Gender and Sexuality

Sex & the Clergy Sex & the Clergy

Exit poll results indicating that 22 percent of voters ranked moral values as the most important factor in their support for a presidential candidate have occupied more than thei...

Nov 24, 2004 / Frances Kissling

Banned in the USA Banned in the USA

To describe the election results of November 2 as a setback for LGBT rights is an understatement.

Nov 11, 2004 / Christopher Lisotta

Mary Cheney, Mary Cheney Mary Cheney, Mary Cheney

Reservists mutiny in Iraq, old people keel over standing in line for flu shots and all sorts of cats leap out of Bush's bag of secrets: According to Ron Suskind's revelatory New ...

Oct 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The L Word The L Word

Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.

Oct 19, 2004 / Richard Kim

Follow the Money Follow the Money

The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.

Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

Roe = Dred Roe = Dred

Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.

Oct 14, 2004 / Katha Pollitt

Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid. Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid.

Democrats haven't made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term.

Oct 7, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Gay GOPers Crash Party Gay GOPers Crash Party

Being a gay or lesbian Republican isn't easy. Social conservatives condemn your "homosexual lifestyle," while your friends (and lovers) on the left see you as part of the antigay...

Sep 2, 2004 / Christopher Lisotta

Goodbye, Mr. McGreevey Goodbye, Mr. McGreevey

How Jim McGreevey perfected the art of swimming in the mainstream.

Aug 17, 2004 / Richard Kim

Homophobia and Apple Pie Homophobia and Apple Pie

Bush keeps claiming to represent "normal" Americans at the expense of "the other."

Jul 20, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

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