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Lex McMenamin

News and Politics Editor

Lex McMenamin is the politics editor at Teen Vogue and a GLAAD Award-nominated writer covering politics, identity, movements and culture. They have been published in New York Magazine, the BBC, Them, the Nation, i-D and elsewhere.
Music

Jasmin Savoy Brown Thinks Yellowjackets Watchers Must Have Some 'Weird Ass Dreams'

The actor tells all about Yellowjackets season 3.
Politics

The Story Behind the Most Powerful Speech at the Oscars, From Palestinian and Israeli Filmmakers

“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality we have been enduring for decades and still resist.”
Politics

Hunter Schafer Speaks Out After Getting Passport Misgendering Her: "F*ck This Administration"

In an 8-plus-minute video, Schafer connected the passport to “historical rises of fascism and everything this new administration represents.”
Culture

Sophie Thatcher Isn’t the Final Girl. She’s Just Getting Started.

“I’m being perceived… that’s kind of f*cking me up.”
Politics

A Year Without Nex Benedict

"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
Politics

"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump

"Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"
Identity

Everything We Know About Trump's Executive Order on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

From what it says to what it means for you.
Politics

The TikTok Ban Only Makes Zuck and Elon Happy — And Infuriates Young People

Politicians have blamed everything from pro-Palestine sentiment on the app to "data privacy," but users suspect it's all about the money.
Politics

Dean Spade Wants You to Think About Your Dating Politics

“All of our movements are made of groups and collaborations that are only as strong as our relationships."
Music

Lambrini Girls Have No Patience for TERFs, Nepo Babies, or Industry Gatekeepers

The British punk rockers say it's "impossible" not to write about real sh*t when the world is “horrible and terrifying.”
Politics

Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted the Dystopia of the LA Fires by Studying History

This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed and 5 schools burned to ash.
Politics

Is the TikTok Ban Really Going to Happen? What We Know

It’s now up to the Supreme Court.
Politics

Mark Zuckerberg's In His Trump Era and Throwing Facts Out the Window

I never thought I’d miss the days when Zuck and Elon Musk were talking about beating the crap out of each other.
Politics

Why Does the UnitedHealthcare CEO'S Death Matter More Than Jordan Neely's?

The difference in media treatment, and in punishment, for killing seems to depend on how much money the person was worth.
Politics

Trans Activists Arrested For Occupying Bathroom Outside Mike Johnson's Office

Teen Vogue was present as organizers were arrested from the women's bathroom across from Speaker Johnson's office.
Politics

US v. Skrmetti: Teen at Heart of the Supreme Court's Trans Health Care Case Calls It "Body Horror"

What trans teens fear about U.S. v. Skrmetti, reported from the steps of the Supreme Court.
Politics

Republicans Are Obsessed With Trans People and Where They Pee

While some Democrats refuse to touch trans issues with a 10-foot pole to evade the accusation of being obsessed with “identity politics,” Republicans are openly obsessing over trans people.
Politics

By Focusing on Reaching Young Men, Who Are We Leaving Behind?

What if Democrats tried embracing the people that actually vote for them and need protecting?
Politics

Kamala Harris Moved Right. Did It Cost Her the Election?

It certainly didn’t help.
Politics

If You're Blaming Young Progressives for the Trump Win, You're Wrong

They offered Democrats a path to winning if they moved on Gaza and climate change. Now we get Trump instead.
Politics

Trump Is A Fascist. Harris Is Problematic. We Deserve More Options

The third party options aren't great, either (and they don't stand a chance).
Politics

Jewish Protesters Target Wall Street Over U.S. Funding Israel's War on Gaza

“As Gaza is bombed, Wall Street booms,” Bottoms director Emma Seligman told Teen Vogue from the action.
Politics

I Let A TikTok Star Guess If I Was Gay or Not. Here's What I Learned

In the era of Reneé Rapp and Chappell Roan, Gaydar wants to see what you really know about LGBTQ+ history and culture.
Politics

Biden's Student Debt Plan Paused Again After Previous Pause Expired

One estimate found the plan stands to benefit “as many as 3 in every 4 federal student loan holders.”