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
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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Ruben J. Gonzales
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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Imara Jones
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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Wren Walker-Robbins
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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Takeru Nagayoshi
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 / Editorial / Emily Douglas and The Nation
Gay Pride Doesn’t Mean Gay Liberation Gay Pride Doesn’t Mean Gay Liberation
LGBTQ visibility is crucial, but it shouldn’t be confused with LGBTQ rights.
Jun 26, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The Lesson of Stonewall: There’s No Justice Without a Fight The Lesson of Stonewall: There’s No Justice Without a Fight
As we face a renewed backlash, we’d do well to remember that each effort to drive our movement back has unleashed new waves of creativity.
Jun 26, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Shannon Price Minter
The Gentrification of Queerness The Gentrification of Queerness
Christopher Street was once a haven for queer people of color. Its transformation into an outpost of white, upper-middle class respectability tells a larger story of exclusion.
Jun 25, 2019 / Feature / Darnell L. Moore
In Praise of Identity Politics and the Long History of Desire In Praise of Identity Politics and the Long History of Desire
Fifty years after Stonewall, the much maligned politics of identity remains our best means to exert power collectively—and a starting point to freedom.
Jun 21, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / John Scagliotti