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Rachel Gold’s 2025 Recap: Highlights and LGBTQ+ Insights

By Ashton Rose

For many in America, 2025 was a year that stretched on for a very, very long time. So many things happened, and Rachel and I were no less busy. Throughout 2025, we wrote blog posts, released new resource pages, and tackled the Big Themes of current LGBTQ+ politics. Check out some of the highlights of the year below.

January 28, 2026

Three No Kings protest posters from Fooleryco

In Flourishing in the Margins, Power of Story

ICE Out: What Can I Do?

By Rachel Gold

I’m getting this question a lot–and below is my quick and incomplete answer. There are some great, detailed lists of actions that I will also link. These can be overwhelming, so here’s a very short list. See the end of this post to a link to the free protest posters from Fooleryco featured in this post’s header.

January 26, 2026

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Queering Thanksgiving: LGBTQ+ Tips for Surviving the Holidays

By Ashton Rose

Thanksgiving, and later December holidays, can be especially tough for a lot of LGBTQ+ people. Let’s look at some queer, crip takes on the holiday and ways you can keep yourself sane and, hopefully, happy and connected.

November 20, 2025

A crowd of Pride celebrants in front of an official building

In Flourishing in the Margins, Power of Story, Queer and Trans Literature

The Role of Big Business in LGBTQ+ Politics, Pt. 2: The Master’s Tools and Jostling Anticapitalist Politics

By Ashton Rose

In this second post, I’ll explore in more depth some of the ways reading that book made me question my own anticapitalist politics. Then I’ll extrapolate on some of the dangers of relying on corporations. Making connections to the work of Audre Lorde, I’ll assert that working with corporations, while valuable, will never let us achieve liberation.

October 15, 2025

The new progress pride flag flying in a blue sky

In Flourishing in the Margins, Power of Story, Queer and Trans Literature

The Role of Big Business in LGBTQ+ Politics, Pt. 1: Gathering Tools from Our History

By Ashton Rose

In this reflection on The Queering of Corporate America, I explore the relationship between big business and LGBTQ+ rights. I share statistics, examples, and thoughts for promoting LGBTQ+ equality.

September 23, 2025

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Embracing Community Pride: Celebrations, DEI, and Corporations

By Ashton Rose

Pride 2025 feels different from past years. It’s a turning point in many ways. A renewed urgency in the face of rising authoritarianism. A space that’s less safe than the year before. And, for better or worse, a lack of some of the brands we’re so used to seeing.

June 19, 2025

person walking on street holding trans rights sign

In Flourishing in the Margins, Power of Story

How Science Can Change Our Stories About Transphobia

By Rachel Gold

Why are people transphobic? Are they born that way, or does it develop over time? Is it culturally transmitted? And if we understand how transphobia arises, can we come up with more effective ways to counteract it? Perhaps most importantly, does the scientific data change the stories we tell ourselves about the world we live in?

May 22, 2025

a person holding a green plant on brown soil

In Flourishing in the Margins

From Surviving to Flourishing: New Hub Pages

By Rachel Gold

But we don’t want to just be here—we want to connect, protect, enjoy, appreciate. We want to move beyond survival and start to flourish. If it feels good to you, add a piece of queer/trans culture to your day today.

March 20, 2025

A wooden bridge in a bright purple forest

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Different Changemaking Paths for LGBTQ+ Activists (and Their Allies)

By Rachel Gold

More and more, American communities have been under fire in the White House, social media, the news, and on an interpersonal level. The Blitz-style attacks used by many (most prominently the Trump administration) are scary, but not as effective as they’d like you to believe. Here are some reasons to have hope.

February 21, 2025

Tshirt with nonbinary flag and text: They IS a Singular Pronoun

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I Know It’s Scary: Surviving as an LGBTQ+ Student

By Ashton Rose

There is no one right way to survive. That’s the biggest message I want you to get from reading this. As long as you aren’t harming others, you’re good in my book. You’ll do what it takes to keep yourself safe. Surviving as an LGBTQ+ person in America is damn hard right now. Don’t make it harder by shaming yourself.

February 14, 2025

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