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Today we’re bringing you a selection of pieces that explore the progress of gay rights over the past several decades—and the challenges that may lie ahead. #NewYorkerArchive
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Michael Specter profiles the revolutionary playwright and activist Larry Kramer, who helped transform the public’s understanding of AIDS and the politics of treatment and research.
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.@mashagessen remembers Lorena Borjas, the Mexican American activist whose legacy was one of building community and of taking close, personal, physical care of people.
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Ariel Levy tells the story of how Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for marriage equality.
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.@mcgrathben writes about a combat soldier during the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” era.
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.@kathrynschulz profiles Pauli Murray, a sometimes overlooked activist who was “both ahead of her time and behind the scenes.”
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