Gender and Sexuality

Opportunities in Abstinence Training Opportunities in Abstinence Training

Chastity advocates: Lay off the adolescents and concentrate on the vast numbers of middle-aged and elderly who aren't getting any. Make them feel good about their lifestyle choice!

Aug 1, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

The Virginity Mystique The Virginity Mystique

Wendy Shalit's new book pits "good girls" against "girls gone wild." But where's the middle ground?

Jul 19, 2007 / Feature / Nona Willis Aronowitz

A Challenge to Progressives on Choice A Challenge to Progressives on Choice

New reproductive technologies that could allow the rich to become genetically richer and the poor even more disadvantaged are challenging progressives to take a fresh look at core ...

Jul 18, 2007 / Samuel Berger

Sanger vs. Sanger Sanger vs. Sanger

Demonized for decades by ideological foes on the right and left, the mother of the birth control movement is finally able to speak for herself.

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Winning the War of Words Winning the War of Words

Prochoice activists are taking a page from the right by applying a values-driven strategy designed to prevent abortions.

Jun 1, 2007 / Feature / Stephanie Condon

Welcome, Baby Cheney Welcome, Baby Cheney

Now that Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter has presented him with a grandson, maybe it's time for Grandpa to join PFLAG.

May 30, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Misjudging Women Misjudging Women

In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.

May 16, 2007 / Feature / Jessica Arons

Regrets Only Regrets Only

The Supreme Court's recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Curbing Abortion Rights Curbing Abortion Rights

Newcomer Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito showed their true stripes by supporting a landmark late-term abortion ban.

Apr 18, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert

John Amaechi’s Timeout John Amaechi’s Timeout

The openly gay former NBA star speaks eloquently against homophobia, the war in Iraq and racism.

Apr 4, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin

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