The Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy is up for review—and some high-profile members are coming out against it
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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What Hurts Children More: Having Lesbian and Gay Parents, or Junk Science About Their Parents?
Lies, damn lies, and statistics
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How the Gay-Rights Movement Won
Linda Hirshman’s new book tries to uncover how the LGBT movement accomplished so much in such a short span of time.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
November’s Looking Good for Marriage Equality
How many different states’ voters are going to say “yes” to my marriage?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Are Men Just Better Than Women at Everything?
… in which Eeyore returns, wagging her gloomy tail
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Wedding Bells in Illinois?
… and some good news in Utah. Are you listening, Mitt?
Posted inLaw and Justice
I’m Married in Massachusetts—But Am I Married in the United States?
A federal judge has struck down DOMA’s Section 3—and hopefully a repeal of the rest will follow.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Wave
Politicians going after birth control had no idea what they were in for.
