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June 26, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Gay Marriage and the GOP Sigh of Relief
June 26, 2015
The New Republic Staff
The New Republic’s Campaign for Marriage Equality
June 24, 2015
Michael Lindenberger
The Vanishing Terrain of Gay America
A writer returns to the city where he was raised—and exiled—to find what was lost when gay life entered the mainstream
April 27, 2015
Eric Sasson
America Has Not Reached a Transgender Tipping Point
The media would like to think so. Our laws and statistics prove otherwise.
February 17, 2015
Monica Potts
Why Women's Colleges Still Matter in the Age of Trans Activism
December 15, 2014
Eric Sasson
Does Gay Male Culture Have a Misogyny Problem?
November 16, 2014
Elaine Teng
The U.S. Government Should Stop Discriminating Against Gay Blood Donors—and Start Imitating Mexico
October 14, 2014
Eric Sasson
Hey Liberals, It's OK to Criticize Muslim Countries' Treatment of Gays
What the Bill Maher–fueled debate over Islam misses
October 14, 2014
Tom Roberts
Pope Francis Just Ripped the Weapons From the Culture Warriors' Hands
October 12, 2014
Marc Solomon
How Obama Became the Gay-Rights President
The inside story of his political evolution
September 25, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Gay-Marriage Hero David Boies Has an Infuriating New Cause
The Prop. 8 lawyer is helping a former Wall Street CEO sue the U.S., and it's costing taxpayers a fortune
September 4, 2014
Hilary Levey Friedman
Catholic Schools Are Brazenly Firing Pregnant Lesbian Teachers
And they're using morality as a defense
June 16, 2014
Eric Sasson
It's OK to Choose to Be Gay
Rick Perry said homosexuality is like alcoholism. He's wrong, but the LGBT movement could learn something from his ignorance.
May 20, 2014
Brian Beutler
Republicans Tried to Sneak a Confederate Sympathizer onto the Federal Bench. Here's How Democrats Should Respond.
April 27, 2014
Eric Sasson
Why Are Americans More Accepting of Gays and Lesbians Than Bisexuals and Cross-Dressers?
April 9, 2014
Brian Beutler
Conservatives Fear Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Will Be Purged. Here's Why They're Wrong
April 7, 2014
Brian Beutler
That Principled Conservative Embrace of Anti-Gay Businesses Somehow Doesn't Extend to Anti-Anti-Gay Businesses
The conservative logic on the Mozilla firing
April 4, 2014
Kevin Mahnken
All Over But the Shouting
The campaign against Mozilla's CEO was the height of intolerance
March 12, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How "Religious Freedom" Laws Sanction Discrimination
Even where it's already legal
February 27, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Failed. Good. But Did You Hear About Arkansas?
Liberals have a problem with bright shiny objects

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