Gender & Sexuality
An Anti-Capitalist Guide to NYC’s Pride Weekend
On the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, the WorldPride Parade in New York—with its corporate sponsorships and close relationship with the cops—is not the only Pride event taking place. Here is a short guide to Pride in New York City this weekend.
AJ Rio-Glick
June 28, 2019
No Cops, No Corporations—An Interview with Reclaim Pride in New York City
The Reclaim Pride Coalition rejects corporate co-optation, denounces imperialism and state violence, and seeks to center the most marginalized in our community. They are calling a Queer Liberation March this Sunday. Left Voice spoke with Colin Ashley.
Left Voice
June 27, 2019
When Workers Went on Strike to Defend a Trans Colleague—and Ended Up Occupying Their Factory
Should the left fight for workers’ demands? Or for the rights of trans people? Workerism or wokeism? These struggles are often presented as mutually exclusive. But a factory from Argentina shows that when workers fight for equal rights for everyone, they are fighting for their own interests.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 22, 2019
Joe Biden Out of Stonewall
Democrats have not been friends or allies of the queer community historically and it is unrealistic to think that they will ever be.
Sybil Davis
June 20, 2019
Desire, Repression, Revolution: Jean Nicolas and “The Homosexual Question”
In the 1970s, Jean Nicolas, Trotskyist militant and activist of the French Homosexual Front of Revolutionary Action, published “The Homosexual Question,” a brilliant analysis of the history of the oppression of “homosexuals” and the struggle for liberation, as connected to the struggle for socialism and new human relations.
Ana Rivera
June 15, 2019
Starbucks Is No Trans Ally
The world's largest coffee chain has built an image as a pro-LGBTQ+ company. But it has failed to even prevent discrimination within its own stores.
Autumn Rain
June 10, 2019
NYPD, Apology for Stonewall Not Accepted
New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill apologized for the police brutality at Stonewall. Apology not accepted.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
June 7, 2019
Trans Rights Have No Borders: Johana and Roxanna’s Lives Matter
On the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Johana Medina Leon died four days after being released from ICE custody.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
June 5, 2019
Mass Protests Accompany Eighth Attempt to Legalize Abortion in Argentina
On Tuesday, a bill to legalize abortion was presented in Congress for the eighth time. Thousands on the streets all across the country demanded: Let it be law!
Gloria Grinberg
May 31, 2019
Abortion Access Will Only be Won Through a Broad Grassroots Movement
The attacks on abortion rights aren't new. Here, Anne Rumberger explains why we can't trust the Democrats, we have to build a movement for reproductive justice.
Anne Rumberger
May 21, 2019