Matthew Shepard’s Legacy 25 Years Later
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. On October 12, 1998, at12:53 a.m., Matthew Shepard was pronounced dead at the trauma center of
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Where Is Our Army? A LGBTQ Call to Action
Editorial By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Twenty years ago while working for the New York Blade newspaper, I covered NYC Pride
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The UpStairs Lounge Fire – Insult Added to Ashes 50 Years Ago
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it was the single biggest loss of life in New Orleans.
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Honoring The Pulse Massacre 7th Anniversary
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Seven years ago, the worst massacre of Americans by gun violence, at that time in history,
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Teachers Have Had Enough of “Don’t Say Gay” And Are Fighting Back
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. In 1978, San Francisco City Supervisor, Harvey Milk and his coalition of politicians and community organizers
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WATCH: John Oliver Smashes Ron DeSantis in his Fascist Face
Over the last four years, we’ve watched Governor Ron DeSantis devolve from Trump toady to an autocrat bent on turning
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023 – Is Past Becoming Prologue?
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. For the dead and the living, We must bear witness.” – Elie Wiesel International Holocaust Remembrance
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Club Q – What Love Created, Hate Can Never Take
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. In the aftermath of another targeted mass shooting of LGBTQ people at Club Q in Colorado
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In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776/Incongruous, July 4, 2022
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. As a kid on the Fourth of July, I loved all the red, white, and blue
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‘Don’t Say Gay,’ How the New Right is Outlawing LGBT+ Progress
By Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. On March 8th the Florida Senate passed the “Parental Rights in Education” bill better known as
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