LGBTQ Activism

Let’s Make Gun Control a Gay Issue

Let’s Make Gun Control a Gay Issue Let’s Make Gun Control a Gay Issue

It’s time to glitter bomb the NRA. Who’s in?

Jun 16, 2016 / Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

Pulse nightclub

Targeting Queer People of Color in the Name of ‘National Security’ Targeting Queer People of Color in the Name of ‘National Security’

Too many queer communities of color are trapped between vigilante violence on the one hand and state oppression on the other.

Jun 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Orlando LGBT vigil

Life and Death in Gay Orlando Life and Death in Gay Orlando

Nadine Smith on Gay Orlando before, and after, Saturday’s attack; plus Harold Meyerson on what’s next for Hillary and Bernie, and Adam Hochschild on the Spanish Civil War.

Jun 16, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Candlelit vigil for Orlando shooting

Gay Pride, Ramadan, and Solidarity After Orlando Gay Pride, Ramadan, and Solidarity After Orlando

Those of us who join both celebrations know the promise—and the challenge—of a shared struggle.

Jun 14, 2016 / Muneer I. Ahmad

Paul Ryan

House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker

Walkouts, chants, and demands for action on gun violence rock the first House session after an attack on an LGBTQ club.

Jun 14, 2016 / John Nichols

Orlando Shooting Gun Control

Our Rage After Orlando Must Find Political Purpose Our Rage After Orlando Must Find Political Purpose

The slaughter was enabled by our own elected politicians, with an assist from the Supreme Court.

Jun 13, 2016 / William Greider

The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action

The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action

The president is right: This is “something we should politicize.”

Jun 13, 2016 / John Nichols

Orlando Vigil

We Are Each Other’s Keepers We Are Each Other’s Keepers

That’s why it’s important for Muslim organizations to not only denounce Islamophobia but also to work on ending the hate directed at LGBT people.

Jun 13, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami

Orlando Shooting Vigil

Hate Must Not Have the First, Last, or Loudest Word Hate Must Not Have the First, Last, or Loudest Word

We cannot allow those who would profit off our pain to cause us to hate.

Jun 13, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Orlando Pulse Shooting

Orlando Is a Hate Crime, No Matter What Donald Trump Says Orlando Is a Hate Crime, No Matter What Donald Trump Says

Trump proved he’s in the mainstream of the Republican Party, as GOP leaders lamented the massacre without mentioning gays or guns.

Jun 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh

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