10 Books on Voting, Elections and Government to Get You Ready for the Midterms
Informed citizens unite!
15 Activists to Follow Right Now for Some Much-Needed Hope and Empowerment
I don’t scroll mindlessly through Twitter and Facebook anymore. What I do instead is engage with the women activists who are leading our way in the battle through the darkness.
15 Years Later, Has PREA Protected LGBTQ Prisoners Against Sexual Assault?
A disproportionate number of prisoners identify as LGBTQI. On the 15th anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, we look at what the bill has done to protect them — and what challenges remain.
We Would Like to Endorse Cynthia Nixon, a Very Qualified Queer
We like Cynthia Nixon for the job of New York governor and we think you will too.
Cynthia Nixon vs. Andrew Cuomo: She Thinks She Can Win, He’s Worried She’s Right
“The debate found Cuomo clumsily trying to paint Nixon as nothing more than a deranged actor only to be met, repeatedly, with the passionate rejoinders of a lifelong activist and New Yorker who graduated from the public school system, sent her own kids through the public school system, and rides the crumbling New York City subway every day.”
A Hard Land of Hope: Gay Russian Asylum Seekers in the U.S.
“I think, ‘I will never be like them. Never.’ Though I can live here, I can work here, have a house here, but my mind is not like theirs. Because we all come here with a little war inside and it never stops.” Elvira Brodskaya and her wife fled persecution in Russia and settled in New York. But even in the U.S., they can’t escape all the fears of their past.
The Disability Justice Initiative Moves Beyond the ADA to Raise the Bar for Progressive Movements
“The disability community needs to spend some time asking itself: How are we working together across movements in the progressive space? How are we centering the voices of people with disabilities who are fighting multiple oppressions? How are we embodying sustainability of ourselves in such a time where it seems like the ground underneath us is always shifting and we are drinking not from a fire hose, but from a flamethrower?”
Offline Shadows: How Sex Workers Become Marginalized Victims of Morality-Based Legislation
Sex workers are resilient and face near constant opposition via social stigma or legal obstacles. Regardless of the conditions, for some people, it is the only way to feed their family. The FOSTA-SESTA package-bill is not going to save sex trafficking victims; it’s just going to turn consensual sex workers into victims themselves. Decriminalization is the only solution to preventing sex trafficking and separating sex workers from that label.
Photoessay: NYC’s Trans Day of Action
Trans Day of Action took place on Friday in New York, inviting trans, gender non-conforming people and allies to mobilize and demand “access to both public and private spaces without fear of harassment or brutality.” It was hosted by the Audre Lorde Project and set off from from the Christopher Street Bridge, a historic safe haven for marginalized members of the LGBT community.
Sex Work After FOSTA-SESTA: Why the New Wave of Prohibition Has So Many Panicking
One of the most annoying things I have heard during this process of figuring out what to do and how to react to the FOSTA-SESTA prohibition deal is “Don’t panic.”
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Anti-Gay Baker ‘Cause Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission Was Too Mean to Him
The actual scope of SCOTUS’ ruling is small, but the symbolic loss for LGBTQ people is pretty big.
We Won Some Things: 4 LGBTQ Women Made History in Their Primary Elections This Week
We’re coming for you, Trump.
Federal Judge Sides With Gavin Grimm in History-Making Ruling for Transgender Rights
“I didn’t want any other student to have to suffer the same experience that I had to go through.”
So You Want to Host a Voter Registration Drive
There are few better paths to saving the republic than getting your fellow Americans registered. But where do you even start? Right here!
Every Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer And/Or Trans Woman Running for US Office in 2018
There’s rainbow wave of LGBQ candidates running for office. All of them are dissatisfied with Trump’s status quo, have strong convictions, and to make the world a better place. Here are their stories.
Kansas “Adoption Protection” Bill Protects No One, Hurts LGBT Families, Will Become Law Anyway
The bill protects and allows faith-based adoption agencies to reject potential families if they believe the family’s lifestyle and/or beliefs contradict the agencies’ religious beliefs.
Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests
What did we first take to the streets about?
Photoessay: May Day in LA
May Day is also known as International Workers’ Day. Yesterday, Los Angeles marched with a spotlight on the attacks on immigrant workers and with a push for the upcoming election.
Lena Waithe, Janet Mock, Emma Gonzalez and More of Your Faves Headline Time’s 2018 Most Influential People List
We’re going to ignore the straight cis white dudes on Time’s list and focus on what really matters.
Here’s the Badass Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Activist Herstory Quiz You Wish You Had in School
Get out your Sharpie markers and flattened cardboard boxes because it’s time to get activist-y AF!