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Fighting Criminalization in All Its Forms, Powerful Coalition Builds Toward May Day
Momentum for May Day is building as immigration activists meet with Black, Arab, Muslim and LGBTQ groups.
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The Right Wing Is Leveraging Trans Issues to Promote Militarism
The use of a thin LGBT inclusion politics to make the Israeli or US military appear progressive is becoming a losing strategy.
Placing Queer Youth in Focus
“Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus” is a photographic essay of the stories and identities of LGBTQ youth across the US.
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“Ready to Take Over the World”: Speaking Out About Being Young and Queer
In this excerpt from “Speaking OUT,” Tiffany reflects on her personal journey in the years since her photograph was taken in 2006.
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A Call to Recognize the US’s Women Human Rights Defenders
While the US has branded itself as a model of human rights, it has been criticized for dropping the ball on advancing women's rights at home and overseas.
Nazis Attacked Trans Accommodations; Now Trump Is, Too
The Trump administration's attacks on queer and trans lives echo the Nazis' destruction of Germany's Institute of Sex Research.
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For a Feminist Movement of the 99%, the Women’s Strike Was Just the Beginning
Yesterday's widespread strike demonstrated that women are refusing to be the shock absorbers of coming crises.
Is It Time for a Tax Strike? A Conversation With Activist Michael Kink
Tax resistance could be an effective way to break the back of this administration if we all do it together.
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Fighting Cops and the Klan: The History and Future of Black Antifascism
Fascists have often used law enforcement as their personal Gestapo to commit atrocities against those they hate.
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Canada Tackles “Systemic Overuse” of Solitary Confinement
A disturbing trend of frequent use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is prompting calls to abolish it.