LGBTQ Activism

Whose Millennium March? Whose Millennium March?

Scheduled for April 30, the Millennium March on Washington for Equality--the fourth national lesbian and gay rally on the Mall--may sound like your standard, good old-fashioned m...

Mar 30, 2000 / Feature / Joshua Gamson

California’s Knightmare California’s Knightmare

W hen the Vermont Supreme Court ruled December 20 that denying the statutory benefits and protections of marriage to same-sex couples was discriminatory, conservatives began frot...

Jan 27, 2000 / Doug Ireland

Gay Teens Fight Back Gay Teens Fight Back

Jared Nayfack was 11 years old and living in the heart of conservative Orange County, California, when he told his best friend from school that he was gay--"and my friend then ca...

Jan 13, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland

Living La Vida ‘Loca’ Living La Vida ‘Loca’

Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique.

Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano

Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home

Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. Alix Kates Shulman disagrees.

Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gologorsky

No Protection for Gays No Protection for Gays

There's a bill speeding its way through Congress that would shred much of the protection against discrimination provided by the dozens of local and state gay civil rights laws.

Jun 24, 1999 / Doug Ireland

Rebuilding the Gay Movement Rebuilding the Gay Movement

When Republican Senator Al D'Amato was endorsed for re-election last November by the Human Rights Campaign--the nation's wealthiest gay civil rights lobby--the HRC's appalling de...

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Doug Ireland

Love and Hate in Laramie Love and Hate in Laramie

Research assistance: Robin Reardon.

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Donna Minkowitz

The Truth About Hate Crimes Laws The Truth About Hate Crimes Laws

It took the death of a young gay white man at the hands of two other young white men to bring the issue of violence aimed at lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people to n...

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Richard Kim

Same-Sex Spouses in Canada Same-Sex Spouses in Canada

On May 20, leaving its southern neighbor in the dust, Canada took a breathtaking leap forward in lesbian and gay rights.

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / E.J. Graff

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