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August 23, 2016
Donald Trump’s Pathetic Pitch to Minority Groups
He's trying to win over African-Americans and LGBTQ Americans by making them hate other minorities.
August 22, 2016
Transgender students still can’t use the bathroom of their choice, thanks to one Texas judge.
July 20, 2016
Milo Yiannopoulos’s “Gays for Trump” party in Cleveland was as lame as you’d expect.
June 24, 2016
President Obama just created the first national monument honoring the LGBT community.
June 16, 2016
Donald Trump Is Turning Wedge Issues on His Own Party
Did we mention he has lost the plot?
June 14, 2016
The Courage of Being Queer
The LGBT community will turn grief into resolve after the Orlando massacre.
June 13, 2016
When Forgetting Is the Proper Response to Terrorism
June 12, 2016
The Orlando Massacre Is an Act of Terror, Whatever the Tangle of Causes
Was Omar Mateen motivated by radical ideology, mental instability, or anti-gay animus? It's still an act of political violence.
June 6, 2016
Donald Trump’s Racism Is Coloring Every Aspect of Republican Politics
A little-noticed anti-transgender maneuver exposes the GOP's pro-Trump opportunism.
May 23, 2016
Why Trans Rights Nationwide Are Only a Matter of Time
The struggle for gay rights has paved the way.
April 21, 2016
When Donald Trump finds your laws too discriminatory, you’re doing something wrong.
April 12, 2016
North Carolina’s governor is starting to regret his decision to sign HB2.
March 28, 2016
Georgia’s Republican governor will veto a terrible religious liberty bill.
March 2, 2016
Decency prevails in South Dakota.
February 17, 2016
Nike cuts ties with Manny Pacquiao after he called the LGBT community “worse than animals.”
November 25, 2015
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
In “The Danish Girl,” womanhood is studied, perfected, and performed.
November 24, 2015
"If I get change, if I get in trouble, will you still be there?"
November 23, 2015
The Choice Carol Had to Make
One writer’s personal history with Highsmith’s forbidden love story—first as a young woman and then as a wife and mother.
November 5, 2015
How Opponents of LGBT Rights Are Exploiting the Politics of Disgust
The rejection of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston marks the return of an old culture war tactic
October 21, 2015
Tyler Oakley’s Radical YouTube Memoir
The social media star, beloved of One Direction fans, guides us through gay millennial culture

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