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Betsy DeVos Is Complicit in Evangelical Right’s Assault on Trans Athletes
The Alliance Defending Freedom, which receives money from DeVos’s family, is suing to keep trans athletes out of sports.
“Mrs. America” Television Series Sidelines Black Feminists
The breadth of Black and Latinx women’s activism around the Equal Rights Amendment gets very little screen time.
Librarians Could Be Jailed or Fined Under Proposed Censorship Law
A proposed bill in Missouri penalizes librarians who make “age-inappropriate sexual material” available to children.
ICE Is Torturing LGBTQ Immigrants by Putting Them in Solitary
The trauma of isolation alongside the stresses of immigration heighten the risk of mental health crises.
Puerto Rico’s Uprisings Have Empowered a New Leadership Among the Oppressed
Rising activist leadership from youth, LGBTQ people and Black Puerto Ricans is a step toward liberation for the island.
Clinton Says Sanders Achieved “Nothing.” My Community Clinic Shows She’s Wrong.
Bernie Sanders’s push to expand community health centers has touched millions of lives, including mine.
Trump Embraces Anti-LGBTQ Pastor Who Pushed “Conversion Therapy”
Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress attempted to save a gay teenager from the “clutches of the Enemy.”
The War on Reproductive Care Is Preventing Patients From Seeking Help
2019's relentless attacks on abortion were intended to create chaos and confusion in reproductive health care.
LGBTQ Activists Took on ICE, the Corporatization of Pride, and More in 2019
2019 was a year of incredible protests and radical responses from LGBTQ communities to injustices around the world.
Conservative Christians Are Making Schools Less Safe for LGBTQ Students
Evidence shows gay-straight alliances make schools safer for all kids, but conservatives want to shut them down.