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LGBTQ Rights
Racist Anti-LGBTQ Violence Is Real. Smollett Doesn’t Change That.
Too much focus on Jussie Smollett distracts from the fact that violence against LGBTQ people of color is rising.
Trump Administration Wants to Deny Health Care to LGBTQ People
A conscience protection rule being considered would allow doctors to deny care on moral and religious grounds.
Colorado’s Ban on “Conversion Therapy” Won’t Stop the Catholic Church
Denver's archdiocese is planning to skirt the ban with “healing” programs for LGBTQ people at parishes.
William Barr Is a Danger to Civil Rights
Barr is willing to jail journalists if he believes "they're putting out stuff that would hurt the country.”
Will the Supreme Court Keep LGBTQ Workers From Being Fired?
Employees can already be fired for being LGBTQ in 26 states.
The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive
Author Roderick A. Ferguson discusses the commodification of queerness.
Mitch McConnell Determined to Confirm Trump’s Radical Anti-Choice Judges
The latest slate of President Trump's judges could undo reproductive rights for decades to come.
Gay Emancipation Goes to Market
In this excerpt, Roderick A. Ferguson examines the beginnings of depoliticization in the LGBT movement.
Corporate Media Enabled Trump’s Anti-Trans Policies
Mainstream media coverage of marginalized groups targeted by Trump should recognize the humanity of those communities.
Common Cause Unites Women, LGBT and Immigrant Rights Leaders
Deportations continue at a record pace in Texas, which has more immigration detention beds than any other state.