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Toward a Trans* Feminism

Feminism and trans* activism have been at odds for decades. They don't need to be.

Jack Halberstam

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Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Hillary Clinton and the Unqualified Right to Abortion

Hillary Clinton is the first major politician to support abortion without qualification. And she has never polled better with millennials.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality

Queer in Rural America

Many see gayness as inseparable from city life. But many LGBT Americans—particularly queer black folks—live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.

Hugh Ryan

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Introduction to Reading Other Women

A new series explores how reading works by global women of color is generative.

Rafia Zakaria

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Transparents

When your father is trans, memoir is both personal and political.

Judith Levine

Education & Opportunity, Gender & Sexuality

Pink and Blue

Many young children become obsessed with gender. How do we know which are trans?

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Queers Against Hate

Radical gay liberation laid the ground for the moderate legal gains of gay rights.

Michael Bronski

Forum

The Logic of Misogyny

Moralistic or not, misogyny is not about hating women. It is about controlling them.

Kate Manne

Poetry

The Thing with Fathers

Poetry is offering new candor about the ways men care for their children.

Stephanie Burt

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

Orlando: What’s God Got to Do with It?

Suddenly conservatives want us to believe they care about homophobia.

Michael Bronski

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Brock Turner and The Problem of Punishment

Rapists should be held accountable. But is more incarceration the best way?

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

The Religious-Liberty Attack on Transgender Rights

Conservative Christians are out to restore their historical legal privileges.

David Sehat

Poetry

The End of Gender

Eileen Myles's celebrity shouldn't eclipse her skill as a poet.

erica kaufman

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