LGBTQ Activism

Queer Cheer Queer Cheer

The Supreme Court's sweeping June 26 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas came almost seventeen years to the day after one of the darkest moments in the history of the gay movement.

Jul 2, 2003 / Richard Kim

Sodomy for Some Sodomy for Some

So it looks like Rick Santorum won't go the way of Trent Lott.

May 1, 2003 / Richard Kim

A Win at Cracker Barrel A Win at Cracker Barrel

A lonely Cracker Barrel restaurant stands alongside the highway that runs near my house.

Jan 23, 2003 / M.V. Lee Badgett

A Sex of One’s Own A Sex of One’s Own

Nature versus nurture was always too simple a formulation. Now, we ask: Is it chance, choice, family, culture, hormones or genes that determine who we are and whom we love?

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

Legal Jeopardy Legal Jeopardy

The military needs more lawyers. More accurately, the Defense Department wants military recruiters to recruit law students on campus and through official channels.

Oct 17, 2002 / Kristin Eliasberg

Miami Heat Miami Heat

An antigay ballot initiative spurs some surprising political coalitions.

Aug 29, 2002 / Feature / Donna Minkowitz

Fighting the Gay Right Fighting the Gay Right

They're here...they're queer...they're conservative!

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Richard Goldstein

Pass ENDA Now! Pass ENDA Now!

Twenty-seven years ago, Bella Abzug introduced the first comprehensive gay civil rights bill in the history of the Congress.

May 25, 2002 / Doug Ireland

Gayness Becomes You Gayness Becomes You

Nearly fifty years ago, in Eros and Civilization, Herbert Marcuse suggested that homosexuals (then the current term) might someday--because of their "rebellion against the subjuga...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman

Mormon Family Values Mormon Family Values

Facing the anguish of their gay son, the Hardys became accidental activists.

Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Katherine Rosman

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