In Authoritarianism, Dictators Come for LGBTQ People First. Here's Why: The No King's Protest underscores how many believe Trump's attacks on queer rights are putting American democracy in peril. Sam Donndelinger, Spencer Macnaughton, and Jelinda Montes, Uncloseted Media, Oct 21, 2025
"Our silly queer lives and our silly queer drama and our endless arguing about terminology, it’s fundamentally incompatible with authoritarianism because it’s fundamentally a declaration that we either defy classification entirely (my preference) or we at least get to dictate that classification amongst ourselves. The state wants to be the one who decides which of us are valid. It doesn’t want to let us hash that out ourselves in mean-spirited Instagram reels." (Our Visibility is Somehow a Threat to Power, or: on Trans Day of Visibility, Margaret Killjoy, Mar 31, 2026)
Read the ruling, March 31, 2026: CHILES v. SALAZAR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES, ET AL (PDF download).
Supreme Court Rules Against Conversion Therapy Bans On Transgender Day Of Visibility: "The fallout could be catastrophic," said Justice Jackson in her lone dissent of the 8-1 opinion. Erin Reed, Mar 31, 2026
