Gender and Sexuality

Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad

The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ult...

Jan 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial

Judge Warren Wilbert has ruled that Scott Roeder, confessed killer of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, couldn't be considered for lesser crimes than first-degree murder. Tod...

Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Nazia Quazi Update Nazia Quazi Update

There's been a new development since my last column appeared: the Embassy has told Ms. Quazi to send an itinerary for her departure. What that means is unclear, because she still ...

Jan 23, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

The Love We Lost The Love We Lost

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

VideoNation: Tony Kushner on LGBT Rights and Obama’s Agenda VideoNation: Tony Kushner on LGBT Rights and Obama’s Agenda

Leading gay rights activist Tony Kushner explains why Obama's first year signals a bright future for LGBT issues.

Jan 20, 2010 / The Nation Video

The Decade in Feminism, Continued The Decade in Feminism, Continued

Surveying a decade of feminism in 1000 words was clearly beyond my powers of compression even after I'd jettisoned the whole world outside the United States. Several people wr...

Jan 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

Willing to Reconsider Willing to Reconsider

OK, so I've been a feminist against marriage for as long as I can remember but I will if you will.

Jan 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Terror in Uganda Terror in Uganda

Uganda is a country where homosexuality is already illegal, where violent attacks are common and where rape is used to 'cure' people of their sexual orientation. Now, a shocking ne...

Jan 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!

One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...

Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt

Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding

The prochoice movement stops playing nice in the fight for healthcare reform.

Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

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