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How a Former Blogger Became the New Leader of America's Anti-Gay Marriage Movement

Katy Faust is the leader of the Greater Than Campaign, a new effort of at least 47 anti-LGBTQ groups to overturn Obergefell.

Mar 21 • Hope Pisoni

185 Years of Gay Cruising: A Brief History

Twenty-three events that outline the evolution of how gay men would seek out casual sex in bathhouses, parks and eventually online.

Mar 18 • Rebecca

AI Porn Isn’t Regulated. What Does That Mean for Depictions of Queer Bodies?

“Transgender,” “Lesbian” and “Twink” are some of Pornhub’s most watched categories. What happens when you can create these types of porn with artificial…

Mar 14 • Emma Paidra

As Anti-LGBTQ Podcasters Dominate, Uncloseted Is Launching Its Own Offering

Spencer Macnaughton | Uncloseted Media Weekly Newsletter

Mar 12 • Spencer Macnaughton

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

Today, Georgians will vote in a special election to replace Greene’s seat. Before she officially passes the baton, here’s every anti-LGBTQ move the…

Mar 10 • Nico DiAlesandro

Featured

AI Porn Isn’t Regulated. What Does That Mean for Depictions of Queer Bodies?

“Transgender,” “Lesbian” and “Twink” are some of Pornhub’s most watched categories. What happens when you can create these types of porn with artificial…

Mar 14 • Emma Paidra

My Life With Chemsex and After Parties: The Grey Zone of Substance Use

Toronto writer Kevin Hurren has drug- and sex-fueled benders that last for days. Here, he explores what he’s getting out of them.

Mar 7 • Kevin Hurren

Does the American Dream Still Exist for People Like Me?

I am a Black. I am gay. I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a journalist. And I am scared.

Feb 24

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

Queer AI Romantic Partners: A New Kind of Relationship

One in five American adults have chatted with an AI companion romantically.

Dec 6, 2025 • Emma Paidra

Trump Presidency

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

Today, Georgians will vote in a special election to replace Greene’s seat. Before she officially passes the baton, here’s every anti-LGBTQ move the…

Mar 10 • Nico DiAlesandro

Does the American Dream Still Exist for People Like Me?

I am a Black. I am gay. I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a journalist. And I am scared.

Feb 24

We Spoke to 8 Trans Inmates. They Say the Bureau of Prisons Is Illegally Denying Them Care

Last June, a judge ordered the BOP to restore gender-affirming accommodations for trans people after a Trump executive order. Legal filings and accounts…

Feb 21 • Hope Pisoni

Trump Falsely Links Trans People to Terrorism. Now, a Target Is on Their Back

Increasing threats by intelligence agencies to investigate trans people as potential domestic terrorists are striking fear and anxiety in the community.

Feb 14 • Hope Pisoni

History, Business and Tech

185 Years of Gay Cruising: A Brief History

Twenty-three events that outline the evolution of how gay men would seek out casual sex in bathhouses, parks and eventually online.

Mar 18 • Rebecca

AI Porn Isn’t Regulated. What Does That Mean for Depictions of Queer Bodies?

“Transgender,” “Lesbian” and “Twink” are some of Pornhub’s most watched categories. What happens when you can create these types of porn with artificial…

Mar 14 • Emma Paidra

Conversion Therapy Since 1886: A Dark History of the Discredited Practice

Even though conversion therapy is psychologically damaging, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on the practice.

Feb 10 • Rebecca

Google Sends Parents of LGBTQ Kids to Conversion Therapy Websites. Why?

We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.

Aug 30, 2025 • Sam Donndelinger

Education and Kids

How Fox’s OutKick Relentlessly Targeted a Michigan Teen Girl

Dan Zaksheske has written 18 articles focused on a trans girl who plays high school volleyball. Why?

Dec 20, 2025 • Hope Pisoni

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

5 LGBTQ UVU Students Speak Out After Charlie Kirk's Murder

“I am extremely disappointed with how the media has been approaching this.”

Sep 20, 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

Healthcare

AI Porn Isn’t Regulated. What Does That Mean for Depictions of Queer Bodies?

“Transgender,” “Lesbian” and “Twink” are some of Pornhub’s most watched categories. What happens when you can create these types of porn with artificial…

Mar 14 • Emma Paidra

My Life With Chemsex and After Parties: The Grey Zone of Substance Use

Toronto writer Kevin Hurren has drug- and sex-fueled benders that last for days. Here, he explores what he’s getting out of them.

Mar 7 • Kevin Hurren

Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care

In Minneapolis, heightened immigration enforcement is disrupting HIV care for Latino communities, a group already disproportionately affected by the…

Mar 3 • Sam Donndelinger and Cameron Oakes

Gay Men, Ketamine and Trauma. A Therapy or a Trap?

As ketamine’s reputation shifts from club drug to mental-health treatment, more gay and bisexual men are using it to quiet trauma. For many, the escape…

Jan 24 • Sam Donndelinger

Politics

How a Former Blogger Became the New Leader of America's Anti-Gay Marriage Movement

Katy Faust is the leader of the Greater Than Campaign, a new effort of at least 47 anti-LGBTQ groups to overturn Obergefell.

Mar 21 • Hope Pisoni

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

Today, Georgians will vote in a special election to replace Greene’s seat. Before she officially passes the baton, here’s every anti-LGBTQ move the…

Mar 10 • Nico DiAlesandro

Does the American Dream Still Exist for People Like Me?

I am a Black. I am gay. I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a journalist. And I am scared.

Feb 24

Campus Conservatives See Resurgence in the Aftermath of Charlie Kirk

The right-wing campus group Young Americans for Freedom has a long history, and their prominence appears to be on the rise.

Feb 18 • Hope Pisoni

Canada

My Life With Chemsex and After Parties: The Grey Zone of Substance Use

Toronto writer Kevin Hurren has drug- and sex-fueled benders that last for days. Here, he explores what he’s getting out of them.

Mar 7 • Kevin Hurren

Inside the Canadian Christian Lobbying Group Pushing Anti-LGBTQ Policy

ARPA lobbies in support conversion therapy and against gay marriage and transgender rights.

Feb 28 • Emma Paidra

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

Spencer Macnaughton | Uncloseted Media Weekly Newsletter

Jan 15 • Spencer Macnaughton

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

Religion

How a Former Blogger Became the New Leader of America's Anti-Gay Marriage Movement

Katy Faust is the leader of the Greater Than Campaign, a new effort of at least 47 anti-LGBTQ groups to overturn Obergefell.

Mar 21 • Hope Pisoni

Conversion Therapy Since 1886: A Dark History of the Discredited Practice

Even though conversion therapy is psychologically damaging, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on the practice.

Feb 10 • Rebecca

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

Investigating hate. Amplifying everyday heroes.

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