Gender and Sexuality

Gender and Sexuality news and analysis from The Nation

July 27, 2006

No Presents, Please

The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave Katha Pollitt is the fact that our government denies gays such benefits.

Katha Pollitt
June 15, 2006

Prairie Grass Roots

In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on the ballot.

Katha Pollitt
April 3, 2006

Don’t Spare the Rod

What happens when liberals lose their sex drive? American culture moves further away from secular individualism and closer to religious fundamentalism.

Nicholas von Hoffman
March 30, 2006

Anatomy of a Bad Law

Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could fuel the fight to challenge the law in court.

Lauren Bans
March 9, 2006

Unborn in the USA

In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown’s post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusade against abortion.

Mark Sorkin
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January 31, 2006

For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris

Relishing Samuel Alito’s impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.

Esther Kaplan
January 26, 2006

Prochoice Puritans

As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.

Katha Pollitt
January 25, 2006

What’s Race Got to Do With It?

Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that’s only part of the story.

Gary Younge
January 19, 2006

A Is for Anti-Woman

What’s at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.

Sharon Lerner
January 6, 2006

Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS?

Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe sex–all death and no life. Isn’t a sex-positive approach more realistic?

Kai Wright

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Gender and Sexuality

July 27, 2006

The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave Katha Pollitt is the fact that our government denies gays such benefits.

June 15, 2006

In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on the ballot.

April 3, 2006

What happens when liberals lose their sex drive? American culture moves further away from secular individualism and closer to religious fundamentalism.

March 30, 2006

Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could fuel the fight to challenge the law in court.

March 9, 2006

In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown’s post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusade against abortion.

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January 31, 2006

Relishing Samuel Alito’s impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.

January 26, 2006

As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.

January 25, 2006

Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that’s only part of the story.

January 19, 2006

What’s at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.

January 6, 2006

Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe sex–all death and no life. Isn’t a sex-positive approach more realistic?