By Ann Rostow— Ghosts in the Machines From time to time, I encounter a weekly lesbian multiple choice quiz on Autostraddle. This time, the questions led to one’s selection as…
By Ann Rostow— Okay Boomer Former Senator Barney Frank, who died of congestive heart failure on May 19, 2026, gave an interview to The New York Times shortly before his…
By Ann Rostow— Judge Vacates Kennedy’s Crazy Policy As we went to press last issue, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the anti-trans “Kennedy Declaration” was unconstitutional and could…
By Ann Rostow— What Dreams May Come? As usual, I’ve been procrastinating, clicking on ten random internet links for every one GLBT news headline. I mean, can you blame me? …
By Ann Rostow— Putting the Freud in Schadenfreude I was so excited when I first saw the story about Kristi Noem’s husband posting photos of himself with the balloons under…
By Ann Rostow— Profiles in Courage Bravery might be coming back into fashion, or maybe the California State University System has always been brave, but the 23-campus organization has just…
By Ann Rostow— Cruel and Unusual In the last issue we covered several transgender stories, notably the bad bill out of Kansas, as well as the Trump administration’s continuing clampdown…
By Ann Rostow— The Cruelty Builds For the last two years we’ve been hit with a strong backlash against transgender Americans, who were beginning to make some progress in their…
By Ann Rostow— Gray Areas On February 4, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued a position paper, recommending that transgender minors delay surgical procedures until adulthood. One day later,…
By Ann Rostow— Seeing Was Believing While preparing to write this column, I reviewed a collection of GLBT news items and stories, and I was particularly struck by a piece…
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