Politics
This Year, Pride Returned to Its Radical Roots
Social justice movements demanding civil rights for minority groups have too often been led by queer people of color who are later erased in our remembrance of events.
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Land Marks: Subversive Cartography Maps the Margins
The lesser-known stories of Toronto and its residents are as rich and as fascinating as those onscreen.
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What Just Happened: A Victory for Abortion Rights
There’s no question that this is good news, but we shouldn’t assume that today’s decision amounts to a wholesale fuck-you to abortion opponents.
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Holy Sanctimony: The Hypocrisy of the Fight for Marriage Equality
The fight for the right to marry, to raise kids—to embody the heterosexual nuclear family—has largely eschewed our fight for the right to be otherwise.
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Picketing Equality: Non-religious Queer Storylines Still Rule the TV Roost
We need more sophisticated storylines pertaining to religion and tolerance.
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Political Possibilities: Black Feminism Offers a Path to Abolition
Black feminists and abolitionists teach us to demand more, even in a moment when it seems like we’re already fighting for so much.
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A Fresh Framework: The Feminism of the Abolition Movement
The police are not a feminist institution—they’re both the footsoldiers and the benefactors of racism, sexism, misogynoir, colonialism, and violence.
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Being Ableist toward Donald Trump Only Hurts Disabled People
Every time a politician stumbles, stutters, or misspeaks, we seemingly return to that toxic notion that to be ill is to be less than.
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Changing Tides: Black Feminists Are Mobilizing for Trans Women
The fight for racial justice can only be enriched by feminist strategies developed with an eye toward trans inclusion and empowerment.
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Many Deaf Women Aren’t Safer at Home
48 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the United States at risk of domestic violence during the lockdown.
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