THE RIGHT NOTES
LGBT
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BEATING BIGOTRY
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ALARMING
UNDAUNTED
A local district attorney threatened charges if Blount Pride hosted its planned drag events. The show went on anyway.
opinion
INJUSTICE
Uganda’s draconian bill has set a dangerous precedent, with Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Sudan adopting similar policies—and intensifying existing homophobic sentiments.
WHODUNNIT
Karen Whitehouse and Helen McLaughlin married on a boat in Amsterdam. Then someone did the dirty. Now their podcast, “Who shat on the floor at my wedding?,” is a global smash.
opinion
DARK PLACE
As a boy, I saw how awful scapegoating was when directed against “Japs.” Today, this poisonous bigotry is being used to harm me and the rest of the LGBTQ community. It must end.
LIVING RENT FREE
A year-old Instagram post featuring a trans man has conservatives spiraling all over again.
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‘SO OUT OF DATE’
He helped catch a killer, has been decorated for heroism, and, according to his doctor, can’t transmit the virus. But Nashville still doesn’t want him on its police force.
ESCAPE ROUTE
“This law is an invitation to kill us all. There is only one way to survive—to leave the country,” one trans woman said after the lower house of Russia’s parliament passed the ban.