How a Far-Right Moms Group Is Threatening Queer Liberties in Schools
And what we can learn from them this Pride.
Also.Also.Also: Queen Latifah Becomes the First Woman Rapper To Be Given Kennedy Center Honors
It was L Word Day at the WGA Strike, so Ilene Chaiken announced that “Corporate Greed Killed Jenny.” Also, the 100 most significant political films of all time.
Gay at Work: Queer People and the Labor Movement
All these movements, whether for Black liberation, queer liberation, abortion rights, affordable housing, or labor, are intimately connected, and the struggle of queer labor organizers makes that abundantly clear.
‘Be the Change’ Creates Network of Care in Tennessee Prisons
Be the Change offers programs inside like support groups for trans women, addiction and recovery support, and those facing lengthy or lifetime sentences.
Brittney Griner Was Accosted at an Airport, the WNBA and Phoenix Mercury Failed To Protect Her
How did the Mercury and the WNBA allow this to happen? Because, given the media attention that’s been swirling around Griner since her return home, this was completely predictable.
NYPD Accidentally Paints ACAB on Their Pride Cop Cars
Some people think this is an “innocent” “mistake” but I think it is a stroke of subversive artistic genius.
Lawmaker Zooey Zephyr Proposes to Girlfriend at Queer Prom, Calls It “A Love That Feels Like Home”
Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed’s brilliant, determined, resolute love story is proof that love is a revolution.
New Polls Reveal Alarming Number of Americans Are Wrong About Trans People, I Wonder Why
Most Americans support bans on gender-affirming medical care for trans youth and participation in sports for trans women — an agenda heartily endorsed by the media they consume.
Hayley Kiyoko Was Told She Couldn’t Bring Drag Queens Onstage for Nashville Performance
They joined her anyway, but Kiyoko’s reaction to anti-drag laws still holds true: “This is so f*cked.”
The Yeses that Surprise You: Organizing Across the Lines of Cis and Trans
Building power across the lines of cis and trans teaches me that there are many people who will fight alongside trans people to win a better world.
Florida Parents’ Concern Over David Statue Resembles Long History of Homophobic Obscenity Claims
The anti-pornography crusade by reactionary conservative politicians has long been a strategy they’ve used to try to conserve and consolidate power.
Conservatives Will Try to Paint Trans People as Violent Extremists, We Cannot Let Them
Conservatives are going to try to leverage this tragedy to further paint trans people as violent extremists, to try and equate queerness and leftist ideals with domestic terrorism. We cannot let them win.
The NYC TikTok Influencer to Gentrification Pipeline
Landlords and leaders care about nothing more than collecting bread in their pockets. TikTok influencers are tools of their capitalist schemes.
New Guidelines on Childhood “Obesity” Represent Latest Big Pharma Attacks on Fat Kids
The weight loss industry — not necessarily the act of weight loss in and of itself — is extremely fatphobic and anti-fat.
Ron DeSantis’s Fascist Overhaul of Florida’s Institutions Isn’t New but It Is Terrifying
If Desantis and his people are successful in accomplishing their goals, then this will mean further repercussions for the other public institutions in the state — and beyond.
Trans Texans Are Being Surveilled, This Is Everyone’s Issue
On anti-transness, surveillance, and why we should all be paying attention.
Shatzi Weisberger, the People’s Bubbie, Dies at 92
The streets of New York City will never be the same without her, however, those who dream of building a better world will forever carry the treasure of knowing Shatzi Weisberger in our hearts.
President Biden Signs Respect For Marriage Act Into Law
“We are reaffirming a fundamental truth,” Biden said before signing the bill. “Love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love.”
Brittney Griner Is Home in Texas, Here’s What’s Next
BG landed at Kelly Field in San Antonio around 6:30 am. She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center for a health evaluation.
Respect for Marriage Act Headed to Biden’s Desk After Passing the House
Loud applause broke out in the chamber when the vote was gaveled to a close.