LGBTQ2S+ liberation

LGBTQ marriage equality fight moves ahead

For almost 400 years, since the first English settlers began stealing land from the original inhabitants of North America, legal…

January 19, 2015

Tribute to Leslie Feinberg

She brought ‘trans’ into labor’s vocabulary In 1895, the year that Frederick Engels died, a 25-year-old V.I. Lenin wrote a…

December 14, 2014

Michigan struggle demands transgender civil rights

Detroit — The victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer movement in…

December 11, 2014

A tribute to Leslie Feinberg

Many people involved in the fight for a better world are at this time feeling a great sadness at the…

December 3, 2014

Phony gay rights bill throws trans community under the bus in Michigan

There is no question that the victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the LGBTQ movement. Two-thirds of…

December 2, 2014

Leslie Feinberg: comrade, mentor, friend

I loved my friend. He went away from me. There’s nothing more to say. The poem ends, Soft as it…

November 23, 2014

Trans Day of Remembrance: ‘Why we need a revolution’

Nov. 20 — Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. And I'd like to share an anecdote. Back in 2012 there…

November 23, 2014

Leslie Feinberg – A communist who revolutionized transgender rights

Leslie Feinberg, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, died on Nov. 15.…

November 18, 2014

Same-sex marriage fight not over

After being buoyed by a string of victories, the movement for the right to marry was set back Nov. 6…

November 13, 2014

Syracuse, N.Y., students fight for equal education for all

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Chanting “Education is a right, not just for the rich and white!” students marched on the administration…

November 7, 2014