How the Supreme Court's Student Debt Ruling Affects LGBTQ+, Black Americans
They have a disproportionate amount of student debt and still face discrimination.
June 30, 2023
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On World AIDS Day, We Must Recommit Ourselves to Eradicating Stigma
There is much work that remains to fight stigma, especially in communities of color.
December 1, 2022
Leatherman Eric Paul Leue Is Out to Abolish Sexual Shame
The director for sexual health and advocacy at Kink.com is a kinky leatherman from Germany, ready to (consensually) beat the internalized shame out of America.
December 17, 2015
The South Needs Your Compassion, Not Derision
It's easy to dismiss everything below the Mason-Dixon Line. It's harder and more necessary to actually help people in this troubled part of the world.
April 14, 2016
Meet the Gen Z trans woman running for Congress in Louisiana
Rivule Sykes's campaign in the Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana is one that aims to bring "people’s attention to the issues we all face together."
February 1, 2024
13 Reasons' Tommy Dorfman Plots Second Act: Queer Media Mogul
Dorfman, one of our Advocates of the Year, launched and curated a space for and by LGBTQ+ creatives.
October 24, 2023
Why Does Figure Skating Use the Term 'Ladies' Instead of 'Women'?
Since its inception in the late 1800s, figure skating has been for "ladies" and "men," but the time for gender equality on the ice is now.
February 23, 2018
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Clarence Thomas in Affirmative Action Dissent
Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."
June 29, 2023
Buttigieg Endorses Reparations, Ending Electoral College
Those are among several positions newly posted to his campaign website.
May 16, 2019
Jesse Williams's BET Speech Was Important, But Not Novel
Jesse Williams's speech on BET last weekend wasn't just for black people -- it was the speech America needed to hear and act on, including LGBT Americans.
July 1, 2016
Socialism Will Not Cure LGBTQ Oppression
There will be benefits if the government starts lifting up the most disadvantaged Americans, but queer equality won't be one of them.
January 17, 2020
Op-ed: DOMA and the Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots
The fight for marriage equality doesn't end until it has nothing to do with geography or wealth.
July 8, 2013
Big Payday for Same-Sex Married Couples
A new report indicates it pays to be gay -- or bi -- and hitched to a member of the same sex.
December 2, 2016
Out Candidates See Groundbreaking Wins in Connecticut, Minnesota
A Black gay man stands to become Connecticut's treasurer, while Black and transgender women had breakthroughs in Minnesota.
August 10, 2022
Caitlyn Jenner Says the 'T' Is Most Misunderstood of LGBTQ People
Since it broke that the Trump administration hopes to erase transgender people, the highly controversial Caitlyn Jenner is amping up her activism.
October 29, 2018
The Importance of Juneteenth - the Newest Federal Holiday
In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal holiday in the US — the first to be approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
June 19, 2023
How The Nonreligious 'Nones' Are Driving LGBT Equality
A deep look inside a recent Pew Research survey hints at a link between antigay attitudes and declining religiosity.
June 8, 2015
Marching for America's Forgotten Workers
The Women's March is bringing hundreds of thousands to Washington, D.C. But it's not feminism per se that's calling this social worker there.
January 19, 2017
Navigating age-gap relationships: Balancing money and love
Out's Finance columnist outlines the economics of dating men of different ages and incomes.
January 27, 2025
How Racism and Wealth-Hoarding Led Us to the Financial Brink
The out CEO of Equality Illinois has written an indictment of America's unequal economy in his new book, Our Fair Share. Read an exclusive excerpt here.
September 29, 2021