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The Pursuit of Happiness: Homosexuality’s Deep Roots in America
June 24, 2022 may have been many things, but it was no surprise. Between the unprecedented leak of Alito’s draft opinion and the overt,...
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Oct 20, 20226 min read


Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Is Part of a Long-running Conservative Effort Target
On February 17, 2022 the Florida Senate advanced legislation that would ban discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in...
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Apr 16, 20225 min read


Transitioning Reforms and Reforming Transitioning: How Germany is reckoning with its past transphobi
Angela Merkel’s Germany usually espouses ideals of acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion. However, for transgender individuals, the...
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May 28, 20215 min read


The Right to Privacy
Since 1985, 86 countries have decriminalized homosexuality. In many of these countries, legal threats to the right to exist as an LGBTQ...
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Dec 31, 20193 min read


The Progressive Facade of the LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) recently made headlines for reversing a discriminatory LGBTQ policy, but is the...
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Nov 18, 20194 min read


Girls Versus Boys: American Scouting Organizations Square Off in Court
This November, a century-old friendship between American youth institutions was shattered in a federal lawsuit. In a bitter break to a...
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Dec 9, 20184 min read


Politics are a Drag
In June 2016, President Obama designated the Stonewall Inn a national monument – the first such monument dedicated to the LGBTQ movement....
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Jun 25, 20186 min read


Hillary and the Boys: Support from the Gay Community
The gay community represents one of the most loyal and ardent voting blocks for the Democratic Party, and despite this election cycle’s...
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Nov 7, 20166 min read


The Fraught Identity Politics of LGBTQ Liberation
On October 22nd, ESPN ran an article as part of its “ongoing series exploring what it means to be an openly gay athlete in the...
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Nov 10, 20156 min read


Oscar Season: The Artistic Side of Political Discourse
As the Oscar season comes whirling in, the next big culture war stands in the wings ready to pounce on an unsuspecting, yet willing...
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Oct 21, 20155 min read


The Night Kim Davis Spent in Jail
Unless you have been completely removed from American political discourse and the news media, for the last few weeks, you have surely...
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Oct 9, 20156 min read


Queerying Japan’s LGBTQ Rights Movement
On March 31, the Shibuya ward in Tokyo became the first district in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage. The Shibuya district will now...
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Apr 26, 20154 min read


Issues of Privilege in A Marginalized Community
Last February, Cornell University’s LGBTQ student group Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (DASH) sent a letter to LGBTQ groups at Ivy...
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Feb 25, 20156 min read


LGBTQ Rights After Marriage?
The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


Why Did SCOTUS Pass on Same-Sex Marriage?
“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not...
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Nov 15, 201410 min read


Laverne Cox: Bridging the Gap Between Fame and Reality
On October 17, Laverne Cox premiered her new documentary, Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, on MTV and LOGO. In the hour-long film, seven...
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Nov 9, 20145 min read


Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: India’s U-Turn on LGBTQ Rights
Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism:...
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Oct 6, 20145 min read


Emmys and Impact: Dishonestly Representing the LGBTQ Community
This year at the 66th annual Primetime Emmys, three of the shows which seemed to dominate the award ceremony had significant LGBTQ...
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Sep 24, 20145 min read


A New Vision After Eurovision
If Russia wasn’t successful, it was a darker horse that was: an Austrian bearded drag queen who sang an empowering song titled “Rise like...
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Jun 6, 20144 min read
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