Gender and Sexuality

9-year-old Jamel Myles commits suicide after homophobic bullying at school

TSA forces Muslim woman to show menstrual pad in private airport screening

Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento says her own sexual assault accusations are money-driven

Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people is at a crisis point, according to the Prison Policy Initiative

Ilhan Omar wins historic win in Minnesota’s Democratic Primary

Our reactions to Black men embracing in public highlight Black masculinity’s dehumanizing expectations

“Race is a factor in everything”: Mass. progressive challenger Ayanna Pressley defends against charges of “ID politics”

Why you should watch ‘Hook Ups’, a new queer, intersectional web-series about love and dating

PA Catholic church wages war to prevent court report’s release on clergy abuse scandal

The “positive outcome” of the Starbucks arrest won’t save us because it didn’t save Chikesia Clemons

I thought my transness would betray my Blackness. I was wrong.

String of Black LGBTQ+ murders sparks fear of serial killer in Central Florida community

Oakland mourns after 18-year-old Nia Wilson is killed on BART subway station by alleged white supremacist

A course is being taught at a New York college on the crisis of white masculinity and it’s about time

Letter to my Black mother who wants me to forgive the world when I saw it try to kill her

Shuri returns to the throne in her own Marvel comic by Nnedi Okorafor

Black youth need more than public health strategies that read sexuality as diseased and immoral

Comic: Revolution means nothing if it doesn’t include Black women and Black queer folks

Poet Simone John talks her book ‘Testify’ and Sandra Bland’s legacy on the anniversary of her death in AAIHS interview

‘Pose’ actress Indya Moore to star in, executive produce Frankenstein retelling ‘Magic Hour’

NYC performer welcomes a world without anti-Blackness in “immersive abolitionist fairy-tale,” ‘Neptune’

The rage felt so good, until it didn’t: The difficulty of cutting off abusive family members

Anti-Blackness serves again?: Serena Williams is drug-tested more than any other top US tennis player

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions hires Black queer scholar to ensure better representation

As Kennedy’s retirement puts gay marriage on ice, don’t let the issues facing LGBTQIA+ PoC be ignored

New study shows that focus on appearance creates big barriers for Black women in sports

An open letter to my boyfriend after the ghost of my abuser appeared during sex

After 6 missing and killed Black women and girls, Chicago student starts carpool program to protect them

I’m finally decolonizing the queerphobia I learned at home

Comic: Straight people, I am not your Po-Gay-mon

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