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The Surprising Reason for the New Homophobia

Spencer Kornhaber

March 27, 2026

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The Question That the Lawyers Representing Trans Athletes Didn’t Answer

January 16, 2026

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The Supreme Court Is Giving Liberals an Opportunity

October 6, 2025

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The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books

Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

August 20, 2025

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A Novelist’s Cure for the ‘Loneliness Epidemic’

July 29, 2025

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I Left My Church—And Found Christianity

July 15, 2025

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A Strange Time to Be Trans

July 12, 2025

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This Pride Month, the Backlash Has Officially Arrived

June 25, 2025

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The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving

June 24, 2025

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Why Is the Trump Administration Deleting a Paper on Suicide Risk?

February 10, 2025

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The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There

January 29, 2025

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The Problem With the Government’s Pansexual Pride Day Post

Conor Friedersdorf

December 10, 2024

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The Positions That the Democrats Won’t Defend

October 23, 2024

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The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale

November 2024 Issue

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New, Ominous Signs for Gay Rights Keep Emerging

David A. Graham

June 26, 2024

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Time-Travel Thursdays

The Two Women Who Wrote as ‘Michael Field’

May 23, 2024

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The Queerest Thing About Taylor Swift

Spencer Kornhaber

January 10, 2024

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Trump’s Plan to Police Gender

Spencer Kornhaber

January/February 2024 Issue

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El plan de Trump para vigilar el género

Spencer Kornhaber

December 7, 2023

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When the State Has a Problem With Your Identity

Hanna Rosin and Ethan Brooks

August 31, 2023

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A Trans Prom on the Capitol Lawn

Danielle McLean

May 25, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

Why the Far Right Is Fixated on Drag Queens

Kelli María Korducki

December 8, 2022

The drag queen Yuhua Hamasaki holds up "The Family Book" on an outdoor stage holding a microphone.

Pluralism Has Life Left in It Yet

November 18, 2022

Why Did Gay Rights Take So Long?

November 9, 2022

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Gay Men Need a Specific Warning About Monkeypox

May 28, 2022

Monkeypox under the microscope

Bill Maher Isn’t a Liberal Anymore

Molly Jong-Fast

May 26, 2022

The Shadow That Queerbaiting Casts on Gay Romance

April 9, 2022

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20 Reader Views on Transgender People in Competitive Sports

Conor Friedersdorf

March 28, 2022

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The Atlantic Daily: Pride Is Expanding Exactly as It Should

June 25, 2021

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America In Person

The Pride Flag Has a Representation Problem

June 23, 2021

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The Generational Clash at Pride Is Actually a Sign of Progress

Spencer Kornhaber

June 16, 2021

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The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok

Conor Friedersdorf

April 7, 2021

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The Sad Déjà Vu of It’s a Sin

Spencer Kornhaber

March 11, 2021

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How One Supreme Court Decision Increased Discrimination Against LGBTQ Couples

Netta Barak-Corren

February 6, 2021

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A New Day for Queer People in the South

December 1, 2020

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‘Religious Equality’ Is Transforming American Law

Zalman Rothschild

October 29, 2020

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