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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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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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True Revolution: In Quarantine, Queer People Are Redefining Community and Celebration
The thought of celebrating Pride Month has felt particularly complicated in the wake of the protest and rightful uprisings sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others.
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(Un)safe Refuge: The Built-In Ableism in Queer Spaces
There’s still a huge chunk of the population who have trouble accessing Pride events and LGBTQ safe spaces: disabled queer people.
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Sound Out: Coming Home to Lavender Country
Queer country artists have been making their voices known for decades.
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Rupture and Reform: “You Exist Too Much” Is a Meditation on Queerness and Desire
Obsession serves a two-pronged function in queer stories.
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What Just Happened?: The Supreme Court Sides with LGBTQ Americans
In a surprising twist, the Supreme Court decided that Title VII has always covered gender identity, meaning that it’s illegal to terminate a trans person’s employment because they’re trans.
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Ladies on Fire: “Betty” Is More Than a Skateboarding Show about Women
Betty isn’t a show made to shatter glass ceilings so much as it is to empower those pushing against it.
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Pride and Joy: LGBTQ Muslims and the Power of Online Spaces
Digital spaces are vital to combat near-constant assaults on our very being.
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Is “Twenties” Really a Win for Black Queer Representation?
The show ultimately eschews multidimensional queer dynamics and rests solely on its queer optics.
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