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Barney Frank’s Decades-Long Quest to Save Democrats
Barney Frank had a remarkably consistent message for his party, from early in his career until his last days: Moderate or die.
Charles Lane
Would You Travel to Korea for a New Face? Ben Kawaller Did.
Korean facials for $5,000, how ‘gay’ became ‘queer,’ and Met Gala madness—on this episode of ‘Second Thought.’
Suzy Weiss
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I De-transitioned. My Body Will Never Be the Same.
Doctors told me I was transgender at 13. I’m 23 now, permanently altered, and fighting to make sure it never happens to another child.
Jonni Skinner
The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is Making Gay Kids Trans
Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
James Kirchick
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for…
Benjamin Ryan
Everyone Needs to Stop Being So Weird About the Gay Hockey Show
‘Heated Rivalry’ is the equivalent of smashing together two Ken dolls: harmless, but also odd.
River Page
Can Someone Let Joe Biden Know He’s a Gay Icon Now?
The former president’s relationship with the gay community is at best transactional, so why are they giving him an award?
River Page
Letters to the Editor: The Fight over Conversion Therapy
‘We can’t stop conversion therapy. But we have to try,’ wrote River Page on Monday. Our readers continue the conversation.
The Free Press
Why Did Apple Remove China’s Gay Dating Apps?
Patrick McGee, author of ‘Apple in China,’ on how the company’s quiet removal of two major gay dating apps shows how deeply the company is entangled in…
River Page
Why Gay Marriage Is Safe from the Supreme Court—for Now
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has never shown much enthusiasm for same-sex marriage. So why did they just pass up an opportunity to repeal…
Jed Rubenfeld
This Week in Canada: Don’t Take an Israeli Flag to a Pride Parade
A sigh of relief on tariffs, Hamas thanks Canada again, Justin Trudeau lives his best life, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
The Revisionist History of Pride Month
We have gay rights because thousands of ordinary people were brave enough to live openly, not because a trans woman of color threw a brick at a bar.
River Page
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