Gender and Sexuality

America’s Deepest Closet America’s Deepest Closet

Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?

Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Sherry Wolf

Birth Control: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Birth Control: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Birth control is lifesaving medicine. Yet the myth that it is “controversial” persists.

Jul 27, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions

Aside from being an obvious infringement on women’s rights and privacy, the bill promotes unsafe and unhealthy medical practices, as late term abortions are typically due to ...

Jul 21, 2011 / Press Room

New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions

Aside from being an obvious infringement on women's rights and privacy, the bill promotes unsafe and unhealthy medical practices, as late term abortions are typically due to health...

Jul 21, 2011 / MSNBC

Eliminate Co-Pays for Contraception, IOM Report Recommends Eliminate Co-Pays for Contraception, IOM Report Recommends

All FDA-approved contraceptives should be fully covered under the healthcare reform law, a panel finds. Advocates see a win for women's health—and a political win for the Aff...

Jul 19, 2011 / Sharon Lerner

No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé

A shaky trend story gets it very wrong about young women and sex.

Jul 14, 2011 / Katha Pollitt

How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing

How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing

If the Supreme Court holds outrageously restrictive new abortion laws, abortion will effectively be impossible to obtain in states like Kansas and South Dakota—while technically le...

Jul 14, 2011 / Amanda Marcotte and Jesse Taylor

What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement?

Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States. 

Jul 14, 2011 / MSNBC

Why Won’t Michele Bachmann Talk About Her Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Gay Therapy Clinics? Why Won’t Michele Bachmann Talk About Her Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Gay Therapy Clinics?

So far, Bachmann has refused to acknowledge the clinics’ activities, raising questions not just about the business but also about Bachmann’s integrity as a candidate.

Jul 13, 2011 / Press Room

Why Won’t Michele Bachmann Talk About Her Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Gay Therapy Clinics? Why Won’t Michele Bachmann Talk About Her Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Gay Therapy Clinics?

So far, Bachmann has refused to acknowledge the clinics' activities, raising questions not just about the business but also about Bachmann's integrity as a candidate.

Jul 13, 2011 / MSNBC

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