“Venker’s argument would make more sense if we lived in a world where men and women weren’t socialized differently — a place where little boys and little girls were treated the same.”
Happy #TellAFeministThankYou day! Who are you thanking? Who am I thanking? LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.
With the opportunity for change on the horizon, we look at Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy and how we can benefit from learning about what we don’t believe.
Brook Johnson, an openly gay teacher claims her suburban Lansing school fired her for a diversity club that promoted LGBT equality.
The UK is now one step closer to legalising gay marriage!
Last year Deoni Jones was stabbed to death at a bus stop. This year, at her vigil, her family asked some tough questions about why the murder was not prosecuted as a hate crime. Mayor Vincent Gray responded to those questions.
“When asked whether their daughters thought their financial future was dependent on having a husband, only 31.9 per cent agreed. By contrast 37.7 per cent of those with sons thought having a wife would make them financially secure.”
Colorado’s probably going to have civil unions soon! Totally counting these chickens before they hatch; feel ok about it.
With groups that oppose gay marriage finding it hard to find money to do so, the tide may be more decisively turning in gay rights’ favor.
A Canadian’s take on how backwards the struggle to get immigration reform for same-sex couples has turned out to be.
Paul Clement is branching out and trying new things in his campaign to make sure DOMA outlasts the heat death of the universe.
Marriage equality bills make progress from the UK House of Commons to the Rhode Island state legislature.
“Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance.”
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
It’s telling and moving that Obama chose to dedicate a fairly significant chunk of his speech to the LGBT community; it sends the message that we are who he thinks of when remembering how equal we are or are not.
74 percent of Americans think more armed security guards in public places would reduce mass shootings. I disagree.
Is the closing of Tamms Correctional Center — where even non-violent criminals are locked in a cell for 23 hours a day, deprived of all human contact, for years at a time — a harbinger of things to come?
“no thanks,” wrote Derek M. “i don’t like homophobia with my hush puppies.”
In an op-ed from 1992, “Pointing the Finger at Gays,” Cory Booker admits to being homophobic. And then he talks about how all that changed.
On January 7th it was announced under a legal settlement that military members who were discharged without full separation pay under DADT will now be fully compensated with the remainder of their pay.