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We're Still Here. We're Still Queer.
And We're Ready For The Revolution.

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The Queer Black

History of Rioting

by Jonathan Borge

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Queer People Are More

Visible Than Ever,
But We're Still
Not Equal

by Gabrielle Korn

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Black Pride

Events Save LGTBQ+ Lives.
Now What?

by Taylor Crumpton

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Why Is Shopping For

A Swimsuit As
A Queer Person
So Hard?

by Hannah Schneider

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My Gender,

My Body Hair,
And Me

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The Hidden Costs

Of Starting
A Family
When Queer

by Molly Longman

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We Ask And We Tell

But It's Still
Hard To Be
Queer In
The Military

by Janessa Goldbeck

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Pride,
Inside

by Elizabeth Gulino

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Coming Out Is Challenging. Maybe One Day, People Won’t Have To

For Depop’s Queer Sellers, Fashion Is An Essential Form Of Self-Expression

Police Pepper Sprayed Queer Liberation Protestors. It Only Strengthened The ...

Brianna Provenzano

If I’m Not Gay Enough, & I’m Not Straight Enough, Then What Am I?

Lauren Patten (she/her) originated the role of Jo in the new Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill both on Broadway (Drama Desk and OCC Awards) and

by Lauren Patten

The True Fight For Gender Equality In New York Is Just Getting St...

As uprisings around Black Lives Matter protests continue to span the country, there’s a renewed interest in electoral politics and local change. Whet

8 Beauty Buys That Support Pride In A Meaningful Way

by aimee simeon

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Five Years Ago, We Launched A Crowdfunding Campaign To Be Dads

On Father’s Day in 2015, life looked pretty different for Anthony Szabo and Kirk Shepard. And not just in the “not in a worldwide pandemic” sense. At

by Molly Longman

Gen Z’s Queer Icons Talk About Pride

This Pride month, which marks the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots — when transgender people, gay people, and drag queens protested police brutali

Why Queer People Love Witchcraft

At 7:45 on a Thursday night, I light a candle and settle in for my Zoom meeting with Krysta Venora, aka “Pink Opal Magic” (who uses they/them pronouns)

How Neil Gorsuch’s LGBTQ+ Rights Decision Goes Against Conservati...

In a striking victory for LGBTQ+ rights, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the sex-discrimination provision enshrined in Title VII of the Civil Rights

by Brianna Provenzano

This Rally To Protect Black Trans Lives Was Better Than Any Corpo...

At the rally for Black transgender lives, protesters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a sea of white. They listened, and the air in front of Brooklyn Museum ?

by Brianna Provenzano

Black Pride Events Save LGBTQ+ Lives. Now What?

Twenty-nine years ago in Washington, D.C., Ernest Hopkins, Theodore Kirkland, and Welmore Cook organized the “first Black PRIDE.” It was held on Memori

by Taylor Crumpton

Queer People In 2020 Are More Visible Than Ever, But We’re ...

LGBTQ+ people are not strangers to fighting for the right for equal treatment, both under the law and in the culture. So it feels particularly meaningful t

by Gabrielle Korn

Why Is Shopping For A Swimsuit As A Queer Person So Hard?

Adulthood has shown me that some feelings are near-universal — so too is the sense that you’re the only one experiencing them. This is especially

by Hannah Schneider

My Gender, My Body Hair, & Me

I want to be hairy to confirm who I am as a person, and who I am as a person compulsively removes my body hair.

The Queer Black History Of Rioting

“The first Pride was a riot.” This June, the LGBTQ+ community has routinely shared those six words across social media. Activists and demonstrato

by Jonathan Borge

We Ask & We Tell, But It’s Still Hard To Be Queer In The Mi...

Kyle and I patrolled the Quantico woods, our faces smeared with camouflage grease paint, uniforms soaked with mud. It was 2013, day three of a week-long tr

by Janessa Goldbeck

The Hidden Costs Of Starting A Family When Queer

Jac Ciardella sat at his kitchen table in New Jersey and inserted a syringe into a navel orange. His hand flexed as he squeezed the plunger, pushing water

by Molly Longman

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Four Years Later, The LGBTQ+ Community Still Fights For The Lives...

Four years ago, 49 people were killed and 58 people were injured in the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in American history at Pulse Nightclub in

Black Queer People In Fashion To Support During Pride Month — & B...