By Mark Engler and Paul Engler / TomDispatchMar 10, 2016
Social movements turn issues and demands considered both unrealistic and politically inconvenient into matters that can no longer be ignored. They succeed, that is, by championing the impractical. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
By Kali Holloway / AlterNetJan 8, 2016
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that women are far more likely to identify as bisexual—and it cuts across racial lines. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 26, 2015
The Vermont senator reminded Democrats at an Iowa fundraiser Saturday night of his opponent's shifting stances on gay marriage, the environment and pernicious trade deals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Pope Francis' meeting with the anti-gay-marriage Kentucky county clerk was arranged by an archbishop with known anti-gay sentiments, the Vatican said, and occurred one day after the pontiff met with a gay former student and his boyfriend. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigOct 2, 2015
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals program sets a series of “ambitious targets” for the U.N.’s 193 member states, related to poverty, equality and ending climate change. Saudi Arabia is insisting the organization remove LGBT rights from the agenda, saying they are “counter to Islamic law.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Channing Joseph / TruthdigSep 25, 2015
Roland Emmerich’s new film has rightly been criticized for revising and whitewashing the history of the Christopher Street riots. What many of us fail to realize is that the Greenwich Village uprising was not the first chapter in the story of LGBT rights: Courageous rebels of color were fighting for their liberation long before June 28, 1969. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 9, 2015
Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis' release from jail was turned into a circus by Mike Huckabee, seeking a way to kick-start his presidential campaign. But would Huckabee be defending her if she was denying licenses to interracial couples who want to marry? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 8, 2015
The same Kentucky federal judge who sent Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to jail last week because of her refusal to let her office issue same-sex marriage licenses ordered her release Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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