Nationalism Plus States’ Rights Are a Nightmare for Queer People
Maybe the reason Trump wants to pretend nobody has studied the Civil War is because he knows even a cursory look at history will expose his tricks.
Be The Change: Love Without Power Will Never Bring Justice
Let’s let love win, but not let love be our only strategy. Why we need to understand love and power together to win intersectional justice for all.
Sunday Funday Is Meeting Badass LGBTQ Elders For A Dinner Date
Pakistan’s first trans model Kami Sid, a “family portrait” series of LGBTQ activists old and young, a safe place to pee for every NYC student, Gigi Gorgeous and Kat Blaque making your heart flutter, and a whole whole lotta LGBTQ history!
Trump’s “Religious Liberty” Executive Order Doesn’t Explicitly Target Gay People but It’s Still Horrifying
Trump doesn’t want to deal with LGBTQ activists, but he’s happy to legitimize discrimination even if he’s not legalizing it.
The Terrifying Part of the ACA Repeal That’s Already Affecting Trans and Pregnant People
A lot of terrible, overwhelming things are happening for our community, right now. Let’s hold one another and try to understand what’s going on.
Congress Casually Files LGBT Rights Bill; Trump and Pence Pass “Religious Liberty” Executive Order
Trump is reportedly planning to sign a “religious liberty” executive order that has Mike Pence written all over it — in the meantime, over 200 members of Congress say they’ll just go ahead and file a bill that adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act.
Photoessay: May Day March in Los Angeles
This year, unions and organizations came together across the country to push back on Trump’s immigration policies and showed how labor rights and immigrant rights intersect.
Photoessay: ResisDANCE
When we (or our siblings) are under attack, stand up DANCE BACK.
Sunday Funday Is Playing Dead to Avoid Men and Voting Trans Women Into Congress
Meet these cool dragonfly ladies who feign death to avoid dude dragonflies, a record number of trans women running for office, Democrats moving to outlaw conversion therapy, and more!
Pop Culture Fix: Ellen Gets The Cast Back Together For 20th Anniversary Of Scandalous Coming Out Episode and Other Stories
Ellen Degeneres is doing a “Puppy Episode” tribute with Oprah and Laura Dern, everybody’s talking about The Handmaid’s Tale, Kristen Stewart queers up the screen, Ellen Page’s Gaycation Special and so much more!
Five Lesbians Viciously Beaten by 15 Men, Say Portsmouth Police Let Attackers Ride Off in Taxis
One woman had her jaw broken and seven teeth knocked out, another a dislocated shoulder and bruised kidney, two left with black eyes — and, the victims of this homophobic attack tell the press, police have been handling the case “completely wrong.”
Climate Change is a Problem Much Bigger Than the US — Here’s How All of Us Can Fight It
The Trump administration’s battle against environmental regulations and denial of climate change are terrifying, but the US isn’t the only nation that needs to do better by the planet, and fast. A scientist tells us what needs to be done, and where we can start.
Be The Change: A Community Organizer’s Glossary
From A to Z (ok, technically to W), organizing terms you may know and some you should know! Get in here and learn what positionality, patch throughs, Twitter storms, U-1 consensus, and grasstops engagement are all about!
Photoessay: SCIENCE IS AWESOME
On Earth Day, we marched for Science. We marched for space exploration and cures for disease, for electricity and for the planet, and for everything that science has a hand in which is, well, everything.
Sunday Funday Is Sipping on a Unicorn Frappe and Watching Gay Stuff on YouTube
Hillary calls out Trump at LGBT fundraiser, unicorn frappe style thief you’re welcome, a new free font in honor of the creator of the rainbow flag for your next protest sign, British teachers’ union support LGBT-inclusive all-ages education, ignoring advances from dudes like a damn lady ostrich, the L.A. Times embraces singular “they,” and your LGBTQ YouTube content is no long blocked! Yay!
28-Year-Old Chay Reed is the 9th Trans Woman of Color Murdered This Year
Reed, who grew up in Carol City and graduated from American Senior High School, was just 28 years old. She is the sixth trans woman of color under the age of thirty murdered this year, and the eighth Black trans woman murdered this year.
Also.Also.Also: A Link Roundup with Gifs and Lesbians and At Least One Controversial Essay, Plus More Stuff
Ijeoma Oluo interviews Rachel Dolezal, gentrification, republican trans women, Poly Styrene, that NYT piece, an update on my swimsuit situation and even more!
Pop Culture Fix: Marvel Says “Black Panther” Features Gal Pals, Not Lesbians!
A new Broad City short shows Abbi and Ilana enjoying this day, Tig Notaro talks about SNL stealing her material, Jane Lynch is done having sex, a peek at KStew’s directorial debut, and a new lesbian friend for Quinn on season three of UNreal.
Wondering Who’s Up: More Internet Haikus
This round we cover reply alls, netscape, deactivating, coffee pics and more!
PHOTOESSAY: The April 15 Tax March
Thousands of people across the nation showed up to say that we, the people, want to see Donald’s tax returns.