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The truth about HIV phobia in gay dating
HIV and stigma remain baked into queer dating culture, leaving many men living with the virus to navigate rejection, discrimination and shame.
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Rest and resistance are intertwined. Rosa Parks understood that.
In her later years, Parks practiced yoga as a way to support her body and mind — reflecting a broader lineage of Black women grounding their organizing in rest.
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Misty Copeland redefined what a ballerina looks like. What happens after she leaves?
After 25 years, the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal ballerina performs her last show on October 22.
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Anti-trans policies aren't preventing genital mutilation — they're disrupting efforts to stop it
The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.
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House speaker dismisses concern about restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
Miss United States Lindsey Langston got a protective order against Mills, whom she accused of harassing her and threatening to release intimate videos.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s bicentennial is a call to action
Harper’s voice is as urgent now as it was centuries ago — and her vision lives on through The 19th’s HBCU fellowship and other efforts in her name.
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How The 19th built its inclusive three-year strategic plan
For Alexandra Smith, The 19th’s chief strategy officer, leading the organization’s first strategic planning process meant being inclusive of staff and audiences — and ignoring department lines.
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As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025
The 19th is tracking the emerging trends, firsts and surprises this year as statehouse Republicans brought a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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What Pope Leo XIV has said about LGBTQ+ people, immigration and abortion
Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, will now lead more than a billion Catholics around the world — including 53 million American Catholics.
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Is Trump’s executive order on girls’ and women’s sports still in effect?
Here’s where the order stands as of May 7, 2025.