After a Grim Year for LGBT Rights, the Way Forward

Expand Participants hold rainbow flags at LGBT Pride Parade in Taipei, Taiwan on October 28, 2017. In May 2017, Taiwan's constitutional court ruled that defining marriage as "between a man and a woman" was unconstitutional. ©2017 Reuters/Tyrone Siu In the US, 2018 heralds a bumper year for queer culture: while award-winning Call Me By Your Name is enjoying widespread public accolade and generous critical acclaim, classics including Torch Song Trilogy, The Boys in the Band and Angels in America are lined up on Broadway. Queer Eye and RuPaul’s Drag Race garner attention on the small screen.…

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