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Small Daily Struggles Make LGBT People Feel Like They Have to Hide

By Christine Jackson-Taylor — 2018

One big surprise (to straight people at least) is that over two thirds of LGBT people avoid holding hands in public.

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LGBTQ History Month: The Early Days of America’s AIDS Crisis

From Reagan’s press secretary laughing about the AIDs crisis to the activist group ACT UP shutting down the FDA, we look back at the early days of the epidemic.

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Tim Fitzsimons
2018
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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Beyond ‘He’ or ‘She’: The Changing Meaning of Gender and Sexuality

Hyperindividual, you-do-you young people from across the U.S. are upending the convention that when it comes to gender and sexuality, there are only two options for each: male or female, gay or straight.

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Katy Steinmetz
2017
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Belonging to Ourselves and Each Other

Creating spaces where the need to assimilate, conform, and belong are no longer important

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La Sarmiento
2019
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Pushing Past Tokenism

La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.

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Miriam Zoila Pérez
2016
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The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports

The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.

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Masha Gessen
2021
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When this Gay College Soccer Player Was Called a Slur by an Opponent, His Team Rallied around Him to a 5–0 Win

Couper Gunn had talked openly with his team about gay slurs and their impact on him. It impacted him that night.

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Cyd Zeigler
2021
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Seimone Augustus Found Her Voice Long Before Coaching

Augustus, laden with championship rings and now an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks, first realized her true strength fighting for L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

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Natalie Weiner
2021
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Many LGBTQ Seniors Don’t Get the Health and End-of-Life Care They Need. Some Coloradans Are Working to Change That

According to a study recently published in The Gerontologist, older people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer often face discrimination during end-of-life care. They’re also more likely to have their health care wishes ignored or disregarded.

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Claire Cleveland
2021
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The Stories of Those Who Lost Decades in the Closet

A new photography exhibit invites viewers to contemplate the emotional toll of discrimination.

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Alisha Haridasani Gupta
2021
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