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Gay Rights
February 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Do the New "Turn the Gays Away" Bills Stand Up to the Constitution?
February 24, 2014
Eric Sasson
These "Religious Freedom" Bills Are the New Stand-Your-Ground Laws
February 11, 2014
Eric Sasson
If Michael Sam Isn't Drafted, Don't Just Blame the NFL. Blame the Media, Too.
February 8, 2014
Julia Ioffe
The Only People Harassing the Gays of Sochi are the Foreign Journalists
February 7, 2014
Brandon Ambrosino
What My Angry Critics Get Wrong About My Choice to Be Gay
February 5, 2014
Marc Tracy
It Takes a Democrat To Oppose Homophobic Parades
January 31, 2014
Jenny Jarvie
A Scrappy Atlanta 'Zine Has Started a Nasty Debate About a Gay Icon and Free Expression
November 21, 2013
Noreen Malone
Mary Cheney Never Wanted to Be a Gay-Rights Activist
What her autobiography tells us about her feud with Liz
October 3, 2013
Mimi Dwyer, Julia Fisher
Only the Capitol Shooting Could Bring LGBT Activists and a Kansas Senator Together
September 30, 2013
Nathaniel Frank
Gays Are Winning the Right to the Word "Marriage," Thanks to the DOMA Ruling
August 20, 2013
Molly Redden
The Legal Battle for Gay Conversion Therapy Is a Losing One
August 14, 2013
The New Republic Staff
Nine Pictures of Russians Protesting for Gay Rights
August 14, 2013
Julia Ioffe
Eight Horrific and Uplifting Stories About Being Gay in the New Russia
June 28, 2013
Ryan Kearney
How Could Two Puppets Provoke Such Rage?
June 28, 2013
Nathaniel Frank
No Gays Left Behind
The LGBT movement has a much longer road ahead than it seems
June 26, 2013
Linda Hirshman
The Gay-Marriage Victory Is Bigger Than You Think
How the DOMA ruling creates a path for nationwide marriage equality
June 12, 2013
Molly Redden
Why We Should Celebrate Leahy’s Same-Sex Immigration Amendment (Before It Inevitably Fails)
May 30, 2013
Molly Redden
Gay-Rights Groups Gave Up Too Easily on Immigration Reform
And now Democrats will take them for granted
April 29, 2013
Benoit Denizet-Lewis
"I'm Black, and I'm Gay"
Why the first half of Jason Collins' historic statement is as important as the second
April 2, 2013
Michael Kazin
Before Stonewall
In celebrating the most famous gay-rights skirmish, we slight the battles that came before

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