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Beyond Rentboy: Will the LGBT Movement Really Fight for Sex Worker Rights?
Truthout examines how big LGBT groups can use their resources to help the sex worker movement.
#ILookLikeASurgeon: Being Queer in Surgery
Being queer in surgery means living in a world that assumes I am straight, and coming out over and over again.
Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation
Ejeris Dixon speaks to the need to address violence without relying on the criminal legal system.
The Coming-Out Memoir That Became a Hit Broadway Musical
Acclaimed Broadway musical “Fun Home,” swept the Tony Awards last month.
#BernieSoBlack in the Context of “Confederate Flag Down, Rainbow Flag Up“
The satirical hashtag #BernieSoBlack exposes the problem with equating the same-sex marriage ruling with the symbolic Confederate flag lowering.
“Equality Is Far From at Hand”: A Conversation With the Authors of “Queer (In)Justice“
Truthout speaks with the authors of “Queer (In)Justice” about what, if anything, has changed in the years since its release.
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Respect for Transgender People’s Gender Identities in ICE Custody Is Not Enough
Housing transgender immigrants based on their gender identity does not erase the violence of detention itself.
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The Ghosts of Stonewall: Policing Gender, Policing Sex
In this excerpt from “Queer (In)Justice,” the authors reveal how police continue to facilitate the oppression of queer people and the criminalization of queer sexualities.
LGBTQ Activism Continues for Bias Protections and Overlooked Trans Issues
Many LGBTQ leaders are now redirecting their attention to other goals.
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Leave No One Behind: Gay Marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges and the March Forward
Communities of color, the trans community and those who simply don't fit a model of what it means to be gay must not be left behind.