Social Justice

Whose Millennium March? Whose Millennium March?

Scheduled for April 30, the Millennium March on Washington for Equality--the fourth national lesbian and gay rally on the Mall--may sound like your standard, good old-fashioned m...

Mar 30, 2000 / Feature / Joshua Gamson

Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide

George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....

Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

California’s Knightmare California’s Knightmare

W hen the Vermont Supreme Court ruled December 20 that denying the statutory benefits and protections of marriage to same-sex couples was discriminatory, conservatives began frot...

Jan 27, 2000 / Doug Ireland

Gay Teens Fight Back Gay Teens Fight Back

Jared Nayfack was 11 years old and living in the heart of conservative Orange County, California, when he told his best friend from school that he was gay--"and my friend then ca...

Jan 13, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland

Anti-Choice, Anti-Child Anti-Choice, Anti-Child

One of the favorite tactics of pro-lifers--especially ones who are self-described "progressives"--is to accuse abortion rights supporters of being anti-child, hyperindividualisti...

Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt

How We Ended the Cold War How We Ended the Cold War

It is now ten years since the Berlin wall crumbled, but the question of how and why the cold war was concluded still lingers.

Oct 14, 1999 / Feature / John Tirman

Living La Vida ‘Loca’ Living La Vida ‘Loca’

Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique.

Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano

Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home

Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. Alix Kates Shulman disagrees.

Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gologorsky

No Protection for Gays No Protection for Gays

There's a bill speeding its way through Congress that would shred much of the protection against discrimination provided by the dozens of local and state gay civil rights laws.

Jun 24, 1999 / Doug Ireland

Rebuilding the Gay Movement Rebuilding the Gay Movement

When Republican Senator Al D'Amato was endorsed for re-election last November by the Human Rights Campaign--the nation's wealthiest gay civil rights lobby--the HRC's appalling de...

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Doug Ireland

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