3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1395+ words) Legal challenges flared this week over an Inland Empire school district’s alleged removal of library books and, separately, on its efforts to require parental notification on student gender identity — policies strongly supported by the school board president, Sonja Shaw, a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1117+ words) Welcome back to the “Media Front.” New York Magazine set out this week to document a cultural shift in its city. By Friday, choices about how to document that shift had become a media story of their own. “Habibi City,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1239+ words) At around 5 p.m. on July 30, one day ahead of schedule, the DataLounge, a long-running online forum that became a gathering spot for (mostly) gay men, went dark. Just like that, tens of millions of posts spanning more than three decades simply…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (967+ words) Every school day, Vilma Armas watches her 16-year old daughter walk to Miguel Contreras Learning Complex from their apartment near the corner of Lucas Avenue and West 3rd Street. It’s the same intersection where the Silver Platter, a historic LGBTQ+ Latino…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (627+ words) Co-hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan of the far-left “I’ve Had It” podcast condemned homeschooling as “weird as f—” and the “worst” idea during their show on Tuesday. Their comments were in response to a caller to the show complaining…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) The word “degenerate” has, across centuries, faded in and out of fashion and from one use to another, but its latest vogue feels notable. Lately there’s a comic note, a habit of self-deprecation, a sense of toying with the stern…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1088+ words) Victoria Cruz, a matriarchal figure in the New York transgender community who was at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 when a police raid set in motion the gay liberation movement, and who later worked as an advocate for survivors of anti-trans…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (365+ words) Just over 10 years ago, I opened a small bookstore a few hours northwest of New York City. The shelves are arranged by affinity: notable people choose their 10 favorite books; elsewhere, titles gather around more whimsical themes. Early this year, I…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (268+ words) The stars were out to kick off NYC Pride weekend at the exclusive “Café Kallmeyer” soirée in New York City on Thursday night. Designer Daniella Kallmeyer and artistic director Gabriel Hendifar teamed up to put on the special event, which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (348+ words) Michelle Tea: Your previous books are this amazing, accessible scholarship. In “My Bad,” your language is so different — you’re cussing! The academic gloves are off — which isn’t to say that it’s not brainy. Was this just the voice that the…...