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7 QUEER ARTISTS WE LOVE

ADAM DARKO

Hip-hop artist Adam Darko is using YouTube and other social media platforms to create content that is reflective of his own personal life and experiences. Since 2018, the transgender Algerian-Canadian has been creating and posting videos on his YouTube channel about a wide range of topics that include beard care for people who are transitioning, Algerian celebrities, and what it was like growing up as a trans man in a conservative household with traditional parents.

That spirit of creation helped Darko cofound the Coup d’etat Collective, a Montreal-based art and music group and

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