LGBTQ Activism

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova Is Expelled From an LGBTQ Advocacy Group Over Transphobia Accusations Martina Navratilova Is Expelled From an LGBTQ Advocacy Group Over Transphobia Accusations

The tennis legend’s Sunday Times column saying that trans women should not be allowed in women’s sports provoked her expulsion.

Feb 25, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Pete Buttigieg 2020

Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible

What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.

Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols

Man Reads in DC Metro

Fiction Can Help Us Deal With Trump’s Chaos Fiction Can Help Us Deal With Trump’s Chaos

Making sense of the presidency, one novel at a time.

Jan 24, 2019 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

Transgender Rights Are Under Siege in Trump’s America

Transgender Rights Are Under Siege in Trump’s America Transgender Rights Are Under Siege in Trump’s America

Transgender people are facing attacks on their health care, employment, and more.

Dec 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union?

Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union? Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union?

A movement for sex workers’ rights is gaining momentum in Spain—but it’s facing opposition from the national government and some feminists.

Dec 13, 2018 / Feature / Meaghan Beatley

President George HW Bush in 2010

It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day

The 41st president’s “civility” hid the vast nature of American state violence.

Dec 1, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

Saint Spyridon the New Church in Bucharest

How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans

Populist leaders with an increasingly autocratic bent are finding that it pays to jump on this ultraconservative bandwagon.

Nov 21, 2018 / Claudia Ciobanu

Won’t Be Erased

Won’t Be Erased Won’t Be Erased

At rallies and online, transgender activists and allies are mobilizing against bigotry.

Nov 15, 2018 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

The ACLU lawyer describes how governments change definitions to exclude people.

Nov 9, 2018 / Editorial / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’ ‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

Meet the progressive strike force that saved the ACA—and almost brought down Brett Kavanaugh.

Nov 9, 2018 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

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