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Cis Women Can’t Ignore Trump’s Anti-Trans Shelter Policy
While the HUD proposal would undoubtedly hurt trans people first and foremost, its language and implications should terrify women everywhere.
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Queerness Shines in “She-Ra” and Other Animated Shows
The message out there for young people was that straights get to have fulfilling personal growth and relationships—and queers and queer romance don’t exist.
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Haunted Housewife: The Horror—and the Humor—of Shirley Jackson
As both writer and housewife, she embodied identities that were incompatible according to the norms of her time.
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LGBTQ Rights Organizations Fighting for More Than Marriage Equality
These organizations are centering the need to end the violence and persecution of LGBTQ people.
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“Love, Victor,” Like “Love, Simon,” Stays in the Shallow End
Dubbed “candy for the soul,” Love, Victor is exactly that: sweet, sugary, and, unfortunately, missing something.
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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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