Gender & Sexuality
A Marxist Take on the Attack on Trans Rights
Our sister site in France, Révolution Permanente, interviewed Left Voice member Enid Brain about the attack on trans rights in the United States. Enid covers how the crisis of neoliberalism drives the attacks, the role of the Democratic Party, the need for a class independent approach and organization to fight the attacks, and more.
Sybil Davis
June 30, 2023Left and Labor March for Trans Rights in New York City
Last weekend, the Left and Labor Coalition marched at the Queer Liberation March, highlighting that attacks on trans rights are an attack on workers' rights.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
June 29, 2023The Institute for Sexual Science: Berlin’s Forgotten Centre for Trans Activism
In the 1920s, a fancy Berlin villa was home to a gay Jewish doctor who facilitated the very first gender-affirming surgeries. In the same building, communist leaders held secret meetings with anti-colonial guerrilla fighters. The Institute for Sexual Science was like something out of a Fox News fever dream.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 29, 2023This Pride Month, There is Hope In Fighting Back. Pride is in the Streets.
Pride is in the streets. It is the history of our community, it is the history of our struggle. Let us do them honor.
Sybil Davis
June 2, 2023Target Doesn’t Care about LGBTQ+ People
At Target and Anheuser-Busch, policies of inclusion and diversity have clashed with profit ambitions.
Pablo Herón
June 2, 2023All Trans Kids Deserve Care: A Response To Helen Lewis
Helen Lewis, noted anti-trans author, wrote for the Atlantic on the “child gender culture war,” saying that not all trans children should be given access to gender-affirming care. She is wrong.
Charlotte White
May 19, 2023Lizzo Is Right: We Can’t Abandon Queer People
At a recent show in Knoxville, Tennessee, pop artist Lizzo brought drag queens onstage to perform with her — a clear stand against the recent drag ban passed in the state. This is an inspiring move from Lizzo, but as workers we must take action into our own hands, and take it further.
Charlotte White
April 28, 2023Biden’s New Title IX Proposal Is a Move to Whip Votes, Not Protect Trans Kids
President Biden has put forward a new proposal to adjust Title IX regulations, supposedly to prevent discrimination against transgender athletes in public schools and universities. However, this proposal is not a real protection of trans people, but instead another move by Biden to look progressive enough to win votes without taking enough action to shake the status quo.
Charlotte White
April 15, 2023Fight for Bodily Autonomy In the Streets!
From the attacks on the right to an abortion to the attacks on trans people, it is clear that there is an ongoing assault against our right to bodily autonomy. We must fight these attacks in the streets!
Sybil Davis
April 14, 2023They Took Away Roe and Now They Are Coming for Abortion Pills
A federal judge just banned mifepristone in a staggering attack on reproductive rights.
K.S. Mehta
April 8, 2023