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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.

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If 2025 tested our resolve, 2026 will prove our resilience

After a year of erasure, backlash, and fear, the LGBTQ+ community enters a pivotal moment armed with hard-earned wisdom and collective strength.

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What does 2026 have in store for queer folks? Here’s what's written in the stars

Love, power, and change, here’s what lies ahead according to an astrologer
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In 2025, being trans in America means living under conditional citizenship

Opinion: From healthcare bans to identity restrictions, a growing web of state and federal policies is determining which trans lives are protected—and which are left legally exposed, argues Isaac Amend.

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At 50, passing isn’t the goal. Living is

Norbi Kamantigue reflects on beauty rituals, invisibility, and the performance of survival as a trans woman in a culture obsessed with authenticity until it gets uncomfortable.

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A heart filled with trans hate is how Marjorie Taylor Greene is choosing to be remembered

As she prepares to leave Congress, Greene’s last major bill, criminalizing care for trans youth, reveals that her rhetoric about civility was always a lie.

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I didn’t just run the world’s major marathons. I changed them

What it took for nonbinary transmasculine athlete Cal Calamia to challenge exclusion, dismantle myths, and make history at the most prestigious races on earth.

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Rob Reiner deserves a place in queer TV history for Mike 'Meathead' Stivic in 'All in the Family'

Opinion: Reiner played the liberal conscience of All in the Family, and the character remains a powerful reminder of the importance of empathy and fighting for what’s right.

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The story queer survivors aren't allowed to tell

After surviving assault by both a man and a woman, Titeänyä Rodríguez exposes the quiet pressure queer people face to hide harm that happens within our own community.

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As he turns 100, Dick Van Dyke is an unsung gay idol from an era of Judy, Liza, and Cher

Opinion: The centenarian’s grace, fluidity, exuberance, and joy shaped gay boyhoods in ways we might now be only able to understand and appreciate.
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From Riley Gaines to OU, conservatives are making their failures everyone else's problem

Opinion: Never before have people become so famous for coming in fifth place or failing a homework assignment.

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Opinion: When museums go silent, erasure speaks louder

LGBTQ+ narratives are being stripped from public memory just as attacks on queer and trans people surge. Why some museums refuse to let history repeat itself.

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Cis men love top surgery—it should be available for all

Opinion: If cisgender men want to keep access to gynecomastia surgery — the most popular plastic surgery for men — it must be protected for all people.
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The Trump administration is choosing silence on World AIDS Day, but we're showing up louder than ever

Opinion: World AIDS Day is about coming together to remember loved ones and share in shared pain. But it is also about recommitting to the fight to ensure that we move forward, rejecting a deadly return to government inaction, argues Jeremiah Johnson and Maxx Boykin.

What the AIDS crisis stole from Black gay men
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What the AIDS crisis stole from Black gay men

On World AIDS Day, a long-term survivor recounts the terror, the beauty, and the community that saved him — and why honest and informed conversations must begin now in Black communities.

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How a united message of 'Tax the Rich' could make life more affordable, and win elections

Opinion: Think of what we could accomplish for the country by taxing the 1%, writes Michael Dru Kelley.

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18 queer-owned brands to shop this holiday season

From queer bookstores to trans-owned fashion houses, here are the community-powered brands that deserve your holiday coins.

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The lesbian tool

Two women left behind a garden cultivator as part of an estate sale, and a quiet testament to queer endurance. Decades later, Scott Terry reflects, their legacy still digs deep.

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The urgent question about AI: How will replaced workers make a living?

Opinion: The AI era is likely to hurt lower-wage workers. We need a plan to support them, writes Michael Dru Kelley.
Mutual aid saved my life. Now, I’m paying it forward
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Mutual aid saved my life. Now, I’m paying it forward

The community stepped in when the system failed Gabrielle Inès Souza. She reflects on how leading The Okra Project returns that care to others.

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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.