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Consider What You Think a Cowboy Is. Now, Change It.

Growing up in the West taught me that being a cowboy has less to do with how you look and more to do with who you show up for.

Maxton Henley Oct 30, 2026

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Colorado’s ‘Hate State’ Playbook Is Back on the Ballot

In the final episode of Hate State: The tactics behind 1992’s Amendment 2 never went away, and next week’s votes on a trans sports ban and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors could make Colorado the first blue state to pass such measures.

Ann Marie Awad (they/them), Xandra McMahon (she/her), Chris Fazzari (he/him) Oct 29, 2026

The Bathroom Has Always Been Where America Fights About Who Belongs

Historian Bryant Simon writes on a century of bathroom panic, from gay entrapment campaigns to Jim Crow to today’s anti-trans bills, and why he thinks single-user stalls are the fix.

John Washington (he/him) Oct 28, 2026

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Consider What You Think a Cowboy Is. Now, Change It.

Growing up in the West taught me that being a cowboy has less to do with how you look and more to do with who you show up for.

Maxton Henley Oct 30, 2026

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