Transgender Rights

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

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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

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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

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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

Marshae Jones, Alabama

Marshae Jones Is Proof Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About Life Marshae Jones Is Proof Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About Life

Under Alabama law, women are good for nothing except producing a child. 

Jun 28, 2019 / Katha Pollitt

Stonewall Inn

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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / 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 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 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Ian Lekus

‘I Want LGBT Africans to Be at Home Everywhere’: A Q&A With Chike Frankie Edozien

‘I Want LGBT Africans to Be at Home Everywhere’: A Q&A With Chike Frankie Edozien ‘I Want LGBT Africans to Be at Home Everywhere’: A Q&A With Chike Frankie Edozien

The author of the memoir Lives of Great Men discusses the skewed coverage of gay life in Africa.

Jun 28, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Robbie Corey-Boulet

Trans rights activist Schuyler Bailar.

Stonewall’s Children—and Grandchildren—Are Alright Stonewall’s Children—and Grandchildren—Are Alright

On college campuses across the country, the next generation of LGBTQ activists is keeping the flame of Stonewall alive.

Jun 28, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Susan B. Marine

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How Did South Dakota Become a Factory for Anti-Trans Legislation? How Did South Dakota Become a Factory for Anti-Trans Legislation?

The state’s legislature has fielded 16 anti-trans measures in recent years—and shows few signs of stopping.

Jun 27, 2019 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

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