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A place for news and opinions on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities.

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

By Aja Romano

A new Supreme Court case could be the most important transgender rights decision ever

By Ian Millhiser

The GOP’s coordinated national campaign against trans rights, explained

By Nicole Narea and Fabiola Cineas

Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?

By Aja Romano

What the Respect for Marriage Act actually does

By Li Zhou

Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case

By Ian Millhiser

Shooting at Colorado LGBTQ club kills 5, injures 25

By Ellen Ioanes

Stop worrying about what happens if we let kids transition. Worry about what happens if we don’t.

By Emily St. James

The US monkeypox response is failing queer men

By Alex Abad-Santos

Same-sex marriage could get historic protections — if the Senate votes on it

By Li Zhou

Why we need a new queer canon

By Aja Romano

Our submissions to the queer canon

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 3 more

The end of Roe v. Wade, explained

By Ian Millhiser

A new Supreme Court decision has ominous implications for LGBTQ discrimination

By Ian Millhiser

An ACT UP veteran on the power of anger in protest 

By Alex Abad-Santos

With Ricky Gervais’s new special, Netflix yet again suffers transphobic fools

By Aja Romano

Kendrick Lamar’s Auntie Diaries is a clumsy attempt at trans acceptance

By Daric L. Cottingham

The good and bad news about housing for LGBTQ Americans

By Rachel M. Cohen

If Roe v. Wade falls, are LGBTQ rights next?

By Ian Millhiser

How Disney found itself in the middle of a culture war

By Alex Abad-Santos

The right’s moral panic over “grooming” invokes age-old homophobia

By Aja Romano

Old-school homophobia is back

By Christian Paz

The time to panic about anti-trans legislation is now

By Emily St. James

The constitutional problem with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill

By Ian Millhiser

“My children love being Texans”: A father of a trans teen weighs whether his family can stay

By Nicole Narea

The Supreme Court will hear a big case about whether religion is a license to discriminate

By Ian Millhiser

The religious right wants states’ tax dollars, and the Supreme Court is likely to agree

By Ian Millhiser

The fight over European values is playing out at Euro 2020

By Alex Ward

Reevaluating the gay bar

By Naveen Kumar

An epic Supreme Court showdown over religion and LGBTQ rights ends in a whimper

By Ian Millhiser

The perpetual discourse over LGBTQ Pride, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

Trans people are dreading Caitlyn Jenner’s run for governor

By Katelyn Burns

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The rise of the horny, x-rated, gay Twitter alts

Exhibitionism lives on Twitter, if you know where to find it.

By Alex Abad-Santos

Our conversation about anti-trans laws is broken

By Emily St. James

The GOP’s attack on trans kids’ health care, explained

By Katelyn Burns

Pentagon ends “ugly and shameful chapter” by again allowing open trans military service

By Alex Ward

Lil Nas X’s evil gay Satanic agenda, explained

By Aja Romano

The massive Republican push to ban trans athletes, explained

By Katelyn Burns

Rachel Levine’s historic confirmation to the Biden administration, explained

By Katelyn Burns