Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Aug 21, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State
Scrutinizing the machinery of the "straight state."
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein
Bruno: Offensive, Funny or Just Shocking? Bruno: Offensive, Funny or Just Shocking?
The Nation's Richard Kim and others discuss the admittedly provocative antics of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation.
Jul 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv
Can This Marriage Be Saved? Can This Marriage Be Saved?
We could bash divorce forever, but what's the point? Even Jesus can't keep unhappy spouses together.
Jul 15, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props
The second day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing proceeded as smoothly as the first, even as the judge placed herself firmly in the camp of those who ...
Jul 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Bill Clinton Backs Same-Sex Marriage Bill Clinton Backs Same-Sex Marriage
The former president's reversal is the highest-profile one to date. It may also have political implications for the future of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Jul 14, 2009 / Feature / Michael Tracey
Triangles Triangles
The latest political sex scandal isn't a scandal at all but a circumstance as old and common as time.
Jul 1, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Progressives and the LGBT Movement Progressives and the LGBT Movement
The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
Jul 1, 2009 / GRITtv
Gay Rights Beyond Marriage and the Military Gay Rights Beyond Marriage and the Military
Nation contributor Lisa Duggan reflects on the state of the gay rights movement, forty years after Stonewall.
Jun 29, 2009 / Press Room
Obama’s Stonewall Obama’s Stonewall
Since Obama traced his dazzling arc to the presidency, his stance on gay rights has become murkier, and more Clintonian.
Jun 24, 2009 / Richard Kim