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How Did South Dakota Become a Factory for Anti-Trans Legislation? How Did South Dakota Become a Factory for Anti-Trans Legislation?

The state’s legislature has fielded 16 anti-trans measures in recent years—and shows few signs of stopping.

Jun 27, 2019 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Stuyvesant High School/Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action

Was New York’s mayor too busy campaigning for president to do something about the city’s segregated elite public schools?

Jun 27, 2019 / StudentNation / Pedro Noguera

LGBTQ solidarity protest

How Do You Create Community Out of a Rainbow of Difference? How Do You Create Community Out of a Rainbow of Difference?

One answer lies in the Stonewall, when, in the heat of collective oppression, a motley band of outcasts chose to fight side by side.

Jun 27, 2019 / Feature / Justice Ameer Gaines and Chrysanthemum Tran

The Power of Transgender Political Representation

The Power of Transgender Political Representation The Power of Transgender Political Representation

From pushing against bathroom bills to pushing for trans asylum seekers’ rights, each trans person that is elected has an outsize impact on the issues most affecting our lives.

Jun 27, 2019 / Ruben J. Gonzales

Puzzle No. 3503

Puzzle No. 3503 Puzzle No. 3503

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Viciously beat staff, incorporating a way to learn: It’s good for you, supposedly (4-8)  9 Failing dandy invested i…

Jun 27, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Trans Women of Color Are the Past and Future of LGBTQ Liberation

Trans Women of Color Are the Past and Future of LGBTQ Liberation Trans Women of Color Are the Past and Future of LGBTQ Liberation

Patriarchy, misogyny, and racism have held back progress for too long.

Jun 27, 2019 / Imara Jones

Stonewall Inn

As a Young Native American, I Internalized This Country’s Homophobia As a Young Native American, I Internalized This Country’s Homophobia

Then I made a pilgrimage to the Stonewall Inn.

Jun 27, 2019 / Wren Walker-Robbins

LGBTQ Pride

Dear Grown-Ups, It’s Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers Dear Grown-Ups, It’s Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers

We have a lot to learn from them.

Jun 27, 2019 / Takeru Nagayoshi

Mike Pompeo Iran

As Trump Lays Out a War Pretext, the Media Misses the Context As Trump Lays Out a War Pretext, the Media Misses the Context

The only threat Iran poses to the US is in retaliation to Trump’s attacks.

Jun 27, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Marsha P Johnson

What We All Owe to Gay Liberation What We All Owe to Gay Liberation

Stonewall shows us what fighting back looked like in an era when state power was hostile.

Jun 27, 2019 / Emily Douglas and The Nation

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