LGBTQ Activism

Marc Lambert Lamba

‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community ‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community

Lambert, who died on August 4, was a pioneering LGBT activist who was there to help—even after foreign support dried up.

Aug 12, 2019 / Obituary / Robbie Corey-Boulet

Puerto Rico Protests

Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico

These and other grassroots groups are pushing the fight against corruption and austerity.

Aug 2, 2019 / Ed Morales

Trans women protest

Eleven Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year. It’s Time for Another Uprising. Eleven Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year. It’s Time for Another Uprising.

A recent survey of black communities in America found that for transgender people, the threat of violence is the biggest concern.

Jul 3, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Alicia Garza

How Stonewall Veteran Jay Toole’s Life Has Changed Since the Riots—and How It Hasn’t

How Stonewall Veteran Jay Toole’s Life Has Changed Since the Riots—and How It Hasn’t How Stonewall Veteran Jay Toole’s Life Has Changed Since the Riots—and How It Hasn’t

Toole sees Stonewall as a turning point for the LGBTQ movement, but not for everyone in it.

Jul 2, 2019 / Feature / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Bamby Salcedo

There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation

For 50 years, Trans people have been pushed and shoved to the side of the LGBTQ movement. That ends now.

Jul 2, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Bamby Salcedo

Stonewall Inn

What Happened to the Radical Spirit of the Stonewall Rebels? What Happened to the Radical Spirit of the Stonewall Rebels?

The movement for LGBTQ rights has been domesticated, its goals refocused on marriage and family. It can be so much more.

Jun 30, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Katherine Franke

rainbow flag military

I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay

Now, almost a decade after the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the fight for equality continues for trans service members.

Jun 30, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Tony Woods

Stonewall Inn interior

It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall

Infighting over ownership of the riots obscures their significance as a messy, spontaneous, diverse rebellion.

Jun 30, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Morgan M. Page

Bi pride flag

Bisexuality Has Always Challenged Norms—Even in the Queer World Bisexuality Has Always Challenged Norms—Even in the Queer World

Let’s use the 50th anniversary of Stonewall to embrace the full spectrum of our differences and desires.

Jun 29, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Robyn Ochs

Stonewall sign

Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible

With reactionary politics ascendant around the world, we should seek inspiration from those who fought oppression at the Stonewall Inn.

Jun 29, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Susan Stryker

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