LGBTQ Activism

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

Please Don’t Stop the Music

Please Don’t Stop the Music Please Don’t Stop the Music

The Orlando shooter violated a sanctuary, but his desecration will not defeat us.

Jun 12, 2016 / Richard Kim

Hillary Clinton supporters

The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton’s Incrementalism The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton’s Incrementalism

On most issues we care about, the differences between Bernie and Hillary are more strategic than substantive.

Jun 10, 2016 / David Cole

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools! Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools!

Guns are not to blame in accidental shooting deaths of toddlers.

Jun 7, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Transgender Rights

Top of the Agenda Top of the Agenda

What issue’s in the forefront now In Paris, Rome, or Bonn? Could those folks also be obsessed With who can use which john?…

May 19, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Prince of Sex

The Prince of Sex The Prince of Sex

When Reagan was president, and sex was death, it was a Prince song that turned me inside out.

Apr 21, 2016 / Richard Kim

North Carolina LGBT protest

North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe

The threats to women’s safety are posed by men, not trans women. So why should trans women suffer for those sins?

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Steph Curry on court

Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’ Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’

Despite corporate, religious, and hometown pressure, Steph Curry spoke out against the homophobic legislation.

Apr 13, 2016 / Dave Zirin

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