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Alliance Defending Freedom’s Cruel History with Conversion Therapy

The Christian legal group is currently trying to convince the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy.

Jan 13 • Jake Angelo

I’ve Come Out to my Alaskan Military Dad Seven Times. He Still Hasn’t Met My Husband

At 30, I’m finally living as myself. But the man whose acceptance I wanted most still can’t say the word gay.

Jan 10

The Social Psychology Behind the Trans Terrorism Panic

How Americans are manipulated by online misinformation and political rhetoric.

Jan 6 • Jelinda Montes

The 2025 LGBTQ Year in Review: Lows, More Lows and Rumblings of Hope

Here are Uncloseted Media’s picks for the most newsworthy moments for the LGBTQ community this year.

Dec 27, 2025 • Nico DiAlesandro

A Message of Hope for LGBTQ Kids in America

Uncloseted Media asked Americans to leave voicemails for queer youth, nearly 40% of whom seriously considered suicide in the last year.

Dec 23, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger and Sophie Holland

Featured

I’ve Come Out to my Alaskan Military Dad Seven Times. He Still Hasn’t Met My Husband

At 30, I’m finally living as myself. But the man whose acceptance I wanted most still can’t say the word gay.

Jan 10

Americans Are Leaving Christianity Because of Anti-LGBTQ Animus. Why Now?

As attitudes toward LGBTQ inclusion shift, growing numbers are deconstructing or abandoning their faith, despite the painful and often years-long…

Nov 22, 2025 • Jake Angelo

Days 201-300: Every Anti-LGBTQ Move the Trump Administration Has Made

In his third 100 days, Trump’s legislative assault against the community has further intensified.

Nov 15, 2025 • Nico DiAlesandro

Andrew Cuomo's and Zohran Mamdani’s Complete Track Records on LGBTQ Issues

With the New York City mayoral election just days away, here’s every key move the leading candidates have made related to the queer community.

Oct 25, 2025 • Nico DiAlesandro

In Authoritarianism, Dictators Come for LGBTQ People First. Here's Why

The No King's Protest underscores how many believe Trump's attacks on queer rights are putting American democracy in peril

Oct 21, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger, Spencer Macnaughton, and Jelinda Montes

Trump Presidency

The Social Psychology Behind the Trans Terrorism Panic

How Americans are manipulated by online misinformation and political rhetoric.

Jan 6 • Jelinda Montes

Trans Women in State Prisons on Being Targeted by Trump

Uncloseted Media spoke with five incarcerated trans women in state prisons across the U.S.

Dec 3, 2025 • Hope Pisoni

A Look Inside the Lonely World of Republican Lesbians

While the vast majority of queer women identify as Democrats, these NYC lesbians are proud Republicans. Here’s why.

Nov 25, 2025 • Emma Paidra

Days 201-300: Every Anti-LGBTQ Move the Trump Administration Has Made

In his third 100 days, Trump’s legislative assault against the community has further intensified.

Nov 15, 2025 • Nico DiAlesandro

Education and Kids

Teachers on the Frontlines of LGBTQ Erasure [WATCH]

Six LGBTQ and ally teachers from red and blue states speak with Uncloseted Media Founder Spencer Macnaughton about teaching in America in 2025.

Sep 27, 2025 • Spencer Macnaughton, Sam Donndelinger, and Taya Strauss

Gay Boys and Sex Trafficking: An Under-Resourced Epidemic

Boys make up half of sex trafficking survivors, but there is only one safe house in the country that serves them.

Aug 12, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger

‘Girl Scouts but Indoctrination’: A Christian Extremist Alternative

American Heritage Girls and Trail Life USA teach kids in all 50 states that homosexuality is sinful and that anything outside the gender binary is…

Aug 5, 2025 • Tom Sayers

Biting, Throwing, Burning and Whipping Children Is Still Legal in Many Parts of the U.S. Why?

Under corporal punishment laws, parents can legally hit their children at home across the U.S. How does this impact LGBTQ youth?

Jul 29, 2025 • Spencer Macnaughton and Emma Paidra

Healthcare

The Harsh 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 in 2025.

Dec 9, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger

‘I Look Like an Expert’: The Sexologist Testifying Against Trans Youth Care [WATCH]

James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.

Aug 26, 2025 • Spencer Macnaughton, Hope Pisoni, and E. E. Oliver

More Than HIV: Trump’s Cuts Shatter Kenya’s Health Care System

Trump’s abrupt PEPFAR cuts are crippling critical health care services for tuberculosis, women and children.

Aug 2, 2025 • Hope Pisoni

LGBTQ Youth Have Lost a Lifeline. What Now?

The LGBTQ-specific option on the 988 lifeline gave queer youth immediate access to trained counselors. Now, Trump is shutting it down, despite…

Jul 16, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger and Emma Paidra

Politics

Alliance Defending Freedom’s Cruel History with Conversion Therapy

The Christian legal group is currently trying to convince the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy.

Jan 13 • Jake Angelo

The Social Psychology Behind the Trans Terrorism Panic

How Americans are manipulated by online misinformation and political rhetoric.

Jan 6 • Jelinda Montes

From Alabama to Alberta: How Canada is Pulling from America’s Anti-Trans Playbook

An Uncloseted Media investigation finds that Alberta’s government is using many of the same tactics that were used to pass anti-LGBTQ bills in the Deep…

Nov 29, 2025 • Emma Paidra

A Look Inside the Lonely World of Republican Lesbians

While the vast majority of queer women identify as Democrats, these NYC lesbians are proud Republicans. Here’s why.

Nov 25, 2025 • Emma Paidra

Canada

Heated Rivalry Is the Ultimate Love Story. Here's Why

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Why Queer Spaces Often Fail South Asian Women

Racism and homophobia still affect queer South Asian women in LGBTQ spaces and at home.

Dec 16, 2025 • nandika chatterjee

From Alabama to Alberta: How Canada is Pulling from America’s Anti-Trans Playbook

An Uncloseted Media investigation finds that Alberta’s government is using many of the same tactics that were used to pass anti-LGBTQ bills in the Deep…

Nov 29, 2025 • Emma Paidra

Why Gender-Affirming Vocal Care Is "Enormously Important" for Many Trans People

Trans musician Bells Larsen recorded half his new album with his pre-transition voice and the other half with his voice after transition.

May 6, 2025 • Sharla Steinman

Religion

I’ve Come Out to my Alaskan Military Dad Seven Times. He Still Hasn’t Met My Husband

At 30, I’m finally living as myself. But the man whose acceptance I wanted most still can’t say the word gay.

Jan 10

Americans Are Leaving Christianity Because of Anti-LGBTQ Animus. Why Now?

As attitudes toward LGBTQ inclusion shift, growing numbers are deconstructing or abandoning their faith, despite the painful and often years-long…

Nov 22, 2025 • Jake Angelo

Liberty Counsel’s Deep Network of Far Right Faith and Influence

The Christian legal group representing Kim Davis in the new push to overturn gay marriage is affiliated with a number of organizations that influence…

Nov 1, 2025 • Hope Pisoni

My Boyfriend Founded Uncloseted Media. It’s What I Needed as a Kid

At 40 years old, I am still shedding an upbringing of religious trauma. But today, I feel free.

Oct 18, 2025 • Sean Robinson

Investigating hate. Amplifying everyday heroes.

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