The longer Iowa allows same-sex unions, the less state residents oppose it.
Gender & Sexuality
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Reproductive Rights: I’ve Got Some Good News and Some Bad News
Whatever side of the reproductive fight you’re on, there’s a state making you sad and another making you happy.
Posted inAmerica and the World
All the Scary Ladies
An effort to silence women in the military is meant to empower the radically conservative clergy in Israel.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Obama-ization of Everything
Republicans are getting pulled aboard trains they can’t control.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Taking Anti-LGBT Discrimination Seriously
Two different judges offer arguments against DOMA.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Don’t Sterilize Trans Folks
Sweden will change its law. What’s up with Belgium, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Republican Family Planning
Santorum and Romney’s war on contraception is about men.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Personhood Bill Dead in Virginia
The Virginia legislature dumps the transvaginal ultrasound, but moves forward with a personhood amendment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Ho-Hum, Another Day, Another DOMA Defeat
You know you’re winning when a major win gets no news media attention at all.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Today in Ridiculous Scapegoats for Violent Crimes
Yeardley Love wasn’t killed because of “hook-up culture” or alcohol.