Gender and Sexuality

Civil Rights, But Not Unions, Come to Kalamazoo Civil Rights, But Not Unions, Come to Kalamazoo

Marriage equality dominates the national conversation about LGBT rights, while basic battles against job and housing discrimination are still fierce. LGBT residents of Kalamazoo, M...

Mar 24, 2010 / Anna Clark

Stupak vs. The Nuns Stupak vs. The Nuns

Just how many saved lives does he have to oppose before Stupak's stripped of the term "pro-life" once and for all?

Mar 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders

A Right to Life for the Living A Right to Life for the Living

African-American children face threats to their survival, and African-American women are confronted with challenges to their capacity to parent healthy children. But shaming misinf...

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Payback for Prochoicers Payback for Prochoicers

It's our turn now--and here's our list.

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Hey, Sailor… Hey, Sailor…

The closet persists, for Eric Massa and for countless others.

Mar 18, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation

Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation

In honor of Women's History Month, The Nation has compiled a collection of articles from the magazine's archive dating back to 1865. We present them with an accompanying slide show that features milestones in women's history and the courageous women behind them.

Mar 8, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Global Women: Good News, Bad News Global Women: Good News, Bad News

What makes for the most gender-egalitarian country in the world?

Mar 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Receding Sexual Rights in VA Receding Sexual Rights in VA

Virginia's governor repeals protection against sexual discrimination and may cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

Feb 23, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In! Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In!

Who would have thought that it is easier to be gay in the world of college lacrosse than in men's figure skating? 

Feb 22, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand

Today's Tiger Woods press conference was an exercise in painful self-abasement that will achieve the opposite of its intended effect. I haven't seen anything this painfully scripte...

Feb 19, 2010 / Dave Zirin

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