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Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 14, 2025

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Where To Give Money and Take Action To Support Palestinians Right Now

The current circumstances are beyond the point of silence or inaction — they have been for a long time.

The Editors —

Oct 17, 2023

judaism

palestine

Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement protest and block access to Pennsylvania Ave. near the White House during a demonstration to support Gaza on October 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. Signs read: NOT IN OUR NAME. END APARTHEID. STOP THE GENOCIDE. DE-ESCALATE / CEASEFIRE.

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As a Jewish Anti-Zionist, Here’s What I’ve Been Reading This Week

A lack of expertise should not be an excuse to turn away — it should be an invitation to learn.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 17, 2023

transphobia

United Kingdom

A wide angle picture of a crowd protesting in the UK for trans rights. UK flags hang in the back of the shot. The visibly queer crowd holds up trans flags and signs of support. One reads: DYKES FOR TRANS RIGHTS

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U.K. Prime Minister Represents a Dangerous Anti-Trans Minority — But It Is a Minority

These talking points aren’t just emotionally painful. They’re also connected to policy.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 5, 2023

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a person holds the frequently banned book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

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How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

Daven McQueen —

Oct 5, 2023

Laphonza Butler (left) sits beside her daughter, Nylah, and her partner, Neneki Lee. They're all sitting on a tan couch in front of a canvas of black girls playing double dutch.

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Laphonza Butler Will Replace Dianne Feinstein, Becoming America’s First Black Lesbian Senator

The appointment, which California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed late Sunday night and will announce later today, is historic — though potentially short lived.

Natalie —

Oct 2, 2023

A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Teran, who was deadly assaulted by law enforcement during a raid to clear the construction site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed "Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia on February 6, 2023.

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61 People Allegedly Associated with the Stop Cop City Movement Indicted on RICO Charges

The fight to Stop Cop City is a test case for whether domestic terrorism — and now RICO charges — can be used to stop activists and protesters from engaging…

Nico —

Sep 6, 2023

criminal justice reform

Environmental activists hold a rally and a march through the Atlanta Forest, a preserved forest Atlanta that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, March 4, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Intent upon stopping the building of what they have called cop city, the environmentalists were evicted from the forest in January, resulting in the killing by police of Manuel Teran, a young activist and medic.

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“We Don’t Want To Live in a Police State”: Stop Cop City Still Needs Your Help

Don’t live in Atlanta? Don’t live in the U.S.? If Cop City gets built, it will still effect you. Activists have been fighting the creation of this proposed police training…

Nico —

Sep 1, 2023

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Queen Jen, dressed in all white, stands while holding a sign honoring O’Shae Sibley at his memorial on August 04, 2023 in New York City. The memorial was held at the gas station where he was murdered last weekend while dancing with friends.

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Black Queer Communities Send O’Shae Sibley Home in Love, Resistance, and Vogue

Love has brought together so many Black queer communities over the last 10 days, sending our sibling home not in the violence of the last few minutes of his life…

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 7, 2023

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Fighting for Our Lives

Amid increased violence against LGBTQ+ communities, queer fight clubs have emerged as an emphatic response.

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What Queer Americans Can Learn From Hungary

We believe that Hungary represents the kind of country Trump and his allies want the United States to become.

Julie Dorf —

Jul 4, 2025

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GLAAD’s 2025 Social Media Safety Index Is Bleak — So What’s Next?

The internet is broken. This is abundantly clear to me not only as a queer person but as an editor for one of the few remaining online publications not owned…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 13, 2025

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Queer Love Knows No Borders but Tell That to the U.S. Government

Whether leaving the U.S. or trying to get back, terrified or resigned, every queer person I spoke to in an international long distance relationship says they feel less at ease…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 8, 2025

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We Spoke Up For Palestine and Got Kicked Out of the White House Pride Party

At the White House Pride Party, we, two queer Jews, were escorted out for protesting on behalf of Palestinian Freedom.

Abby Stein —

Jul 5, 2024

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Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

Where To Give Money and Take Action To Support Palestinians Right Now

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U.K. Prime Minister Represents a Dangerous Anti-Trans Minority — But It Is a Minority

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

Laphonza Butler Will Replace Dianne Feinstein, Becoming America’s First Black Lesbian Senator

61 People Allegedly Associated with the Stop Cop City Movement Indicted on RICO Charges

“We Don’t Want To Live in a Police State”: Stop Cop City Still Needs Your Help

Black Queer Communities Send O’Shae Sibley Home in Love, Resistance, and Vogue

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