue to be a priority for Mulvaney. Speaking to the audience, Mulvaney explained how she balances the pros and cons of the digital landscape. Some steps she said she would be taking included continuously creating content efficiently but tactfully, making meaningful friendships with other creators, carefully choosing who she collaborates with in the future, and more.

While Dylan Mulvaney and Philip Picardi kicked off the day with such an insightful discussion, it was just the first of many exciting panels to come at Teen Vogue Summit 2023. If you're not able to attend in person, don't worry because we have got you covered. You can livestream the event and keep refreshing teenvogue.com for more live updates.

OK not to be mean for the sake of being mean but this dude is 26.

No actual woman who looked like that at 26 would be featured in a Teen vogue summit.

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Sunnydale Homecoming '23: A Buffy Night to Die For

Fandom Charities present Sunnydale Homecoming ’23, a must attend event for any Buffy fan. Taking place on 14 October 2023 at Torrance High School, Torrance, California aka Sunnydale High School, the event includes a tour of the campus where you will be able to take photos, meet fellow fans and maybe even a surprise guest. As well as music, and dancing the night will include an immersive…

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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular'

This will be my first time reviewing a production of Rogue Artists Ensemble and in advance, I was told to expect “hyper-theater,” a form of theater that utilizes original, immersive, multi-dimensional experiences to tell their stories. With the partnership of Los Angeles LGBT Center, Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular certainly lived up to this art form while also being a fascinating play that…

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Our first show for the Hollywood Fringe Festival was a big hoot!! Don't miss our next 2 shows this FRIDAY 6/21 at 9:30pm and this SUNDAY 6/23 at 5pm, each with ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LINEUPS! Get tix to either show for 50% off online with code ALLY: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10829?tab=tickets

Both shows will be at the Los Angeles LGBT Center in the Davidson / Valentini Theatre! Please check out our little map to help you find us when you arrive at the LGBT Center (we are across from the main center in their theater and gallery area.) Near showtime the small green door to the left of the main theater signage will be propped open, and then our theater is straight ahead, to the left of the Gallery.

See you this weekend #HFF2024!!!

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Ronen Rubinstein attends the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Annual Gala at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on May 18, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi, Michael Tran, Alberto Rodriguez, and Matt Winkelmeyer)

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me a few weeks ago: i’m gonna save up to go see barbie to spite the homophobes I live with me now: i’m gonna prep a go bag in case they kick me out because they want me to not volunteer at the LA LGBT Center after they tried to get me to volunteer with a church

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dodgers uninviting this iconic group of drag queens from their pride night. the mayor of anaheim personally invites them to the angels’ pride night. we absolutely love to see it…

The mayor of Anaheim has invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Angels Pride Night following the Dodgers disinviting the group to their own pride night, causing controversy.

The Los Angeles LGBT center and LA Pride have pulled out of the Dodgers Pride Night scheduled for June 16 after the team disinvited the Sisters of Perpetual of Indulgence, who some Catholic groups claimed was "mocking" their religion.

The Sisters were scheduled to not only attend Dodgers Pride Night, but also receive an award for their work.

The Sisters are a nonprofit that fundraises and volunteers for the LGBTQ+ community. They also sometimes dress in drag as nuns. But the group says they are not anti-religious, and that its mission is to spread joy and end hate.

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Brian Michael Smith attends the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Annual Gala at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on May 18, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi, Michael Tran, Alberto Rodriguez, & Matt Winkelmeyer)

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Hi, I'm Apollo (he/him), the new Youth Program Manager at interACT, and I'm dusting 6 years of inactivity off this blog! interACT is in the progress of developing our support group Discord, but for the time being, you can fill out the questionnaires for these 2 support groups: 1. iSpace, our Facebook support group for youth between the ages of 13 and 29 (which will be the same age range for the Discord!) 2. Club Intersex, a California-based intersex support group facilitated by the Los Angeles LGBT Center If you have no idea what intersex is, then we have resources for you!

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Kiernan Shipka arrives at An Evening With Women Benefitting The Los Angeles LGBT Center at Hollywood Palladium on May 16, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

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Zane at The Los Angeles LGBT Center's Annual Gala

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By: Madeleine Rowley

Published: Jun 18, 2024

Mandatory ideological training has now come to the drugstore. In California, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, in order to keep their license, must study the latest in gender identity, colonialism, and white privilege. Such “cultural competency” courses are required by a state law that went into effect this year.

When the bill was introduced, Democratic Assemblyman Christopher Ward, the lead sponsor, said that the continuing education class would help “ensure pharmacists are looking out for the well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals.” 

Like many licensed professionals, pharmacists are required to take continuing education courses, usually with titles like “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)” and “Trimming Trends: Unveiling the Latest in Weight Management Guidelines.” Though this new training requires only an hour of the pharmacist’s time every two years, it’s another demonstration of compelling people to passively accept dubious assertions and assumptions, or risk losing their livelihoods.

One such course, titled Caring for All: The Pharmacy Professional’s Role in LGBTQ+ Health and Equity comes from the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA). The outline, obtained by The Free Press, features many charts that are hard to square with the duties of a pharmacist. There is a chart illustrating many “systems of oppression.” These include “sexism,” “cis-sexism,” “heterosexism,” and “adultism.” 

Another chart describes “effects of colonialism and colonization on pre-colonial ways of being.” It states: “Racism creates race: otherness and whiteness.” Some of the pre-colonial ways of being pharmacists are taught include “two-spirit,” the term used by Native Americans to describe someone who has “both a masculine and feminine spirit.” 

The training also suggests that pharmacists introduce a question about a customer’s gender at their first interaction. The course gives this prompt: “Hello, my name is Jay. I use they/them and he/him pronouns. How would you like me to address you?”

Click here to see a slide show of the training.

What does any of this have to do with being a pharmacist? Not much, said several pharmacists The Free Press spoke to.

Lisa Marino, 54, a hospital pharmacist in Los Angeles County, says the new cultural competency course provides nothing that relates to her job. “Our role is to aid in providing safe and appropriate use of medication for all people, regardless of culture, and with a respect for everyone’s privacy and dignity,” said Marino. “This feels like indoctrination.”

Joe, 50, who asked The Free Press not to use his last name, worked as a pharmacist for 25 years and owns an independent pharmacy in Los Angeles County. He says that respecting all customers, no matter their race or sexual orientation, is a given.

“To be a competent pharmacist, you need to know about medications, professional ethics, and the law,” said Joe. “That’s it.” 

Dr. Carrie Mendoza is an emergency medicine physician and the recently appointed director of Genspect USA, an organization that seeks evidence-based treatments for people with gender distress. She says people are taught to be so hyper-sensitive to avoid offending people, especially to those in a designated “marginalized” group, that pharmacists may be afraid to bring up legitimate concerns. “A pharmacist might not raise medication safety concerns such as adverse effects [or] inappropriate dosing. . . out of fear they will be called discriminatory,” said Mendoza. “Political trainings like this undermine safety for all patients and should be immediately removed from our healthcare system.”

But one of the three CPhA cultural competency course authors, Dr. Tam Phan, an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Southern California—and the clinical pharmacy program coordinator at the Los Angeles LGBT Center—told The Free Press in an email that a pharmacist’s role has expanded beyond quick interactions at the prescription counter. 

“Pharmacist prescriptive authority in California has expanded to immunizations, hormonal contraceptives, travel medicine, nicotine replacement products, and HIV. . . treatments,” he wrote. “For pharmacists who are not interacting with patients directly, LGBTQ+ cultural sensitivity is still important since pharmacists should be knowledgeable of potential drug interactions between hormones being used in gender affirmation with the patient’s other medications.”

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This has nothing to do with "well-being." The point is to proselytize and indoctrinate at any and every available opportunity, to embed their particular ideological commitments as deeply into society as possible.

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ND Shows in 2015 when GB were starting to date.

Tour Archive: 2015

1 – 8 of 8

9/18/2015 – Kaaboo Fest – Del Mar, CA

9/11/2015 – Riot Fest – Chicago, IL

9/5/2015 – Jazz Aspen Snowmass Fest – Snowmass Village, CO

5/31/2015 – Bottlerock Music Fest – Napa Valley, CA

5/16/2015 – Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala – Palladium, Hollywood, CA

5/8/2015 – Rock In Rio – Las Vegas, NV

5/1/2015 – Jazz Fest – New Orleans, LA

4/18/2015 – Global Citizens Festival – National Mall, Washington, DC

Tour Archive: 2015 - No Doubt

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SECOND HOLLYWOOD FRINGE SHOW LINEUP ANNOUNCED!!

Pink Foxx Ru Anderson Antjuan Tobias Phillip Reilly Orchid Cameron

Hosted & headlined by Quei Tann

See you this Friday Los Angeles!! And don't forget you can get 50% off online tickets with code ALLY

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Ronen Rubinstein attends the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Annual Gala at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on May 18, 2024