LGBTQ rights

More than 50 years after the Stonewall uprising marked the birth of a movement for LGBTQ+ rights, transgender activists continue to push for inclusion.

The conservative comedian spoke out for gay rights and gun control, and got boycotted and ostracized by friends on the right, including Ronald Reagan.

In the sixties and seventies, fighting for the rights of queer people was considered radical activism. To Jeanne Manford, it was just part of being a parent.

How transphobia has been a consistent liability for Republicans, and why the right refuses to give it up.

After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene.

A sharp uptick in challenges to U.S. antidiscrimination laws threatens decades of progress in extending civil rights to all.

Proposition 6, better known as the Briggs Initiative, was the first attempt to restrict the rights of lesbian and gay Americans by popular referendum.

The history of DIY transition offers one path toward what might come after, or in the place of, state-sanctioned care.

The rhetoric that the Nazis used to denounce gay men mirrors that coming from the right in the United States today. Both view queerness as a contagion.

New laws regarding transgender youth are based on the assumption that the gender binary is natural.

At least 20 states have introduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year. But in a handful of states, versions of the legislation have existed for decades.

Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is part of a long legacy of anti-gay rhetoric and legislation in the state.

Michael J. O’Loughlin speaks about his new book, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.

Gay marriage was a victory, we’re told—but a victory for what?

In a growing number of states, the GOP is pushing “Don’t Say Gay” laws to prevent students from learning about the triumphs and struggles of LGBTQ Americans.

Trans Americans have taken to the courts for decades to fight against the notion that they are a threat.

The author of “The Engagement" discusses the activists, politicians, and judicial figures who were at the forefront of the battle over same-sex marriage.

Consumer activists taking on the companies that support former President Donald Trump can learn from the boycott that never ended.

The roots of “protecting children” in U.S. political rhetoric lie in efforts to defend white supremacy.

In the 1970s, social workers in several states placed queer teenagers with queer foster parents, in discrete acts of quiet radicalism.