Elon Musk’s Daughter Wants Him To Shut Up, Too
Vivian Jenna Wilson, daughter of Elon Musk, is letting him have it.
Trans Teen Pauly Likens’ Murder Haunts Her Rural Pennsylvania Community
Pauly Likens was a 14-year-old trans girl. She had a core group of close friends, and she was seen by them, and loved by them and by her family.
We Spoke Up For Palestine and Got Kicked Out of the White House Pride Party
At the White House Pride Party, we, two queer Jews, were escorted out for protesting on behalf of Palestinian Freedom.
The Revolution Will Be Archived
Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell their own stories.
What Dykes Care About (According to the NYC Dyke March)
The march has always had a variety of chants and slogans, and as I looked around I felt like I received a window into what dykes care about right now. Or, you know, what dykes in NYC who attended this march care about.
Sue Kerr Is Keeping Lesbian Blogging Alive
In 2013, Sue Kerr published her first memorial post for a lost trans life to her blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, which has been running since 2005. More than a decade later, when the mainstream media failed to meaningfully cover the death of Nex Benedict, she once again used her blog as a vital community resource.
While Pride Galas Carry On, These Queer Activists Are Fighting To Hold LGBTQ Orgs Accountable
As a group of queers chanted for a free Palestine, another group of queers walked by in cocktail attire.
LGBTQ Politicians Won’t Save Us
ACT UP NY replaced a flag honoring Ritchie Torres with a flag honoring Cecilia Gentili on Fire Island this weekend.
Kehlani’s ‘Next 2 U’ Music Video Is Queer and Pro-Palestine From Start to Finish
Kehlani uses images of Palestinian resistance throughout the music video.
Pride Is Still a Protest
Pride this year will take place during the eighth month of an ongoing genocide.
Walkouts, Sit-Ins, and Merry Outlaws: A History of Student Protests, 1924-2024
We’re now over seven months into Israel’s escalated attacks on Gaza and a month into the nationwide campus protest movement against the genocide. Let’s take a look back at the history of student activism throughout the past century.
ACT UP NY Calls on GLAAD To Oppose Genocide, Drop the ADL
On May 11, GLAAD hosted its annual awards ceremony, celebrating queer and trans media and celebrities. But outside the doors of the venue was where the real queer activism took place, an action organized by ACT UP NY taking shape.
Inside Columbia’s Encampments for Palestine, Students Know Exactly What They’re Fighting For
This is possibly the most momentum the pro-Palestine movement in the United States has gained in decades, and the movement is being led by teenagers who cared not about suspension or arrest, but a cause larger than them.
How To Get Mutual Aid and Bail Funds into the Hands of Student Protestors Now
What follows below is a living document, it is purposefully incomplete because the work is not done. We need everyone on deck. Go out there and tell me what you find, and I will update it accordingly. Here is a list of over 60 protests and encampments to start.
Florida’s Latest Ruling Against “Don’t Say Gay” Law Isn’t Enough
While the ruling does help make working in schools for teachers and going to school for students just slightly easier, the material realities for trans people in Florida continue to deteriorate as a result of these laws.
Reneé Rapp Calls for “Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza” From GLAAD Awards Stage
What most struck me about Reneé Rapp’s willingness to say the words “ceasefire in Gaza” from the GLAAD stage is how rare it is, even now, to see eventhat level of advocacy at all.
Nothing the Medical Examiner Can Report Will Change Nex Benedict’s Cause of Death
It feels safe to say that Nex died as a direct result of trauma from the physical altercation at the school. Maybe not just the one, maybe so many more. Maybe years of bullying, of ostracization, of feeling unwelcome and out of place at the school he was required to attend every day.
Where Is the Outrage About Palestinian Survivors of Sexual Violence?
Sexual violence towards Palestinians is rampant, systemic, and underreported, and what makes it particularly appalling is how little attention it receives and the skepticism with which it is treated abroad.
Alabama’s Anti-IVF Ruling Quotes God To Conclude Embryos Are People and Queer Parents Are F*cked
Alabama’s Supreme Court rules that embryos are people because God said so, and the implications for prospective queer parents in the state are dire.
Cecilia Gentili Showed What It Means To Care About Sex Workers, Immigrants, and Trans People
She saw organizing and her work within her communities not as something she had to do but as something she needed and wanted to do.