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9/11 memorial lights
Opinion

I fled Lower Manhattan on 9/11. The memory still haunts me

Opinion: Twenty-five years later, columnist Josh Ackley still can't watch TV on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

​Sen. Ed Markey
Opinion

Ed Markey showed Democrats how to defend trans people and win elections

Opinion: The Massachusetts senator’s primary win shows that voters may be over politicians willing to sacrifice minority groups in pursuit of an imaginary middle ground, writes Josh Ackley.

​U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Marine One along with Natalie Harp.
Opinion

Natalie Harp calls Trump her ‘guardian and protector.’ She is MAGA’s ideal woman

The White House aide’s hopeless devotion to the president is a terrifying example of how the MAGA-verse sees women, writes Josh Ackley.
Dolly Parton at the ACM Awards
Opinion

Want to honor Dolly Parton? Love LGBTQ+ people like she did

Opinion: The late icon embraced the power of acceptance long before it was a corporate trend or political talking point, writes Josh Ackley.

Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947. (Colorised black and white print).
Opinion

'Strange Fruit' in 2026: Why LGBTQ+ people cannot look away from racial terror

Opinion: As reports of Black Americans found hanging from trees evoke the country's history of lynching, queer writer Josh Ackley argues that solidarity across marginalized communities is more urgent than ever.

​A child with rubella
Opinion

The people who called AIDS God’s punishment for gays are helping measles make a comeback

Opinion: Conservative and religious communities that enable the spread of preventible diseases could learn a lot from the queer people they vilified during the AIDS crisis, writes Josh Ackley.
Andrew Tate with his mouth open, getting interviewed by press
Opinion

Andrew Tate's arrest shows the manosphere scam is unraveling

Opinion: Many men held up as role models to boys are being exposed as dangerous charlatans, writes Josh Ackley.

President Donald Trump
Opinion

Trump's White House speech shows he's the real threat to U.S. elections

Opinion: The president's reheating of conspiracy theories related to voter fraud — with attacks on trans people for good measure — is a clear ploy to undermine democracy, argues Josh Ackley.

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