Biden vs. Nebraska, 303 Creative LLC vs. Elenis, and, of course, Dobbs vs. Jackson are just a few of the new Supreme Court’s landmark decisions that have fundamentally changed the nation’s political landscape. To the dismay of progressives, SCOTUS has demonstrated an increasing willingness to strike down prior decisions rooted in judicial activism, in the […]
Tag: LGBTQ
India’s Progressive Step in LGBTQ+ Rights
Deepika Singh vs. Central Administrative Tribunal and others A recent Indian Supreme Court ruling has acknowledged the existence of nontraditional partnerships, including same-sex parents, stepparents, single parents, and adoptive parents, and grants such parents equal protection and social benefits under the law. Previously, the law failed to recognize nontraditional families’ entitlement to parental rights and […]
Gilead May Not Be Far From Reality: The Case of Hungary
Katalin Novak, the newly elected Hungarian President, is all for women’s rights. In a manner of speaking. In a propaganda video shared in December 2020, back when she was Minister for Families, Novak encouraged women to have children and “bear the burdens of others.” She added that other women should not “believe that women have […]
A Fight Over Foster Care, Religious Freedom, and Equality
Catholic Social Services has been providing foster care in Philadelphia for more than 200 years. Referred to as CSS, the agency claims to support “more than 3,100 people every day.” There’s just one problem: CSS refuses to include same-sex couples in the adoption process, citing its strong religious belief that marriage is between one […]
The Alarming Violence Facing Bisexual Women
Throughout the past six months, I have watched five loved ones come out as bisexual and open up to the world in a confident, breathtaking way. In fact, more and more people of Generation Z than ever before are coming out, with 11.5 percent of them identifying as bisexual, according to Gallup. With heightened visibility […]
When Inclusivity becomes Conditional: Racism, Body Shaming, and Femme Shaming in the Gay Male Community
As a crowd of individuals walk proudly throughout the streets, a gay couple affectionately kiss against a backdrop of rainbow. In this community, love always wins – except when it doesn’t. An image of equality and inclusion generally accompanies the LGBTQ+ community, and rightly so. As a group that has been outcasted and othered for […]
LGBTQ: New Battlegrounds
Aimee Stephens was fired from her job. A hardworking, loyal employee of Harris Funeral Homes, she had professionally executed her job for more than 6 years. Why then, was she dismissed? Because she, in fact, was born a he. When Ms. Stephens finally had the courage to come out to her boss, she was fired […]
Past Due: Queering the Democratic Party
In an inspirational feat this past summer, a lesbian Native American attorney bested five other Democrats to secure the Party nomination in Kansas’ 3rd district. Her background is nothing short of remarkable: a Cornell Law graduate raised by a single mother and Army veteran, Sharice Davids went on to be a key political player whose […]
Are Protests Powerful? (It Depends)
Black Lives Matters protesters in Missouri stand together along a highway, with locked arms, chanting and holding signs that read “black lives matter” and “say their names.” But they are surrounded. From above, the buzzing of helicopters compete with the cries of the crowd. On the ground, S.W.A.T. officers appear and the police threaten arrest […]
Marriage Equality in the Trump Era: Looking Post-Obergefell, Looking Past-Obergefell
I was in Montana on June 26th of 2015. I had been camping in Glacier National Park, enjoying summertime, being a tenth grader, not worrying about politics, adulthood, or being queer. Well, maybe that last thing wasn’t entirely worry-free, but June of 2015 wasn’t a bad time to start pondering my adolescent sexuality. Even in […]