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Bringing Men to the Front Lines for Reproductive Rights: An Interview with Oren Jacobson

Bringing Men to the Front Lines for Reproductive Rights: An Interview with Oren Jacobson

Oren Jacobson is a national civic leader, organizer, and reproductive health activist residing in Illinois. Jacobson is a co-founder and the executive director of Men4Choice, an organization founded i...
Sex Will Destroy the GOP

Sex Will Destroy the GOP

How 40 years of puritanical politics will finally come to an end
Sex, Death, and Other People’s Money – BPR Interviews: Copyslut

Sex, Death, and Other People’s Money – BPR Interviews: Copyslut

Copyslut is a band and artists’ collective who have been creating sex-magic, catharsis, and healing vibes since 2017. Also sex-positive sex educators, the band is led by Chatz of Love, an active sex-w...
Politics are a Drag

Politics are a Drag

n June 2016, President Obama designated the Stonewall Inn a national monument – the first such monument dedicated to the LGBTQ movement. While Stonewall is often remembered as the birthplace of the “g...

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Hillary and the Boys: Support from the Gay Community

Hillary and the Boys: Support from the Gay Community

gay community represents one of the most loyal and ardent voting blocks for the Democratic Party, and despite this election cycle’s unpredictable and unprecedented nature, polling suggests that 2016 w...
Twist & Shout For Change! The Beatles, Live Music, and Political Protest

Twist & Shout For Change! The Beatles, Live Music, and Political Protest

Days a Week a recently released documentary, directed by Ron Howard, sheds light on the early touring years of The Beatles as they played across America for the first time. The four mop-topped bandmat...
Out, Proud, and Brave?

Out, Proud, and Brave?

arlier this year, in a statement released by the Windy City Times, Lilly Wachowski came out as transgender — something her sister Lana had done years prior. The news was met with initial elation by th...
Fighting Fire With Brimstone: The Satanic Left and the Instrumentalization of Religious Freedom

Fighting Fire With Brimstone: The Satanic Left and the Instrumentalization of Religious Freedom

most profoundly in the 2014 Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case, and iterated frequently in both political rhetoric and legal decisions, is the government’s obligation to define religious freedom — the Fre...
Winning With No One: Social Conservatism in an Age of Low Turnout

Winning With No One: Social Conservatism in an Age of Low Turnout

June of 2015, when the Supreme Court finally legalized same-sex marriage, many activists began celebrating the end of the culture wars. But while many view the court’s decision as the death knell to s...
After Obergefell, Anti-Discrimination Becomes Activists’ New Target

After Obergefell, Anti-Discrimination Becomes Activists’ New Target

2011, James Pittman, a gay man from Missouri, was fired from his position at Cook Paper Recycling Corporation. He sued the company, arguing he had been wrongfully terminated on the basis of his sexual...
The Fraught Identity Politics of LGBTQ Liberation

The Fraught Identity Politics of LGBTQ Liberation

October 22nd, ESPN ran an article as part of its “ongoing series exploring what it means to be an openly gay athlete in the post-acceptance world.” The piece profiles Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic freeski...
The Night Kim Davis Spent in Jail

The Night Kim Davis Spent in Jail

you have been completely removed from American political discourse and the news media, for the last few weeks, you have surely heard the name Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk whose unlawful and in...

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Queerying Japan’s LGBTQ Rights Movement

Queerying Japan’s LGBTQ Rights Movement

n March 31, the Shibuya ward in Tokyo became the first district in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage. The Shibuya district will now issue certificates to same-sex couples labeling their unions “equ...
Tough Love: Boycott Indiana

Tough Love: Boycott Indiana

Two steps forward, one step back.” So goes the old adage of social progress, and so goes American LGBTQ rights. While the past few years have seen legal and cultural improvements for marriage equality...
Florida’s Bathroom Problem

Florida’s Bathroom Problem

eed to use a public restroom? If you live in Florida, that might soon be a criminal act, depending on who you are. On February 4th, Florida Representative Frank Artiles introduced HB583 in the state l...
The Political Relevancy of Political Correctness

The Political Relevancy of Political Correctness

onathan Chait’s recent article in New York Magazine asserts that “political correctness” is the downfall of political discourse. However, his argument ignores the important rise of identity politics a...
LGBTQ Rights After Marriage?

LGBTQ Rights After Marriage?

he New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all respects of the law, allowing people like Jann Paczkowski to fina...
Why Did SCOTUS Pass on Same-Sex Marriage?

Why Did SCOTUS Pass on Same-Sex Marriage?

’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not ready to surrender the will of the people in the state of Idaho, a...
Laverne Cox: Bridging the Gap Between Fame and Reality

Laverne Cox: Bridging the Gap Between Fame and Reality

n October 17, Laverne Cox premiered her new documentary, Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, on MTV and LOGO. In the hour-long film, seven young adults – Ari, Zoey, Kye, Avery, Shane, L’lerret and Danie...
Emmys and Impact: Dishonestly Representing the LGBTQ Community

Emmys and Impact: Dishonestly Representing the LGBTQ Community

his year at the 66th annual Primetime Emmys, three of the shows which seemed to dominate the award ceremony had significant LGBTQ themes: The Normal Heart, Orange is the New Black, and Modern Family....
Why Marrying Someone Like Yourself Is Bad For America

Why Marrying Someone Like Yourself Is Bad For America

The Economist recently ran a story with the provocative subtitle “How sexual equality increases the gap between rich and poor households.” The story is about an economics paper titled “Marry Your Like...
More Than Blood: California’s Progressive Renegotiation of Family

More Than Blood: California’s Progressive Renegotiation of Family

ith the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last Friday, California is finally living up to long-held expectations of...