You are using an
outdated
browser.
Please
upgrade your browser
and improve your visit to our site.
Skip Navigation
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
Gay Rights
June 19, 2023
Tori Otten
Texas Just Got Closer to Banning Drag Shows
Texas has become the fourth GOP-led state to try to ban drag performances.
June 16, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Are Winning Their War on LGBTQ Rights
Approval of same-sex relationships and trans rights is backsliding after years of progress, according to a new Gallup poll.
October 19, 2022
David Masciotra
The Growing Religious Alliance to Ban LGBTQ Books
Conservative Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, have joined forces with right-wing Christians in a bigoted crusade against gay and trans literature in public schools.
April 28, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Reagan, Gay Porn, and Family Secrets Star in
Circus of Books
An intimate documentary about Los Angeles’s queer history
September 24, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
The Democrats’ Disappointing Rhetoric on LGBTQ Rights
Some candidates seem to believe that their past support for marriage equality is enough to win the community's support.
May 27, 2019
Magazine
Alexander Chee
Finding Stonewall
For too long, I knew only part of the story of the riots of 1969.
March 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
Go ahead, Democrats. Support transgender bathrooms.
February 23, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos seems confused about what “civil rights” are.
June 26, 2015
The New Republic Staff
The New Republic’s Campaign for Marriage Equality
June 24, 2015
Michael Lindenberger
The Vanishing Terrain of Gay America
A writer returns to the city where he was raised—and exiled—to find what was lost when gay life entered the mainstream
April 27, 2015
Eric Sasson
America Has Not Reached a Transgender Tipping Point
The media would like to think so. Our laws and statistics prove otherwise.
October 14, 2014
Tom Roberts
Pope Francis Just Ripped the Weapons From the Culture Warriors' Hands
September 4, 2014
Hilary Levey Friedman
Catholic Schools Are Brazenly Firing Pregnant Lesbian Teachers
And they're using morality as a defense
May 20, 2014
Brian Beutler
Republicans Tried to Sneak a Confederate Sympathizer onto the Federal Bench. Here's How Democrats Should Respond.
April 9, 2014
Brian Beutler
Conservatives Fear Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Will Be Purged. Here's Why They're Wrong
March 12, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How "Religious Freedom" Laws Sanction Discrimination
Even where it's already legal
February 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Do the New "Turn the Gays Away" Bills Stand Up to the Constitution?
February 11, 2014
Eric Sasson
If Michael Sam Isn't Drafted, Don't Just Blame the NFL. Blame the Media, Too.
February 8, 2014
Julia Ioffe
The Only People Harassing the Gays of Sochi are the Foreign Journalists
September 30, 2013
Nathaniel Frank
Gays Are Winning the Right to the Word "Marriage," Thanks to the DOMA Ruling
Our Writers
Kate Aronoff
Climate & Energy
Matt Ford
Law & The Courts
Melissa Gira Grant
LGBTQ Rights
Jason Linkins
Power & Plutocracy
Timothy Noah
Politics & Economy
Malcolm Ferguson
Breaking News
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Breaking News
Edith Olmsted
Breaking News
Hafiz Rashid
Breaking News
Greg Sargent
Politics & Democracy
Grace Segers
Congress & Elections
Alex Shephard
Politics & Media
Heather Souvaine Horn
Climate Change
Michael Tomasky
Politics & Ideas
About
The New Republic
’s history
1
2