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
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 / Bamby Salcedo
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 / Katherine Franke
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 / Tony Woods
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 / Morgan M. Page
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 / Robyn Ochs
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 / Susan Stryker
ACT UP Changed Everything ACT UP Changed Everything
The HIV/AIDS protest group was the first great leap for the queer movement after Stonewall.
Jun 29, 2019 / Jim Hubbard
Stonewall Was the Moment Queerness Glitter-Bombed the World Stonewall Was the Moment Queerness Glitter-Bombed the World
Fifty years later, we commemorate the courage of our revolutionaries—and recommit to our fabulousness.
Jun 28, 2019 / Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World
But so is the backlash, fueled in part by homophobia exported from the United States.
Jun 28, 2019 / Ian Lekus