Forward to the Past Forward to the Past
Most of the time I think of gay rights, women's emancipation and the decline of male dominance as irreversible historical processes, blah blah, driven as they are by powerful mat...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Family Values Forever Family Values Forever
In the marriage movement conservatives and centrists find a home together.
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Judith Stacey
ACT UP Goes Global ACT UP Goes Global
An early US AIDS group employs direct action to oppose injustice everywhere.
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim
Same-Sexers Under Siege Same-Sexers Under Siege
The right-wing crusade to roll back gay civil rights is gathering momentum.
Jun 14, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed
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Jun 5, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim
Abortion on Trial Abortion on Trial
When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. So local authorities used the courts to get rid of him.
May 31, 2001 / Feature / Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy
The Professor of Desire The Professor of Desire
When Philip Roth compiles lists of the writers he most admires, Tolstoy never seems to make it. There's Flaubert, Kafka, Bellow--the touchstones. Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Célin...
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Keith Gessen
Straights Can Change, Too Straights Can Change, Too
The recent New York Times front-page headline "Scientists Say Gay Change Is Possible" left me somewhat bemused.
May 17, 2001 / Richard Kim
Bush’s Antichoice Assault Bush’s Antichoice Assault
In many respects, the recent meeting in Chicago of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), the major professional association of abortion providers in North America, looked like a...
May 10, 2001 / Carole Joffe
Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Congress is poised to reauthorize fearmongering "abstinence-only" sex ed.
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Marjorie Heins