Michael McGrady Jr.
Michael McGrady Jr., M.Sc., is an investigative legal journalist and essayist who covers topics such as the rights of sex workers and LGBTQ+ individuals in digital environments.
Posts by Michael McGrady Jr.
Queer Memoricide and State Sanctioned Oppression
Tuesday, March 31 was the International Transgender Day of Visibility. This year's day of visibility came at a bellwether moment as efforts intensified to... Read More
War, Violence, and the Internalized Male Toxicity Among Trump and His Supporters
War in the Middle East is upon us again, it seems. Blame the many men in power in all of the countries involved. The... Read More
American Death Squads: ICE and the Administrative Evil of ‘Just Following Orders’
Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Parady La, Heber Sánchez Dominguez, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz, Víctor Manuel Díaz, Geraldo Lunas Campos and Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres were... Read More
From Manifest Destiny to Venezuela: The Abusive Logic of Toxic Masculinity in U.S. Foreign Policy
For all intents and purposes, the United States government is in a state of conflict with the government of Venezuela. This comes days after the... Read More
A History of Gendered Censorship and the Costs of Faith-Based ‘Porn’ Panics
What happens when a small group of politicians’ faith-fueled crusade for a preferred American culture collides with free speech rights, queer rights and visibility,... Read More
Myths of Anti-Christian Bias, Queer Erasure, and the Holidays
Sexual censorship is a favored tactic of the religious right in this country. Very few strategies are more characteristic of their attacks on the... Read More
The Aesthetics of White Heteropatriarchy in Donald Trump’s America
Kate Crawford, a research professor of communication at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, warned a crowd during a... Read More