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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nails, gowns, and resistance: Creators who are fighting back against anti-drag laws

Beneath the rhinestones and wigs lies a robust network of resistance, with entrepreneurs making drag safer, louder, and more defiant than ever.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.