Boycotts Are Back: Queer Travelers Fight Bigotry With Their Wallets
For decades, queer communities have used boycotts to combat erasure and demand liberation.
LGBTQ Rights
YES! Media’s LGBTQ rights coverage highlights solutions bringing us closer to a world in which no one faces violence, discrimination, or harassment for who they are. We recognize that LGBTQ people have always existed across time and cultures, and as such, we recognize they may have unique perspectives to share on current and historical events. In addition to solutions journalism, our LGBTQ rights coverage illuminates under-represented and silenced voices of people who live at the intersection of multiple identities, and boldly names the systemic forces that put LGBTQ folks—and all people—in harm’s way.
Recovering Lost Stories From Trans History
Forgotten or destroyed trans narratives can still foster change for future trans generations.
Beyond the Rainbow
When we interrogate the symbolism of the LGBTQ flag, we can disrupt the myth that queer communities have always been harmonious.
LGBTQ Elders Share Wisdom for Survival
“The Stonewall Rebellion is not over. We are at war, and we are still fighting back.”
Rebuilding the World through Queer Video Games
Video games will not fix a broken world, but queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.
The Trans Organizers Building Better Housing Solutions
Safe housing eludes many trans people in the U.S. Trans-led organizations are meeting the need.
Report From Trans Day of Visibility
Hundreds of people gathered in Washington D.C. on March 31 to mark Transgender Day of Visibility and push back against the Trump administration.
Transgender College Student Speaks Out on Trumpism
As the Trump administration targets transgender Americans, trans college students are declaring their right to exist.
Reckoning: No Bodily Autonomy Without Gender Liberation
Conservatives want to control and own our bodies. We can’t let them.
Murmurations: A Dream for Trans Belonging
We have so much cultural wealth and lived wisdom rooted in our will to survive like hell against all odds.
Safe Havens for Trans Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border
As asylum options dwindle in the U.S., Mexico is strengthening paths to citizenship for trans migrants.
The Queer Organizations Protecting and Supporting Trans People
As more than 500 anti-trans bills circulate in the U.S., grassroots orgs are helping weather the storm and curb the harm.
Unlearning Queerphobia
Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.
Progress 2025: A Vision for LGBTQ Rights
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has promised a dystopian vision for LGBTQ rights. Its ideas are consistent with authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives. It aims to criminalize the existence
From The Current Issue
Serving Justice
On stage and in the courthouse, these queens prove drag is not a crime.
Pride Is Power: How Queer People Are Defeating Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Faced with unprecedented numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills, queer people are taking to the state houses, courts, and communities to prove that love wins.
Centering Queer (Self) Care in the 2024 Election
Leaning into lineages of resilience and care can be a balm for election-related anxiety for LGBTQ people—and everyone.
Serious About Gender Exploration? There’s a Doula for That.
Just like birth doulas, gender doulas support people at all stages of their gender journey.
FDA’s Blood Ban Reversal for Gay Men, Explained
The FDA’s latest move represents a seismic shift for gay and bisexual men as well as for the critically low U.S. blood supply.
The Deadly Consequences of Hate
LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn’t have to.
The Café That’s Upending Capitalism
Cafe Euphoria isn’t just another co-op. Its trans and gender-nonconforming owners are pursuing a vision of radical equality.
States Advance Anti-Transgender Agendas—Part of a Longtime Strategy by Conservatives to Rally Their Base
Some 30 states initiated anti-trans legislation in 2021, and 7 more in 2022.
The Importance of Knowing AIDS History
To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it.
On Board with Queer Labor and Racial Solidarity
It was okay to be gay in the Marine Cooks and Stewards. And in the 1940s, MCS integrated to become one of the most progressive unions in the United States.
Unions and LGBTQ Workers Could Be a Powerful Marriage
History has shown that people-power is one of the best ways to advance rights and win protections, especially when the courts are unreliable.
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