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It may have been Pride Month, but June was a pretty rough month in the LGBTQIA-plus rights world. In the wake of the Trump administration

It may have been Pride Month, but June was a pretty rough month in the LGBTQIA-plus rights world. In the wake of the Trump administration
I’ve had a lot on my mind heading into Pride Month 2025, and sadly, though unsurprisingly, not all of it has been positive. The number

In honor of Pride Month, FFRF is publishing highlights about some of the many distinguished LGBTQ+ individuals, past and present, who have made known their

With the fight for trans survival continuing to rage, I’ve been thinking a lot about the reality show “Survivor” recently. If you somehow have missed

In the time between writing my last blog, which covers the upcoming Supreme Court case over the ACA’s preventative care mandate to cover PrEP, and

This might be a controversial take, but I believe in ghosts. I think a lot of people who spend time in LGBTQIA-plus spaces do to

If there is one feeling that I have come to hate in the past few weeks, it’s how I have been consistently proven correct regarding

Just over a year ago, I wrote a piece called “It’s still not actually about trans people.” That blog in itself was a follow up

What is coming in the next four years when it comes to combating the Christian nationalist attack on LGBTQIA-plus rights? Luckily for our ability to
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