Gender and Sexuality

Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA

In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...

Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris

Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.

Jan 31, 2006 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans

As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.

Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?

Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.

Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge

A Is for Anti-Woman A Is for Anti-Woman

What's at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.

Jan 19, 2006 / Sharon Lerner

Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS? Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS?

Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe ...

Jan 6, 2006 / Kai Wright

Of Queers and Kong Of Queers and Kong

From Brokeback Mountain's closeted cowboys to King Kong's embrace of Anne Darrow, Hollywood has queered cherished icons of masculinity. But the two films paint a bleak picture: Lov...

Jan 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations, Early Edition Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations, Early Edition

Tsunami. Hurricane. Earthquake. War. Poverty. Injustice. It's been a tough year, but here's a list of extraordinary groups who deserve a place on your holiday gift list.

Nov 23, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

What Would Alito Do? What Would Alito Do?

If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court, his impact on limiting reproductive rights would be certain and swift, due to his record and to two key abortion rights cases ...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored

WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes has just come out of the closet. But why didn't anyone care?

Nov 4, 2005 / Dave Zirin

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