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LGBTQ

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

The lawsuits seeking to keep drag queens legal, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 7

Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

By Ellen Ioanes August 29

A shooting over a Pride flag underscores the threat of Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

By Li Zhou August 23

North Carolina is the latest in a wave of states passing anti-trans laws

By Li Zhou August 17

A monumental LGBTQ rights case is barreling toward the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser July 10

How an LGBTQ clinic in Uganda keeps going amid rising homophobic violence

By Keren Landman July 8

Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth

By Ian Millhiser June 30

Anti-trans bills keep losing in court

By Li Zhou June 30

How Frog and Toad became queer anti-capitalist cottagecore icons

By Cyrena Touros June 28

9 questions for Sarah McBride as she launches a historic campaign

By Christian Paz June 27

The case for optimism about LGBTQ rights in the United States

By Ian Millhiser June 26

Uganda’s anti-gay law will hurt all Ugandans

By Keren Landman June 16

How the right’s defeats gave us the anti-LGBTQ moment

By Zack Beauchamp June 11

2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Why Spider-Verse fans see Gwen Stacy as a transgender allegory

By Alex Abad-Santos June 7

Conservatives think Chick-fil-A is woke now?

By Li Zhou May 31

How anti-LGBTQ sentiment is affecting Pride

By Ellen Ioanes May 28

A guide to Ron DeSantis’s most extreme policies in Florida

By Nicole Narea and Li Zhou May 25

Florida is too dangerous to visit, civil rights groups warn

By Nicole Narea May 22

DeSantis’s feud with Disney is costing Florida — and possibly his 2024 campaign

By Nicole Narea May 19

The staggering fine print of Texas and Florida’s new anti-trans bills

By Nicole Narea May 18

Montana Republicans are punishing a trans lawmaker for criticizing their anti-trans bill

By Li Zhou April 26

Disney’s had enough — it’s taking Ron DeSantis to court

By Nicole Narea April 26

Ron DeSantis loses again to Disney

By Nicole Narea April 20

The Supreme Court is unlikely to put the Christian Right in charge of your workplace — at least not yet

By Ian Millhiser April 18

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

By Nicole Narea and Fabiola Cineas April 6

Culture

Trans people deserve better journalism

How the anti-trans movement took over legacy media.

By Aja Romano March 31

How Disney just beat Ron DeSantis

By Nicole Narea March 30

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

By Aja Romano March 16

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

By Ian Millhiser March 14

Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?

By Aja Romano February 16

What the Respect for Marriage Act actually does

By Li Zhou December 8, 2022

Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained

By Ellen Ioanes December 3, 2022

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

By Ian Millhiser December 3, 2022

Shooting at Colorado LGBTQ club kills 5, injures 25

By Ellen Ioanes November 20, 2022

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

By Emily St. James September 29, 2022

The US monkeypox response is failing queer men

By Alex Abad-Santos August 11, 2022

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

By Li Zhou July 20, 2022

Why we need a new queer canon

By Aja Romano June 27, 2022

Our submissions to the queer canon

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 3 more June 27, 2022

The end of Roe v. Wade, explained

By Ian Millhiser June 24, 2022