The Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values was nothing if not a monument to the homophobia raging across the continent.

Diana RamosJuly 24, 2025Currents, Latest, Daniel Itai

Half-Erased: Trump’s Bisexual Vanishing Act at Stonewall

The Trump administration tried to erase bisexuality from government websites, but they only awakened a sleeping giant.

Diana RamosJuly 15, 2025Currents, Latest, Joseph McFadden

How Two and a Half Men Epitomized the Rise of Trump

Behind the sitcom shenanigans, Two and a Half Men captured the ethos of pre-Trump America — glamorizing excess, deception, and a performative masculinity that set the stage for the cultural chaos to come.

Diana RamosJuly 11, 2025Currents, Latest, Rio Veradonir

How Outing a Gay Billionaire Ignited Today's Culture Wars

How the confluence of GamerGate, Peter Thiel, Gawker, and Hulk Hogan changed politics.

Diana RamosJuly 9, 2025Currents, Latest, Alexander Von Sternberg

The Queering of Right-Wing Populism

Left-wing LGBT activism has not only fallen flat with the public — it’s driving away LGBT moderates.

Diana RamosJuly 3, 2025Currents, Latest, Mathew Giagnorio, C - Two and a Half Men

Liberal Socialism: A Liberalism of Hope

Until liberals rediscover the fundamental truths of their own tradition, right-wing populists will continue to eat their lunch.

Diana RamosJune 30, 2025Currents, Latest, Matt McManus

The Secret Double Lives of LGBT Iranians: An Interview With Majid Parsa

When same-sex love can spell death, gay and bi Iranians party like there’s no tomorrow.

Diana RamosJune 26, 2025Currents, Latest, Jamie Paul

Simply Unerasable: The End of Gay Biphobia

Gay and lesbian communities may never fully outgrow their biphobia, but bi people will outgrow their reliance on gay and lesbian communities.

Diana RamosJune 24, 2025Currents, Latest, Jamie Paul, C - Half Erased

I Wasn’t “Born This Way”, and I’m Proud of It

The evidence for a so-called “gay gene” has never materialised, and the desire for its existence has always been misguided.

13 Agony, 13 Elites, 13 Defense, 13 Activism, 13 Puritan, 13 Heresy, 13 Glennda, 13 Biological, 13 MBOA, 13 Problem, 13 AFDiana RamosJune 15, 2025ISSUE13, Julie Bindel

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Heresy

I let my need to belong derail my ability to voice valid concerns about youth gender issues.

13 Born, 13 Activism, 13 AF, 13 Biological, 13 Defense, 13 Elites, 13 Glennda, 13 Heresy, 13 MBOA, 13 Problem, 13 PuritanDiana RamosJune 15, 2025ISSUE13, Lisa Selin Davis

Queer Elites Are Still Elites

The self-deputized class of elite queer spokespeople claim to fight for all LGBT folks, but they end up only helping themselves.

13 Activism, 13 AF, 13 Agony, 13 Biological, 13 Born, 13 Defense, 13 Glennda, 13 Heresy, 13 MBOA, 13 Problem, 13 PuritanDiana RamosJune 15, 2025ISSUE13, Musa al-Gharbi

In Defense of Drag

Some feminists claim that drag is a mockery of women, but it actually looks a lot like an homage.

13 AF, 13 Agony, 13 Biological, 13 Born, 13 Elites, 13 Glennda, 13 Heresy, 13 MBOA, 13 Problem, 13 Puritan, 13 ActivismDiana RamosJune 15, 2025ISSUE13, Shannon Thrace

Trans Activism Comes to Jesus

At the crossroads of trans activism and Christian churches, heresy is in the eye of the beholder.

13 AF, 13 Agony, 13 Biological, 13 Born, 13 Defense, 13 Elites, 13 Glennda, 13 Heresy, 13 MBOA, 13 Problem, 13 PuritanDiana RamosJune 15, 2025ISSUE13, Cori Cohn

A Puritan’s History of the United States

From the pilgrims to the culture wars, Americans owe their star-spangled urge to become heretic-hunting, purity-obsessed sexual busybodies to the Puritans.