For the first time in U.S. history, a former commander in chief has been charged under the Espionage Act with jeopardizing national security. Equally dangerous, he is working to erode the rule of law rather than bend to it. 

Grace, your confusion about transgender kids is understandable and shared by most Americans our age.

“Love makes a family,” the saying goes — but for a host of rights and protections, legal ties between parents and children are what matter. For many LGBTQ parents, however, paths to obtaining or securing these parentage ties are unclear, expensive, humiliating, and lengthy, leaving their children vulnerable, as a new report describes.  

The current political drama over drag shows is just another chapter in a long playing story of heterosexuals getting upset when queer people become too visible. Female impersonation has a long and distinguished history, from ancient Greek theater to the 16th and 17th century English stage to Japan’s Kabuki tradition.