Gender and Sexuality

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.

Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar

Manosphere celebrities—including alleged sexual predators like Tate—are a symptom of a politically resurgent misogyny.

Jul 20, 2026 / Jeet Heer

All this momentum opens the door to reshape the national conversation about equity in women’s health.

What We Can Learn From the Current Menopause Moment What We Can Learn From the Current Menopause Moment

At a time when the Trump administration is endangering women’s health, more than half the states, red and blue alike, have introduced menopause legislation.

Jul 14, 2026 / Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Reem Alsalem

How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide

It’s no coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision allowing trans sports bans echoes the work of Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.

Jul 10, 2026 / S. Baum

Orlando Pride supporters stand in front of a banner about protecting trans kids during a game on March 14, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.

I Quit College Basketball to Transition. This Is What the Debate About Trans Athletes Misses. I Quit College Basketball to Transition. This Is What the Debate About Trans Athletes Misses.

In order to make progress on gender equity in sports, we must expand our understanding of trans people.

Jul 9, 2026 / Maxwell Nagle

Supporters of transgender athletes competing in women's sports gather outside the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond Sports The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond Sports

The ruling is about whether trans people have the same rights as everybody else—and the court said they don’t.

Jul 2, 2026 / Elie Mystal

How Toxic Masculinity Took Over the Texas Senate Race

How Toxic Masculinity Took Over the Texas Senate Race How Toxic Masculinity Took Over the Texas Senate Race

The battle between James Talarico and Ken Paxton has been overwhelmed by demagogic gender politics.

Jul 1, 2026 / Samantha Grasso

President Donald J. Trump speaks via video link to a crowd gathered for the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2026.

They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms

The administration may be reluctant to further undermine abortion rights before November, but the abortion-rights movement must stay vigilant.

Jun 30, 2026 / Julie F. Kay

The founding father included a recipe for abortions in The American Instructor, his 1748 reprint of a popular British textbook.

Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition

More than one founding father knew that to be truly free, women needed control over their reproduction.

Jun 29, 2026 / Feature / Regina Mahone

Participants cross the Elisabeth Bridge during Budapest Pride in June 2025. Viktor Orbán’s now-ousted government cited the protection of children as its rationale to ban Budapest Pride, but demonstrators marched anyway.

Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights

Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guise of protecting children.

Jun 26, 2026 / Ryan Thoreson

The signing of the US Constitution in 1787, in a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.

Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else? Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else?

If we want to make it another 250 years, the Constitution is going to have to do a lot more than protect individual political and civil rights.

Jun 23, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal

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