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rights

Gay Liberation Needed the Civil Rights Movement

Two historians explain the many overlooked ways that the two movements intersected.
Michelle Garcia
6.8.20
LGBTQ

Queerness Inspires Us to Envision a Better World

Queers Built This is a multimedia project that asks us to reimagine the tradition of Pride by looking back on its roots.
Sarah Burke
6.8.20
mind

This 'Telefriending' Service Is Giving LGBTQ Elders Companionship When They Need It

Opening Doors London offers friendship to the most vulnerable and isolated in the community by way of a weekly visit from a volunteer.
Christobel Hastings
6.8.20
LGBTQ

How Pride Evolved From an Anti-Police Action to a Brand Sponsored Parade

Using San Francisco Pride as a case study, a new exhibition from the GLBT Historical Society examines how Pride became mainstream.
Nico Lang
6.8.20
LGBTQ

At STAR House, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Created a Home for Trans People

At STAR House, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson created a sanctuary for houseless trans girls in the 1970s. Today, Mariah Lopez hopes to uphold their legacy.
Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
6.8.20
LGBTQ

Spying Before Stonewall: How the FBI Secretly Tracked Gay Activists in the 60s

A trove of previously buried documents tells the story of how anti-LGBTQ surveillance targeted queer people in the United States—and how those people pushed back.
Eric Cervini
6.8.20
LGBTQ

11 Tiny Pride Floats to Help You Celebrate This Year

Come along for a DIY celebration—and make your own float to join the parade, too.
Rachel Miller
6.8.20
tech-science

Scientists Uncovered a Hidden Pattern in a Mysterious Signal from Space

The repeating burst is coming to us in an unexplained 157-day cycle, astronomers discovered, and its active phase should be starting now.
Becky Ferreira
6.8.20
SURVEILLANCE

Agencies Spending Millions on 'Crossbow' Spy Tech, an Upgraded Stingray

Motherboard found various military and federal law enforcement agencies have bought the Crossbow, which appears to target phones on 4G.
Joseph Cox
6.8.20
Games Features

How 'Total War: Troy' Tells the Story of the Trojan War Without the Myth

The spin-off 'Sagas' series of Total War games got off to a rocky start. Can Creative Assembly Sofia get them back on track?
Rob Zacny
6.8.20
News

First Nations Chief Says RCMP Assaulted Him Over an Expired Licence

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam and his wife, Freda Courtoreille, say they were assaulted by RCMP officers in a Fort McMurray parking lot.
Anya Zoledziowski
6.8.20
Policing

Democrats' Police Reform Bill Would Ban Chokeholds But Won't Defund Cops

It would require body cameras, ban chokeholds, end no-knock warrants in drug cases, make lynching a federal hate crime, and curtail military-grade tools for police departments.
Cameron Joseph
6.8.20
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