In El Paso, Texas, Roman Catholic Sisters Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama and Elisete Signor have established a rare, integrated care model to support immigrants facing the U.S. court and detention systems. Launched in response to intensified deportation efforts, the ministry...
The decline of LGBTQ+ bars across the United States is a complex phenomenon driven by economic, social, and technological shifts. According to Them.us, these vital "third places" are closing at an alarming rate; between 2007 and 2019, nearly 37%...
Cynthia Slater (1945–1989) was a transformative figure in queer history, pioneering the integration of women and safer sex education into the BDSM and leather communities. In 1974, she co-founded the Society of Janus in San Francisco, one of the...
Financial abuse is a pervasive form of domestic violence where an individual exerts power by controlling a partner’s access to economic resources. Them.us reports that this tactic is often used to create dependency, making it difficult for survivors to...
Last month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an historic executive order establishing the city’s first-ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs. To lead the new department, Mamdani appointed Taylor Brown, a prominent civil rights attorney formerly with the...
An article published by Yahoo News examines growing scrutiny surrounding Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and U.S. Army veteran, and now Secretary of Defense. The focus centers on Hegseth’s ties to Christian dominionism and his public rhetoric...
