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Hospitals in Supposedly ‘Blue’ States Are Cutting Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

Let’s not forget that witnessing resistance is important fuel in our continued efforts to ensure all trans people get the…

Stef Rubino

Aug 4, 2025

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

Where To Donate Money To Help Feed the People of Gaza

Israel, with the help of the U.S., is starving Gaza. Here are four places to…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 27, 2025

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

Fighting for Our Lives

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

Nico

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Jul 24, 2025

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Votes To Ban Trans Women

Let’s give the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee a gold medal in cowardice.

Stef Rubino

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Jul 23, 2025

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

Rosie O’Donnell Still Lives Rent Free in Donald Trump’s Collapsing Brain

Trump’s obsession with Rosie O’Donnell is a fire that burns for a seemingly endless number…

Riese

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Jul 14, 2025

politics + activism

Where To Donate Money To Help Feed the People of Gaza

Israel, with the help of the U.S., is starving Gaza. Here are four places to give your money to right now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 27, 2025

politics + activism

Fighting for Our Lives

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

Nico —

Jul 24, 2025

politics + activism

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Votes To Ban Trans Women

Let’s give the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee a gold medal in cowardice.

Stef Rubino —

Jul 23, 2025

non-binary

A crowd gathers outside on a cloudy day. In the middle are large flags, one of Poland and the other of Ukraine.

politics + activism

How to Conjugate: Being Nonbinary in Poland

As the visibility of Polish nonbinary people increases, and the political situation becomes more hostile, we continue to find new ways of resisting.

Katarzyna Nowacka —

Apr 27, 2022

texas

trans

A dark-skinned Black masculine person is wearing a colorful shirt and speaking into a mic at a podium.

politics + activism

I’m Trans and I’m Not Leaving Texas

I’m not running away from this fight.

KB Brookins —

Mar 22, 2022

India

school

A feminine South Asian person in a black and white dress holds the hem of their dress in one hand and a Pride flag wit measuring scales on the other hand.

politics + activism

How a Trans-Inclusive Manual for School Teachers Turned Controversial in India

The backlash that ensued after a trans-inclusive education manual was released demonstrated that post-independence India still reckons with the legacy of British colonialism.

Anmol Arora —

Feb 22, 2022

make the call

A South Asian woman makes a phone call while also working on her laptop.

politics + activism

It’s Time to Make the Call, Because We Cannot Filibuster Another Year

We need to make sure that every Democratic senator votes to end the filibuster and that Republican senators know their constituents oppose their obstructionism. Here’s a how to guide for…

himani —

Jan 11, 2022

reproductive health

texas

Lil Nas X in bridal wear, with a white robe, a white flower crown and bouquet, and a pregnant belly.

politics + activism

Anti-Blackness and Bioessentialism Won’t Give Us Abortion Rights

On Lil Nas X, fake pregnancy, and projections on social media.

KB Brookins —

Oct 15, 2021

extra extra

A close up of a variety of newspapers piled together horizontally.

politics + activism

Extra! Extra!: One Final News and Politics Round Up for You!

This month we’re looking at the climate crisis, big tech, gun violence, democracy, the Delta variant and yes — saying goodbye (for now).

himani —

Aug 13, 2021

extra extra

Photo from a Texas protest against Texas SB 7, a bill that would place new restrictions on access to the polls, where a person in the foreground raises their fist with a sign strapped to their torso that reads LET US VOTE

politics + activism

Extra! Extra!: All Eyes on the Legislative Battle for Texas

This week we’re talking about the political strife in Haiti, the US’s messy exit from Afghanistan, the development of new COVID variants, your bimonthly legislatively institutionalized moral panic report —…

the team —

Jul 16, 2021

covid-19

How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World

A Black figure wearing pink nail polish sits on their knees. On either side, there are small city buildings. The person is drawing a line down the middle of the city with pink chalk.

politics + activism

Chicago’s Black Sex Workers Hold Each Other Up

I thought about what it meant to be part of Black sex working community and our long history of organizing, mutual aid, protests and movements. I thought about what it…

Rebelle Cunt —

Jun 22, 2021

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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

A shot of a giant crowd on a bridge at Budapest Pride

politics + activism

featured

GLAAD

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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fullscreen

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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palestine

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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palestine

The Revolution Will Be Archived

Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell their own stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 4, 2024

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Politics + Activism

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Hospitals in Supposedly ‘Blue’ States Are Cutting Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

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Where To Donate Money To Help Feed the People of Gaza

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

Fighting for Our Lives

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Votes To Ban Trans Women

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Rosie O’Donnell Still Lives Rent Free in Donald Trump’s Collapsing Brain

politics + activism

Where To Donate Money To Help Feed the People of Gaza

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Fighting for Our Lives

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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Votes To Ban Trans Women

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