“Looking for a Fight”: Police Escalate Violence Against Counter-Protesters at Boston’s “Straight Pride”

On August 31, protesters turned out in hundreds to stand up against the homophobic, xenophobic “straight pride parade” in Boston. The state deployed police forces from across Massachusetts to protect the fascist march and violently repress counter-protesters. A participant in the confrontation recounts the events and explains why the left needs its own bodies of self-defense to combat the right and the state.

Brazilian Police Attempt to Confiscate Book Due to “Homosexual Content”

Rio de Janeiro's police were sent to a book fair to confiscate a book due to homosexual content- a kiss between two characters.

Police Protect “Straight Pride Parade” and Attack Counter-Protesters

The cops maced, beat and arrested the people who showed up to protest the white nationalist and hate-filled "straight pride parade" in Boston.

Against Co-Optation: The Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Today on August 24th we honor the life and death of Marsha P. Johnson and the legacy she left behind. She was a black trans drag-queen, sex-worker, and HIV/AIDS activist with a revolutionary spirit. Marsha was a mother and friend to many, a talented performer, an advocate for homeless trans youth, and a radical black […]

Pete Buttigieg: A Fresh Face for a Rotten Party

Pete Buttigieg is a child of privilege fully committed to the U.S. legacy of systemic racism and imperialism.

Berlin: Queers for Palestine at the Radical Pride Parade

“Queer liberation is anti-racist and anti-colonial.” An interview with Dr. Melanie Richter-Montpetit, one of the co-organizers of the Queers for Palestine block at the Radical Queer March on July 26 in Berlin.

From Queer Struggle to Revolution

In the last 35 years of LGBTQ+ struggle, we have won more rights. But we have also seen greater institutionalization, co-optation, fragmentation and depoliticization of the LGBTQ+ movement. How can we revolutionize the queer struggle?

Queer Oppression is Etched in the Heart of Capitalism

LGBTQ+ oppression is inscribed in capitalist production and reproduction. Only socialism can create the context for queer liberation and sexual liberation for all.

45,000 Reclaim Stonewall at NYC’s Queer Liberation March

On Sunday, June 30, 2019, forty five thousand people marched from Stonewall to Central Park in the Reclaim Pride Coalition’s alternative to New York City’s #WorldPride programming.