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Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Beyond Choice

Liberalism cannot simply be extended to the uterus. Reproductive justice requires a vision of the social body.

Abby Minor

Gender & Sexuality

Keep Pride Nude

Arguments that kink has no place in a post-#MeToo Pride may appear reasonable, but celebrating public sexuality is an important step toward a future free of racism and homophobia.

Joseph J. Fischel

Gender & Sexuality

How Do Gender Transitions Happen?

The public’s obsession with why some people are trans burdens an already marginalized community, and misses the opportunity to ask more interesting questions about identity formation.

Jules Joanne Gleeson

Arts in Society

Working on Our Primal Scream

Amidst a boys’ club of ’70s-era comics, Shary Flenniken’s ‘Trots and Bonnie’ was unique for its feminist depiction of the political and sexual awakening of young women.

John Crowley

Gender & Sexuality

Violence Has No Gender

The penalties of gender and sexual violence are not equally distributed, but psyche violence is genderless.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

With Gay Adoption Decision, Will the Supreme Court Erode the Regulatory State?

On the surface, Fulton v. Philadelphia poses a question about religious conscience—but its proponents hope it will enable conservatives to pick and choose which laws they have to follow.

Joanna Wuest, Briana Last

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Congress Could Legislate ‘Roe v. Wade’ and Still Fail Women

‘Roe v. Wade’ only guaranteed the right to patients’ privacy. A federal abortion law would need to go so much further.

Rachel Rebouché

Arts in Society

Women Who Fly: Nona Hendryx and Afrofuturist Histories

Labelle's Sun Ra tribute concert shows how Black women artists and scientists have often been at the vanguard of their disciplines—though most are still awaiting due recognition.

Emily Lordi

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

The Violent Embrace

The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars—particularly the Korean War—and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.

Jessie Kindig

Gender & Sexuality

The Death of the Gay Bar

The pandemic may spell the end of many gay bars, but apps and increased acceptance for LGBTQ people meant most were already on the rocks. Should we mourn their passing?

Samuel Clowes Huneke

Arts in Society

Ancestral Wealth

The Sacred Black Masculine in My Life

Tyehimba Jess

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

Why We Shouldn't Compare Transracial to Transgender Identity

Unlike gender inequality, racial inequality primarily accumulates across generations. Transracial identification undermines collective reckoning with that injustice.

Robin Dembroff, Dee Payton

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