Lena Waithe made quite the colourful splash at this year's Met Gala in NYC. The actress, comedian, and writer stepped out in the packed red carpet [1] in an extravagant rainbow cape, a clear nod to the LGBTQ+ community and its symbolic rainbow pride flag [2]. Lena has been on fire after winning an Emmy [3] for the Thanksgiving coming-out episode she wrote for Master of None, and she's shown no signs of slowing down ever since.

Lena's cape is especially poignant given this year's Met Gala theme [4]: "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." Religion and sexuality have been at odds with each other throughout history, so the fact that Lena is directly clashing the theme with such an overt LGBTQ+ statement is truly transcendent. She's giving us life.