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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.
George Floyd protesters fight back against US Army near White House Washington DC June 2020
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Trump’s militarization of D.C. is blatant dictatorship

Opinion: Fabricated crises, racist lies, armed troops in the streets, this is dictatorship in action, and it’s only the beginning, writes John Casey.

US President Donald Trump speaks behind an engraved glass disc presented to him by Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event in the Oval Office
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Duckling Tim Cook basks in the stench of the odorous Donald Trump and lauds him with the gift of gold

Cook caves to Trump like Mike Johnson, Sam Altman, and Shari Redstone, yet he feeds our addiction, ducking out of any culpability, writes John Casey.
​Loni Anderson with Richard Sanders on WKRP in Cincinnati CBS show 1978
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How a 'crush' on Loni Anderson helped a gay boy navigate his teenage years

Opinion: Anderson's passing brought me back to a time that was both simpler and painful, and her beauty, inside and out, has never left me, writes John Casey.

Protester with placard that says "We (heart) our federal employees."
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How the Trump administration is greenlighting discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees

Opinion: By mandating “robust” protection of religious expression, the Trump administration opens the door to increased discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees, writes Brad Sears.

gay couple looking at a smart phone
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On this anniversary of equalpride, I invite you to join me in supporting LGBTQ+ media

Here's how you can support America's leading independent and LGBTQ+ owned and operated media company.

Elon Musk with chain saw and Sydney Sweeney in American Eagle ad
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The intersection of CEOs' glee at layoffs and the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle 'gene' ad

Opinion: There is a collision of corporate indifference, lack of empathy for employees, and no awareness of how tone-deaf branding alienates customers, writes John Casey.

Cory Mills and Newt Gingrich
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A Republican's sex scandal exposes the media's evolving shrug toward congressional disgrace

Opinion: On Capitol Hill, the threshold for disgrace keeps getting lower, and as such the media decides it has bigger fish to fry, writes John Casey.
elon musk showing off DOGE tshirt before entering white house
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How Elon Musk turned his pain into policy—and targeted the trans community

Opinion: Is there a connection between Elon Musk's personal vendetta and the surge of anti-trans legislation in America? A guest writer wonders how one man's private grievances can fuel public policy.

map of botswana africa alongside patient and nurse before giving blood in african clinic
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Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing

Opinon: Global funding cuts are threatening the survival of LGBTQ+ health centers in Botswana—putting lives, safety, and progress at risk.

desert road leading to nuclear bomb explosion
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80 years after Hiroshima, Trump’s ‘gut’ is in charge of the nuclear codes, and it's dangerous

Opinion: In 1945, the world crossed a line. In 2025, one man might erase it altogether, writes John Casey.
Richard Nixon in 1962 Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Kamala Harris in 2024
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Kamala Harris might provide the fifth way to chase the White House via the California governorship

Opinion: Nixon lost it, Reagan declined it, Brown couldn’t quit it, Newsom is using it, and Harris just passed it up, writes John Casey.

Is Pete Buttigieg taking a page from Bill Clinton of the 1990s and triangulating?
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Is Pete Buttigieg taking a page from Bill Clinton of the 1990s and triangulating? And is that a bad thing?

Opinion: Recent pronouncements by the former Transportation secretary seem to have him toeing the line on a fragile and shifting trifecta, writes John Casey.

King of Drag's Dick Von Dyke and Pressure K
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'King of Drag' laid out a blueprint for a revolutionary masculinity

Opinion: Masculinity is a social construct—one we collectively create, define, uphold, or deconstruct. What if this series could show us a better way?

lush green landscape alongside a dry barren landscape
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The World Court says climate change is an ‘existential threat.’ Here’s what to do about it.

Opinion: Countries must immediately cooperate, but as citizens we play an important role too, Michael Dru Kelley writes.

Mike Johnson Pete Hegseth
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Like Mike Johnson, Pete Hegseth is another Republican obsessed with gay sex

Opinion: Between outlawing firearms or affection, they’re hellbent on making gay sex the real crime, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump as portrayed on South Park and SNL Saturday Night Live
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Late-night monologues and 'SNL' skits can't match South Park's Noem’s face, ICE in heaven, and Satan’s anus

Opinion: Colbert burns bright, SNL plays safe, but only South Park is fighting Trump in the language of our unreal, absurd, and chaotic political moment, writes John Casey.

US President Donald Trump White House press briefing January 2025
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38 years in the media industry, and I never thought the U.S. media would crumble like this

Opinion: The autocratic assault on the media Is personal for me and for democracy as Trump seeks to extort, choke, twist, and erase it, writes John Casey.

Nancy Mace Lindsey Graham Paul Dans
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In an era of Lindsey, Paul Dans, and Nancy Mace, James Taylor would not be going to Carolina in his mind

Opinion: The statewide races in South Carolina are about who is the biggest liar, Trump derriere smoocher, racist, and bigot, writes John Casey.

Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy
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‘Sex, Frank?’ ‘Uh...no, not right now, Ed.’ ‘Don’t call me Shirley’ and 'I'll alert the media'...altogether

Opinion: As the new Naked Gun opens nationwide, it rouses memories of ‘80s films with hilarious lines that prompted irreverent and literal responses, writes John Casey.

​Voices Interview for "Wish You Were Queer"
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'Wish You Were Queer' throws two West Hollywood comics into the wild

Michael Henry and Tim Murray trade WeHo brunch crowds for Middle America dive bars, discovering unexpected queer kinship along the way.