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Visual Activist Zanele Muholi: We Have to Document Hate Crimes
Hate crimes are the binding factor in the LGBTI community, and Muholi says that can change with documentation.
All-Options Pregnancy Center Revolutionizes Access to Both Care and Abortion
Anti-choice groups can no longer claim they are the only ones who care about helping women through any circumstance.
Understanding the Supreme Court Argument on Same-Sex Marriage
Of the nine justices, four are almost certainly in favor of marriage equality, four are philosophically and intellectually opposed, and one is likely for, but not certain.
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Immigrants Seeking Asylum in the US Face Insurmountable Obstacles
Asylum seekers hoping for protection often face difficult legal obstacles.
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Who Gets to Decide What Winning Looks Like?
Winning looks like being able to define all of our collective efforts to obtain equality and liberation.
Black Lives Matter’s Patrisse Cullors on Creating a New Economy of Nonviolence
Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors speaks about her violent childhood and the “economy of violence.”
Israel’s “Pro-Gay” Occupation: An Interview With Dean Spade
Dean Spade talks about his new film on “pinkwashing,” a campaign by Israel to co-opt LGBT politics.
Is Queer Sex Legal? How Sex Laws Have Changed (or Not) Since 1964
Despite advances in gay rights, sex crime convictions are on the rise.
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It’s Not About a Wedding Cake: “Religious Freedom” Laws
Laws protecting religious exclusion expose the current crisis of democracy.
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Hoosier Homophobia Crushed, Racism Continues On
Less inspiring, and really troubling, is the lack of any similarly effective movement to protect basic human and political rights for people of color.