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Necessary But Dangerous

Will Marriage Cause a Spike in Homeless LGBT Youth?

While 40 percent of all homeless youth are LGBT, the fight for marriage equality is both increasing their ranks and sucking up resources.

Why Is the Face of Marriage Equality So White?

Necessary But Dangerous: After SCOTUS rules on marriage equality, we'll want to celebrate, but will advertising campaigns make room for people of color in our happy ending?

Could Antigay Violence Like France's Happen Here?

A revolution on Paris streets is backlash against marriage equality, and two years in, the violence is unabated.

Marriage Equality Could Worsen Bisexual Erasure

Necessary But Dangerous: Even if the Supreme Court rules in our favor, bisexuals are still likely to face an uphill battle for public recognition of their place in a fight for marriage equality.

Could Marriage Equality Mean the End of Gay Culture?

With growing equality — including the very real chance of national same-sex marriage rights — the connections that long brought LGBT people together are unraveling.

Post-Marriage Equality, Are Trans People Next Target?

Necessary But Dangerous: The recent uptick in legislation restricting transgender civil rights may be just the beginning of tough times for trans people if the Supreme Court settles the marriage question.

Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg Right?

In the very definition of 'necessary but dangerous,' could a pro-marriage equality ruling from the Supreme Court stop 'the momentum that was on the side of change?'

More of You Could Be Fired for Getting Married

Necessary But Dangerous: If the Supreme Court rules in our favor, not all of the effects will be positive. The Advocate explores those possibilities in a special series.