Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump Administration Uses Martin Luther King Quotes to Celebrate New Anti-LGBTQ Office

Health
January 19, 2018 by Alexander Kacala

The Department of Health and Human Services will open a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within its existing civil rights office.

A Texas MLK Day Parade Will Honor the State’s Transphobic Governor as Grand Marshal

Politics
January 9, 2018 by Daniel Villarreal

A Texas MLK Day parade will honor the state’s Governor Greg Abbott, a man who supports discriminatory policies against poor people of color and queers

Meet Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Openly Gay Right-Hand Man

History
January 16, 2017 by Matt Keeley

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrate the openly gay man who provided the venue for Dr. King to give his famous “I Have A Dream” speech.

Harriet Tubman, twenty dollar bill, $20, slave, abolitionist

4 Reasons Harriet Tubman On $20 Bills Is A Big Friggin’ Deal

News
April 22, 2016 by Daniel Villarreal

We’re happy that Harriet Tubman will soon be gracing our $20 bills, but here’s 4 other reasons we’re excited

Martin Luther King Jr., gay rights, closeted teen, advice

Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Advice to a Closeted Teen

Politics
January 18, 2016 by Daniel Villarreal

10 years before the Stonewall uprising, Martin Luther King Jr. gave advice to a scared, closeted teen… but was it good advice?

8 Reasons to Defund Planned Parenthood and Why They’re Bullshit

Health Politics
September 28, 2015 by R. S. Benedict

Conservative politicians are threatening to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood, but all their talking points are a bunch of hot air. Come see!

scalia, gay marriage, scotus, marriage equality

Justice Thomas To Justice Scalia: Are… Are We The Baddies?

News Politics
June 26, 2015 by Matt Keeley

Shocking no one, Justice Scalia was on the wrong side of today’s Marriage Equality vote. But does he even realize he’s the bad guy? Has he watched movies?