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LGBTQ Rights
Gay Emancipation Goes to Market
In this excerpt, Roderick A. Ferguson examines the beginnings of depoliticization in the LGBT movement.
Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back
Artists and activists honor communities of color on Trans Day of Resilience.
Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation
Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students.
Labor Has a Role in Defending Trans People Against Trump’s Attacks
Union protections are imperative in countering the potential erasure of transgender and nonbinary people.
Three False Ideas That Anchor Anti-Trans Attacks
To protect trans futures, we must remember trans pasts, work for gender justice and defend true religious liberty.
Trump’s Anti-Trans Memo Opens Door to Escalating State Surveillance
It's part of a broader agenda to weaponize immigration, labor, economic, reproductive and policing policies.
Trump’s Transphobic Attack Is Cruel Beyond All Definition
The left has a duty to not only resist the Trump administration's transphobia, but put forward a positive vision.
Corporate Media Enabled Trump’s Anti-Trans Policies
Mainstream media coverage of marginalized groups targeted by Trump should recognize the humanity of those communities.
Right-Wing Fantasies About Gender Are Killing Trans People
The Trump administration's new plan to redefine gender threatens to roll back decades of efforts by trans advocates.
Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Fight for Right to Love and Worship Freely
LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.