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6 Things We Must Do to Survive Trump’s America

The way forward for LGBT policy under a Trump administration, a GOP Congress, and a conservative Supreme Court seems bleak at best. But we can hold some hard-fought ground if we take lessons from these successful strategies.

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Obama Didn’t Let Congress Stop LGBT Advances

President Obama has made big leaps in LGBT rights without ever signing a new law.

GAG Is No HRC
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GAG Is No HRC

Borrowing from the confrontational tactics of guerilla AIDS protest groups ACT UP and Queer Nation, the new Gays Against Guns organization puts the gun lobby in its sights.

Taylor Callery
Politics

God vs. the Constitution

After the highest court declared the constitutional right of same-sex couples to be married, some dogmatic judges opted for another authority, one outside the law.

Filling the Supreme Court Void
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Filling the Supreme Court Is More Crucial Than You Knew

Anthony Kennedy was with us on marriage, but the next justice may be the truly crucial vote in deciding the  outcome of future LGBT rights cases.

Battle for the Future of the GOP
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Battle for the Future of the GOP

Marriage equality is one of many issues that threaten to tear apart the Republican party. Will the fissures become visible this Super Tuesday?

Lincoln Agnew
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Age-Old Fearmongering Lives On in Texas

The repeal of Houston’s anti-discrimination law hinged on familiar fear-mongering ('protect the children') and an age-old fanaticism: misogyny.

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People of the Year: Anthony & the Supremes

While Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy deserves special notice for his poetic opinion for the majority, it was the entire court’s role in marriage equality that had the greatest impact on LGBT lives in 2015.