HB 658 perpetuates the dangerous belief that if we forbid children from receiving therapy, then their gender identities will just go away. Read more
How Schools Could Be Forced To Out Transgender Students
Society+Politics
The Not-So-Secret Materialism of ‘Queer Eye’
‘Queer Eye’ encourages its heroes to be themselves—as long as they’re buying the right things. Read more
How Fenty’s Moroccan Spice Palette Excludes Moroccan Women From Its Mission Of ‘Inclusivity’
Orientalism still harms, even if it’s not done maliciously. Read more
The Moral Panic Behind Sex Ed
The way we teach sex has long been about our feelings. What’ll it take to focus on the facts? Read more
Mongolian Pride: LGBTQ Activism In One Developing Country
In Mongolia, LGBTQ activists are leveraging political transition to create progressive change. Read more
Sensing Danger Before It’s Visibly Apparent (And Other Useful Lessons In A World Rife With Destruction)
Humans are repositories of composite knowledge, learned by rote because of necessity or habit, much of which sits below, glacially submerged. Read more
Dear Non-Southern White Nationalists: The South Is Not Your Racist Paradise
A red-painted map camouflages all the purple that today is the reality of the old Confederacy, and the Californian waving a Confederate flag wants to render all these real Southerners invisible. Read more
The Open Wound Of Border Country
What do we lose when we try to define where ‘we’ begin and where ‘they’ end? Read more
The Uselessness Of Political Correctness
‘Political Correctness’ is an easy way to dismiss arguments about marginalization. For better or worse, it’s time we gave it up. Read more
Opioid Addiction Looks Much Different In Arab America
Arab American communities face the tribulations of war at home compounded with the problem of addiction. Read more