Asia Kate Dillon: Stand Up for the Most Marginalized Among Us
The actor urges challenging preferential treatment and helping the most disenfranchised create change.
Carl Siciliano: Catholic, Queer and Homeless
Religious institutions must reckon with how homophobia and transphobia create a climate that endangers L.G.B.T.Q. youths.
Cecilia Gentili: Did the ‘T’ Fall Off of ‘L.G.B.T.Q.’?
A transgender activist urges that a movement, with all its differences and dysfunctions, band together as a family.
Barbara Smith: Why I Left the Mainstream Queer Rights Movement
A black feminist describes her disillusionment, saying many people are still marginalized, even in progressive circles.
Mandana Mofidi: Coming Out to Myself, for Myself
Sometimes self-acceptance can be a full-time job.
Julia Serano: The Science of Gender Is Rarely Simple
A biologist and trans woman finds that sexuality and gender are rarely as straightforward
Camille Perri: It’s Not a Bad Time to Be Queer, if You’re Rich and White
Money may buy acceptance, but many L.G.B.T.Q. people are still left on the margins.
Gavin Grimm: Fighting for the Rights of Transgender Students
“It was a truth I had known since I was 5. I was a boy.”
Rising Temperatures Ravage the Himalayas, Rapidly Shrinking Its Glaciers
A new analysis of satellite data concludes that Himalayan glaciers are melting much faster than before, posing grave risks to millions downstream.
Trump Raises $24.8 Million in 24 Hours, Swamping Democrats’ First-Day Totals
President Trump’s fund-raising haul for his re-election kickoff was more than five leading Democrats raised in their first 24 hours — combined.
Digging Into America’s Dark Past, House Panel Makes History by Exploring Reparations
Hundreds of mostly black spectators descended on Capitol Hill for a hearing that exposed Washington’s cultural and ideological divides.
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