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Read the latest opinion pieces from political leaders, activists, and everyday queer people who want to express themselves in the leading publication for LGBTQ+ news and politics. Discover what people from our community have to say about issues and topics that touch the lives of the LGBTQ+ people and their allies. Find the voices of the people shaping our queer world right here.
Search and rescue workers flooding along the Guadalupe River Hunt Texas July 2025
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Ahead of deadly Texas floods, so many warnings from climate scientists were missed

Opinion: Climate change-denying Republicans bear responsibility in the tragedy, Michael Dru Kelley writes.

HBO’s new documentary proves Rep Jim Jordan is a liar who abandoned his wrestlers when they need him most
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Rep. Jim Jordan is a liar who abandoned his wrestlers when they needed him most

Opinion: An HBO documentary about the Ohio State wrestlers who suffered sexual abuse shows they deserve support and compassion, while Jordan deserves to be expelled from Congress, writes John Casey.
US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy
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Revenge of Transportation head Sean Duffy, wronged by a lesbian and a gay man: banning rainbow crosswalks

Opinion: Under the guise of fighting "road hazards," Trump and his administration want to make LGBTQ+ people into roadkill, writes John Casey.

Judd Nelson Andrew McCarthy drunk laugh whisper in St Elmos Fire movie
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40 years later, the hope and the hurt of 'St. Elmo’s Fire'

Opinion: Times were tough for me back then. So I made things up around the film’s characters Alec and Kevin, writes John Casey.

Andrew Cuomo; Julie and Todd Chrisley; Mike Lee
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How, under Donald Trump, we are increasingly becoming unapologetically unapologetic

Opinion: The Chrisleys, Andrew Cuomo, Mike Lee, and others spell the death of redemption in the Trump era, writes John Casey.

protest to protect trans rights
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As Pride Month ends, remember that Pride is about truth

Opinion: "Journalism — especially trans-led justice-centered journalism — is not just important right now; it’s essential. Our stories are shields. Our voices are weapons. And telling the truth is how we fight back," writes Imara Jones.

ICE Washington DC masked federal law enforcement partners including HSI FBI ATF arresting an Undocumented immigrant in Arlington Virginia Feb 2025
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In baseball fields, gardens, birthday parties, and more, the increasing barbarism of masked ICE agents

Opinion: ICE expands into an authoritarian arm of the state, akin to Germany's Gestapo, going unchecked and unaccountable. and shattering lives , writes John Casey.
Trevor Project NYC LGBTQIA parade contingent June 2019
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Cutting the cord on compassion, how one federal order cut lifelines to millions of LGBTQ+ youth

This decision by the Trump administration to abruptly end LGBTQ+ crisis support through 988 not only disregards empirical research but simultaneously silences the voices of countless vulnerable youth.

Senator Ted Cruz with luggage checks in for a flight at Cancun International Airport 2021 alongside law enforcement and volunteers search for missing people near Camp Mystic flash flooding in Hunt Texas July 2025
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When Texans desperately sought higher ground, Ted Cruz climbed to the Parthenon in Greece

Opinion: If Texas wants to avoid natural disasters in the future, it should first get rid of the do-nothing lyin’ Ted Cruz, writes John Casey

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson after One Big Beautiful Bill Act at US Capitol Washington DC
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In the wake of Kerrville, how so-called Christian Mike Johnson is leading a satanic cycle of suffering

Opinion: With huge cuts to NOAA, climate initiatives, Medicaid, and rural hospitals, those in harm's way of nature’s fury have little hope, writes John Casey.
Conservative gay writer and commentator Andrew Sullivan alongside person holding LGBTQIA progress pride flag rally outside Stonewall Inn NYC January 2025
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Andrew Sullivan represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement

Cultural critic Marcie Bianco excavates Sullivan's anti-trans, anti-left assertions in The New York Times that people are being forced to transition to erase gay people and that the Progress Flag excludes anyone not on the far left.

This Pride Month and after, balance taking action with spreading queer joy
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This Pride Month and after, balance taking action with spreading queer joy

"Let us march to show that we are still here, and we are still happily queer, " writes The Advocate's editor in chief.

Chicago Illinois 50501 Protest for Trans Rights on the Federal Plaza
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Pride is a protest—so why aren’t we fighting like it?

Opinion: As anti-LGBTQ+ laws proliferate and the Supreme Court delivers setbacks, two determined political action committees are rallying communities to reclaim power and dismantle the bigotry threatening the very fabric of equality.

SCOTUS Protest freedom to be ourselves sign during Skrmetti opening arguments
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Appreciate your sex—or else: The Supreme Court’s strange new commandment

In a stunning Supreme Court ruling, Tennessee's law mandating minors embrace their birth sex has ignited fierce debate over bodily autonomy, revealing a troubling intersection of religious zealotry and state power in the fight for individual rights across America.

Tucker Carlson Kash Patel Pam Bondi
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In the Jeffrey Epstein pit of venomous MAGA snakes, here’s which serpent will come out alive

Opinion: A who’s who of hissing vipers, Carlson, Jones, Bondi, Patel, and Bongino, et al., under the spell of one snake charmer, writes John Casey.

Minister Leads The Congregation In Prayer and Reads From The Bible
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When Father Joe tells you who to vote for, America loses its last vestige of morality

Opinion: There’s no more separation of church and state, and congregants souls may only be saved by voting for the right candidate, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump Signs Big Beautiful Bill Act July 4th 2025
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From people to food to flags, why does the Trump administration hate colors so much?

Opinion: It’s whites only at the White House as Trump et al. seek to turn America’s palette of pigments into a colorless society, writes John Casey.

empty cardboard firework package and shells littered on sidewalk
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How dark will our skies be on July 4, 2026?

Opinion: Could this be our last Fourth of July celebrating what's left of a true democracy? writes John Casey.

legal healthcare paperwork alongside OPED author Eric Bottolfsen
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Chronic but not powerless, why your estate plan deserves a seat at the doctor's office

Opinion: In a world where chronic illnesses complicate life’s demands, navigating health and financial wellness becomes crucial.

rainbow glitter crown and LGBTQIA flag
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How a parade invite became a fight for LGBTQ+ visibility in Appalachia

Amidst the vibrant traditions of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, a storm brews as Mr. Gay West Virginia United States faces fierce backlash for simply existing.