LGBTQIA2S+ liberation

The working class and the global capitalist crisis

The following excerpts are from remarks by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party First Secretary, at a May 19 New York…

May 27, 2022

No new jails! Tear Down the Walls commentary

The prisons, jails and detention centers in New York City have long been evolving in service of capitalism. From their…

May 25, 2022

Justice for Vivien Barrett

April 23 was a pleasant spring afternoon on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) campus. Parents of prospective students roamed…

April 29, 2022

Trans Day of Visibility celebrated

To mark Transgender Day of Visibility — celebrated internationally on March 31 — activists gathered for a small rally outside…

April 4, 2022

‘Save our children’ − from bigotry and hatred!

Right-wing forces are generating legalized hatred and bigotry in the U.S. under the banner of “Save Our Children!” In Texas,…

March 16, 2022

Queer people and the U.S. communist movement, 1969-1979

In 1966, one of the first transgender-led rebellions occurred in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot…

January 14, 2022

In Cuba, how La Güinera made room for more gender 

This lightly edited excerpt is from part 105 of Leslie Feinberg’s “Lavender and Red” series on the interconnections between LGBTQ+…

January 14, 2022

Queer people and the U.S. Communist movement, 1950-1969

Communists the world over fight for the liberation of the working class and the oppressed. From the very start, scientific…

January 5, 2022

Fighting Uber transphobia

On June 1, as part of its “Pride Month” publicity campaign, Uber announced “plans” to “create a safer, more inclusive…

December 20, 2021