Mar
24
The GOP’s Terrifying Obsession With Erasing LGBTQ+ People
Banning books, drag, and gender-affirming care are overt attempts to ban our very lives.
11 min read
Liana DeMasi
A queer, Brooklyn-based, New York-bred journalist, author, copywriter, and MFA Fiction Candidate at City College.
Mar
10
Notes from an Authoritarian State
If you’re wondering if this is all legal, so are we.
9 min read
Feb
24
The NYT Refuses to Part With Transphobia, and More Notes on Hypocrisy
We didn’t have a love affair between the far right, J.K. Rowling, and the NYT on our 2023 bingo card (or maybe we did).
10 min read
Feb
10
Black History Month 🏳️🌈 One Hell of a Performance 🏳️⚧️ Trump’s Pledge
Trump makes a case for why his potential 2024 presidency would be genocidal.
8 min read
Feb
08
Corporate Media Are Making Life Worse For Trans Kids
The NYT is especially obsessed with trans children.
1 min read
Jan
26
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Maybe He’s Born With [The Propensity to Lie Through His Teeth]...Maybe it’s George Santos
Santos’ lies, the protection of religious freedoms over LGBTQ+ lives, and the GOP’s legacy.
9 min read
Jan
12
Kicking Off the New Year With…Much of the Same LGBTQ+ News
From Fox’s interview with Chaya Raichik to Oklahoma’s latest anti-trans bill, we have 2023 cut out for us.
11 min read
Dec
15
Another Two Weeks Plagued by Violent Extremism—Or, On Being LGBTQ+
We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re entitled to independent, curated news.
11 min read
Dec
01
Maybe She’s Born With it…Maybe it’s the Crippling Weight of Living in an Anti-LGBTQ Hellscape
We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re entitled to independent, curated news.
9 min read
Nov
20
Another Transphobic NYT Article • The Predictable Crypto Scandal • Labor Strikes Back
The best of independent news from the OptOut network.
8 min read