LGBTQ Rights

Build the Movement Against Trump: Stop the attacks on Women, LGBTQ, Protestors, and Immigrants! (5/29/2025) - by S.J. DickieBoston, MA Four months into the second Donald Trump presidency, larger protests against Trump’s attacks on immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ+ community are developing. Trump’s rapid-fire executive actions are meant to intimidate and spread fear. People across the US are angry, exhausted, overwhelmed, and struggling to keep up with the news cycle.  Still,Continue reading "Build the Movement Against Trump: Stop the attacks on Women, LGBTQ, Protestors, and Immigrants!"
Pride as Protest (6/22/2024) - by Ronan Foley & Milena GermonBoston, MA / Portland, ME Pride began as a protest with the Stonewall Riots in June 1969 in New York City.  The Stonewall Riots were far from the first moment of resistance from the LGBTQ+ community against police and state violence—even just a few years before in 1966, the Compton’sContinue reading "Pride as Protest"
ISG In Action: Pride 2023 (9/1/2023) - by Olivia McLaughlinNorthbridge, MA Pride 2023 saw anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment become more extreme and increased threats of violence. On the last day of June, the Supreme Court released a decision allowing businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers. This decision rolls back hard-won protections and opens the door for re-legalizing discrimination based on race, gender, and otherContinue reading "ISG In Action: Pride 2023"
Pride 2023: Defend and Extend Trans Rights (6/1/2023) - Emery Addams & Claire BaylerPortland, ME / Worcester, MAHealthcare worker (personal capacity) On Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Portland, Maine, roughly 25 neo-Nazis organized a march to City Hall and assaulted a group of counter-protestors opposing the fascists. The attack took place in front of the police, who took no action. This march is onlyContinue reading "Pride 2023: Defend and Extend Trans Rights"
CLUB Q SHOOTING: Workers’ movement must fight against far-right hate! (1/30/2023) - by CJ White and Elisabeth Wichser Each year, the week of November 13 is celebrated as Transgender Awareness Week: a time for events, education, and advocacy for the transgender community. This week is followed by the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day to remember and memorialize people taken from us by acts of hateContinue reading "CLUB Q SHOOTING: Workers’ movement must fight against far-right hate!"
Organize Mass Protests to Fight the Far Right (11/3/2022) - By Angus McFarland and T.R. Whitworth This article was originally published in the September issue of Socialism Today! Subscribe here. Across the United States, and in many parts of the world, the far right is on the attack.  Stirred up during the 2007-08 recession, encouraged and emboldened by the Trump administration, and driven to aContinue reading "Organize Mass Protests to Fight the Far Right"
Monkeypox: Next Capitalist Health Crisis (9/29/2022) - by Milena Germon and Ben Desjarlais According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 has infected over 600 million people worldwide and accounted for over 6 million deaths–although bias and underreporting factors could mean that the data we have is a conservative guess at best. When the pandemic initially took hold, it became clear thatContinue reading "Monkeypox: Next Capitalist Health Crisis"

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