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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.
ear bandaged President Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention alongside US President Barack Obama holding diploma and gold medal at ceremony after winning Nobel prize
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Trump’s chilling accusation against Obama will have cataclysmic consequences

Opinion: The man who rose on a racist conspiracy is now dangerously accusing America’s first Black president of treason, writes John Casey.

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The confluence of JJ’s ‘Wasted Love,’ the Coldplay kiss cam, and the end of my long-term relationship

Opinion: A haunting song of heartbreak echoes our deepest fears about what happens when love disappears and whether or not it was all worth it, writes John Casey.
Senator Josh Hawley walks past reporters at the US Capitol Building June 2025 Washington DC
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Waffler and coward Josh Hawley runs away — again — from a problem he helped create

Opinion: Hawley is running from his big beautiful bill vote the same way he sprinted away from insurrectionists on January 6, writes John Casey.

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.

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.

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.

International Transgender Day of Visibility March NYC 2025 protect trans kids sign
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Laws are targeting my daughter's right to exist

Opinion: The attack on trans rights signals a chilling reality where identity is increasingly jeopardized by policy.
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Coke caves to Donald the Dextrose Dictator. Is McDonald’s next?

Opinion: His latest demand, cane sugar in Coke, may seem petty, but it’s a symptom of something much worse, writes John Casey.

LGBTQIA pride parade sign reads were here were queer were filled with existential fear VALENCIA SPAIN JUNE 2022
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When the beacon goes dark: How U.S. regression on social stances fuels global repression

Opinion: As the tides of global LGBTQ+ rights shift, the U.S. finds itself at a crossroads, raising critical questions about its moral leadership and the ramifications of its domestic choices on international equality movements.

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From wives to the IRS, Trump has always been hiding. Will a bruised hand and Epstein finally give him away?

Opinion: MAGA’s turning on him. The makeup’s cracking. Is a WSJ story about an Epstein letter true? What happens when Trump runs out of places to hide? writes John Casey.
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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.

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

American real estate developer Donald Trump his girlfriend future wife and former model Melania Knauss financier and future convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell
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The DOJ to Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Pardon me, do you mind lying and denying for Donald Trump?'

Opinion: Only someone dumber than an oyster would believe that while the GOP hides for Trump, the Department of Justice isn’t dangling a pardon in front of Maxwell, writes John Casey.

Heritage foundation Edwin Feulner
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Heritage founder Edwin Feulner’s death reminds us, every time hell mourns, a devil gets their horns

Opinion: Death does not redeem the irredeemable, as Feulner leaves a legacy of hate, oppression, exclusion, and silence, writes John Casey.

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What good are rights when you can't afford to use them?

Opinion: With systemic inequities deepening for LGBTQ+ individuals, a call for revolutionary change is urgent and necessary.

Late Night with Stephen Colbert
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CBS is treating Stephen Colbert’s smart fans like fools by citing a ‘financial decision’

Opinion: CBS just proved that when it comes to a "decision," cancelling Colbert was a no-brainer compared to appeasing the dictator Trump, writes John Casey.

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Why queer memory is not only vital in these troubled times–it's revolutionary

Opinion: In an era where queer identities face renewed threats, the lost histories of LGBTQ+ communities become beacons of resilience.

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.

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.