LGBTQ Rights Still Have a Long Way to Go

As an LGBTQ news journalist, I was surprised to learn from The Atlantic that the fight for LGBTQ rights is over. James Kirchick explains how LGBTQ rights have significantly improved within the past 50 years: same-sex marriage is legal, 70 percent of Americans support LGBTQ people, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has been repealed for years, etc. “From a legal standpoint,” he writes, “the movement has achieved nearly everything it…