LGBTQ Activism

Trans rights supporters march in London after the UK Supreme Court's anti-trans ruling.

The UK’s Anti-Trans Ruling Is a Defeat for All Women The UK’s Anti-Trans Ruling Is a Defeat for All Women

Even the self-described feminists celebrating the Supreme Court’s attempt to banish trans people from womanhood will pay a heavy price.

Apr 23, 2025 / Sophie Lewis

A screenshot of a story about Kentucky Republicans overriding a ban on conversion therapy.

How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback

Trump's anti-queer terror campaign is providing the perfect environment for the dangerous practice to spread.

Mar 31, 2025 / Adam M. Rhodes

Despite the massive mobilization of Bernie Sanders’s two presidential campaigns, his supporters remain a junior partner in the Democratic Party power structure.

Time for a Progressive Rethink Time for a Progressive Rethink

Anger at the Democratic Party’s inept leadership and subservience to Big Money has been rising since the election. But the left also must examine our own role in enabling Trump.

Mar 24, 2025 / Jeff Faux

Daniel Trujillo, 17, sits in front of the Supreme Court.

Trans Kids Are Facing a Terrifying New Reality Trans Kids Are Facing a Terrifying New Reality

The nationwide drive to eliminate gender-affirming care has trans youth and their families contemplating a series of agonizing choices.

Mar 21, 2025 / Matthew Herskowitz

Kathy Hochul, center, governor of New York, center, displays signed legislation designating New York State as a safe haven for trans youth and physicians before the NYC Pride March in New York, US, on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era

Many states have passed so-called “shield laws” to protect trans people. But they weren’t designed for a presidency like Donald Trump’s.

Mar 20, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer

Mario Savio, a leader of the University of California Free Speech Movement, center, with Jack Weinberg and Susan Goldberg and other arrested demonstrators during their trial, Berkeley, California, 1965.

America Needs a New Free Speech Movement America Needs a New Free Speech Movement

Donald Trump is showing us what an unaccountable class of corporate decision-makers looks like—and it looks like a lot of fear, and a terrible loss of freedom.

Mar 19, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy

Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy

Our last best hope for sharing, shaping, and wrangling over independent ideas may turn out to be America’s scrappy and disparate arts spaces—if they can hang on financially.

Mar 18, 2025 / Alisa Solomon

South African farmer Tewie Wessels addresses a group of white South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk during a demonstration in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025.

Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa

The country’s Constitution gives its citizens more than a right to the pursuit of happiness. But attempts to redeem that commitment to justice have enraged American reactionaries....

Mar 14, 2025 / Susan Neiman

Police officers remove members of Act-Up, who have staged a sit-in inside the hallway of the New York State Capitol in Albany.

We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up

This is no time to sit idly by. People’s lives are at stake. We have to put our bodies on the line.

Mar 13, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Sadie Schreiner puts a transgender flag in her hair before heading to the awards stand after finishing third in the finals of the 200m race at the 2024 NCAA DIII outdoor track and field championships at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium on May 25, 2024, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Don’t Listen to Greasy Gavin Newsom. Listen to Trans Athletes. Don’t Listen to Greasy Gavin Newsom. Listen to Trans Athletes.

In a podcast with Charlie Kirk, the California governor put his electoral ambition ahead of trans people. But what do trans athletes themselves have to say?

Mar 7, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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