Gender and Sexuality

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo, 2022.

The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

Oct 6, 2025 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Sister Jeannine Gramick marching alongside individuals at Prague Pride for faith and inclusion, holding a banner that reads “LGBTQ věřící” (“LGBTQ believers”).

The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church

At a time when our politics is openly hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, communities like New Ways Ministries are offering a vision of religion not as judgment but as sanctuary.

Oct 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Amara McEvoy

Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything

Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything

It’s a long-standing tradition to blame all manner of social ills on women, without any basis in fact.

Sep 30, 2025 / Katha Pollitt

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime? How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.

Sep 30, 2025 / Aziza Ahmed

A 35mm film photo shows an automobile making its way down an empty dirt road in Badlands National Park, 1940.

On the Road With Joe Westmoreland On the Road With Joe Westmoreland

The writer’s only novel, Tramps Like Us, is a classic of queer literature—one that crystallizes the agony and the ecstasy of coming of age during the HIV era.

Sep 25, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sasha Geffen

Demonstrators hold photographs during a rally for Trans Day of Visibility in New York City on March 31, 2025.

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

On Wednesday, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law HB 7, which seeks to stop Texas residents from receiving abortion pills by mail.

Texas Extremists Are Trying Everything to Block Abortion Medication  Texas Extremists Are Trying Everything to Block Abortion Medication 

Texas officials and activists are ramping up the fight against abortion pill access. But providers are standing firm.

Sep 18, 2025 / Mary Tuma

Kirkland Discounts

Kirkland Discounts Kirkland Discounts

Freedom sells out cheap.

Sep 15, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol

Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol

A conversation with the author about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary.

Sep 12, 2025 / Amy Littlefield

That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy

That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy

It’s a horror story about Silicon Valley, and an extreme example of what happens when we conceive of children as property.

Sep 10, 2025 / Sophie Lewis

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