LGBTQ Activism

Earlier this month, the right-wing propagandist Christopher Rufo gave his social media followers a tutorial in the dark art of fearmongering—specifically, how to lie in order to stoke anti-LGBTQ hatred. Republican legislators have already spent the past four years filing some 670 anti-LGBTQ bills, with more than 300 proposed in 2022 alone, a significant portion of which target vulnerable transgender children and young adults.

It’s been six years since Jeff Xavier hid in a bathroom at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., after being wounded by gunfire during the second-deadliest mass shooting in American history. “Losing blood, love u all,” Xavier wrote in a post on social media letting his friends and family know that he might not survive. After six months in a hospital bed and a dozen surgeries, he pulled through.

After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement. By Rafael LogroñoTwitter Today 10:12 am fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark March 26, 2021 A group of protesters make a human chain as they wait outside the courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey.