Why trans storytelling in film is more important than ever
Opinion: "When a community is under attack, the response cannot be silence. We must amplify. We must speak louder. We must create more," writes filmmaker Zackary Drucker.
November 6, 2025
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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination
JayCee Cooper, a trans woman banned from women's powerlifting contests, has won her case at the Minnesota Supreme Court.
October 23, 2025
15 years after Tyler Clementi's death, vulnerable youth must still be protected
Opinion: Fifteen years after Tyler Clementi's death, his mother, Jane, calls on communities to stand up to bullying during this concerning political time of LGBTQ+ book bans and attacks on trans youth.
October 3, 2025
Here's how to save the lives of Black LGBTQ+ youth
Opinion: What young people need isn’t more silence or shame, it's affirmation, Trevor Project's Jaymes Black and activist Quintessa Swindell write.
September 22, 2025
After this strange and challenging American summer, what will fall have in store for us?
Opinion: From free speech crackdowns to questions around Trump’s health, to late night comedy, here’s what to watch for as autumn approaches, writes John Casey.
September 20, 2025
In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing and Kimmel’s silencing, where do we go from here?
Opinion: Each wave of violence, vengeance, and censorship washes away at our democracy, leaving us worried and fearful about the future, writes John Casey.
September 19, 2025
Alabama politicians could choose not to scapegoat trans people, but that would be humane
Opinion: In a state that prides itself on embodying the love of Christ, asking political leaders to exemplify Christ-like behavior shouldn’t be a lot to ask, Darian Aaron writes.
September 18, 2025
In canceling Jimmy Kimmel, Trump’s censorship regime guts free speech
Opinion: Enough is enough — MAGA and the Trump administration have created a dangerous state-sponsored censorship, writes John Casey.
September 17, 2025
The Wall Street Journal owes trans people an apology
Opinion: In a nation increasingly divided, the shooting of Charlie Kirk serves as a stark reminder of the dangers posed by hateful rhetoric, revealing how easily misinformation can distort truth and target marginalized communities, writes Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière.
September 13, 2025
We must not posthumously sanitize Charlie Kirk's hateful life
Opinion: While condemning violence is something most can get behind, the sanitization of Charlie Kirk's hate has gone too far, argues Erin Reed.
September 11, 2025
How the respectability politics of fairness will lead us nowhere
Opinion: "We must fully reject respectability politics and those who espouse it — now is no time for capitulation or compromise," argues Marcie Bianco.
September 10, 2025
Congress needs Erik Bottcher
Opinion: "As someone who has watched his career and worked alongside him, I believe the choice is clear: we need him to step forward," writes Evan Low.
September 9, 2025
As Trump plans to invade Chicago, Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker implores us to think about ‘What comes next?’
Opinion: In a searing speech responding to Trump's threat to invade Chicago, Pritzker sounds an alarm, hoping to wake up a country that is sleepwalking its way into an autocracy, writes John Casey.
September 3, 2025
Not to worry, JD Vance is ready to be your next president if there's a 'terrible tragedy'
Opinion: Who will finish the ballroom, host the Trump Center Honors, and continue the revenge tour that could include possible self-retribution, asks John Casey.
September 1, 2025
Cracker Barrel proves that the era of the angry, racist, homophobic white man is alive and well
Opinion: The brand’s imbroglio validated that the hateful Trump and his goons aren’t going anywhere soon, writes John Casey.
August 29, 2025
If Trump loves gay weddings so much, what's he going to do if SCOTUS takes them away?
Opinion: Same-sex weddings apparently mean big business for Trump, but what if the Supreme Court hands marriage equality back to states, writes John Casey.
August 28, 2025
Trump’s “A-Gays” are an arrogant, delusional, and obtuse bunch of noxious narcissists
Opinion: Once MAGA sees the A-gays are nothing more than DEI hires, Trump will fire them all, writes John Casey.
August 27, 2025
While John MacArthur and Jimmy Swaggart welcome James Dobson to hell, their bigoted legacy on Earth lives on
Opinion: Three devils of the pulpit are gone, but their venom still fuels Trump’s pastors, politics, and power, writes John Casey.
August 25, 2025
After erasing a memorial to the Pulse shooting victims, will the GOP try to burn the AIDS Quilt next?
Opinion: For the evangelical right that dominates Republican politics, their dream is for LGBTQ+ people to disappear, writes John Casey.
August 22, 2025
When renaming MSNBC to MS NOW, did the branding team use a MAGA focus group?
Opinion: How else to explain all the ridicule for what might be the last bastion of media resistance to Trump’s ensuing dictatorship, writes John Casey.
August 20, 2025
If it means saving Ukraine and not caving to Putin, European leaders think the answer is kissing Trump’s a**
Opinion: Putting flattery at the feet of an habitual loser risks putting the world in an unenviable position, writes John Casey.
August 19, 2025