Sexism in public rhetoric is still tolerated in a way racism isn’t, and that could have a profound impact on 2016.
Gender & Sexuality
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How Should Liberals Feel About the Mozilla CEO Getting Pushed Out Over Marriage Equality?
Are you feeling conflicted? I’ll help you sort things out.
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Federal Court Upholds Texas’s War On Roe v. Wade
The restrictive abortion law that rocketed Wendy Davis to fame is making its way through the courts—and it could be upheld at the highest one.
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George Takei, Living Long and Prospering from Social Media
How the former Star Trek star has become internet’s funny, corny uncle and its moral compass.
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The Political Roots and Ramifications of the Hobby Lobby Case
If Republicans understand the damage they continue to do to themselves, they don’t seem to care.
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Daily Meme: Fred Phelps, God’s Gift to Gay Rights
You’ve no doubt heard that Fred Phelps, the terror of Topeka, Kansas, and patriarch of the “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist church, died late Wednesday night at 84. While Phelps came to infamy picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepard and countless other gay men, that was only the beginning of his family church’s two-decade hate […]
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The Strange Bedfellows of the Anti-Contraception Alliance
Evangelicals and Catholics didn’t always share the same views on contraception and abortion. A look at how their alliance came to be and how it’s shaping crucial legal battles.Â
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Daily Meme: Happy Straight Pride Day!
It’s not just the scores of 30-somethings who revert to their frat-boy days and fill the streets with their drunken antics on March 17 that have led some in the gay community to call St. Patrick’s Day the straight holiday. For a long time running, parades across the country celebrating Ireland’s patron saint-including the New […]
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News Flash: An Abortion Provider Wins in Kansas
A former colleague of George Tiller’s had her medical license revoked by Governor Sam Brownback’s health board. Now a court says she can get it back.
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The Last Rural Abortion Clinics in Texas Just Shut Down
Back-alley procedures are about to become a lot more common.
