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Here’s why the GOP is poised to dismantle marriage equality
It’s a perfect storm of a conservative court, the Project 2025 ethos running the next administration, and anti-LGBTQ+ congressional leaders…
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A deep dive into how the military’s LGBT witch hunts worked
On weekends, Staff Sgt. Todd VanCantfort, an armed forces police officer in San Antonio, Texas, targeted gay bars in search of anyone in the military…
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Is it okay to say ‘queer’? Reclaimed or offensive?
‘Not everyone is ready to reclaim the words that once caused them pain’ As a gay man reading about the…
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How big pharma’s practices hurt the fight against HIV
The year is 1998. While antiviral drugs to treat HIV had been approved a decade earlier, only five out of 33 million people who carried the virus were receiving the life-saving treatment. Nowhere was…
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Should sex abuse evidence free the Menendez brothers?
A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the shotgun murders of their parents…
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What role could Trump play in D.C.’s World Pride plans?
Organizers of World Pride 2025, the international LGBTQ celebration scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. May 17-June 8, 2025, say plans for the many events…
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Tips for managing political differences at Thanksgiving dinner
Unlike so many readers, I’m not stressing about Thanksgiving. Between my siblings moving between Turkey Day and Black Friday and…