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Poland’s Rulers Made Up a ‘Rainbow Plague’

July 14, 2020

The newly reelected president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, holds his hands up in victory

Pride Can’t Go Back to What It Was Before

Spencer Kornhaber

June 30, 2020

Pride marchers carrying rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter signs

The Conservative Case for Liberalizing Divorce

June 26, 2020

The Trans Future I Never Dreamed Of

June 24, 2020

Being Trans Shouldn’t Exclude Me From Health Laws

June 20, 2020

Pink and blue band-aids overlapped

What ‘Because of Sex’ Really Means

June 16, 2020

An illustration of the Supreme Court with rainbow colored columns.

The Shame of Pete Buttigieg

Spencer Kornhaber

February 29, 2020

Mel Boozer Said What Pete Buttigieg Can’t

December 26, 2019

Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Dear Therapist: I’m Afraid My Boyfriend’s Sexuality Will End Our Relationship

November 4, 2019

Girl holding hands with man made of scribble lines

Ways of Being

November 2019 Issue

Illustration of three people in blue, purple, pink

The LGBTQ-Rights Movement Is Changing, and So Is the Supreme Court

October 8, 2019

When Being Gay Is ‘Not a Big Deal’

Conor Friedersdorf

September 26, 2019

Two men at The Atlantic Festival in front of a sign that reads "Unfinished Business: The LGBTQ Summit."

When Kids Are Straight Until Proven Otherwise

August 24, 2019

Desmond Napoles

America Moved On From Its Gay-Rights Moment—And Left a Legal Mess Behind

August 17, 2019

How Schools Reinvigorated the Stonewall Revolution

July 9, 2019

The Unfulfilled Promise of LGBTQ Rights in South Africa

July 2, 2019

a silhouette of a figure wearing a t-shirt that says "Triangle Project"

How One Mom Changed Other Parents’ Minds About Their Children’s Sexuality

June 28, 2019

The Struggle for Gay Rights Is Over

June 28, 2019

A gay-rights activist wearing a rainbow flag walks through the city center during a Gay Pride parade.

Tracing the Internal Queer Revolution

Spencer Kornhaber

June 26, 2019

A Friendship Forged Through the Gay-Rights Movement

June 21, 2019

Celebrating My (Gay) Divorce

June 20, 2019

The Books Briefing: The Coming-of-Age of Queer Literature in America

June 7, 2019

Why Trump Is Rolling Back LGBTQ Health-Care Protections

May 24, 2019

A hand holding a sign that reads "Trans Rights Are Human Rights"

The British Empire's Homophobia Lives On in Former Colonies

May 24, 2019

LGBTQ activists attend a court hearing in Nairobi in February.