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The Queers Left Behind: How LGBT Assimilation Is Hurting Our Community's Most Vulnerable

The Queers Left Behind: How LGBT Assimilation Is Hurting Our Community's Most Vulnerable

An opinion piece by Colin Walmsley for The Huffington Post

“So while love may have won for middle and upper class gays, many transgender people, queer people of color and queer homeless youth instead find themselves left behind by a community that has become increasingly defined by the interests of its white, cisgender, middle and upper class members.”

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Ireland Votes to Approve Marriage Equality for Gay Couples

Ireland Votes to Approve Marriage Equality for Gay Couples

For older activists, the moment marked a profound evolution for their country. For the world, it suggested how far the gay rights movement has come, to make such a significant step in a country with a storied history as a religious stronghold.

Supreme Court Marriage Ruling: No Silver Bullet for LGBT Equality

Supreme Court Marriage Ruling: No Silver Bullet for LGBT Equality

Black and brown people have been fighting for justice for centuries, and we celebrate the fact that more same-gender-loving couples can get married. But LGBT people of color are facing compounded discrimination based on our race, sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

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Justices to Hear Arguments on Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriage

Justices to Hear Arguments on Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriage

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The session, scheduled to last two and a half hours, is the last public step before a decision, expected in June, that will resolve one of the great open questions in modern constitutional law.

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