Gender/Sexuality
- 05 Oct 2008
ByLaurie Penny
Let’s not mistake gay, says Laurie Penny – which is what the Conservative party has always secretly been – for queer, which it never will be.
- 01 Oct 2008ByFionola Meredith
Women’s rights have always ranked low on the political agenda, and students’ attitudes show things haven’t changed.
- 19 Sep 2008
ByLaurie Penny
In the vast majority of cases, says Laurie Penny, women don’t become sex workers for the kicks: they do it for the money. They do it because there is simply no other way to earn that scale of living wage as a woman under 30 in the current UK job-market.
- 28 Aug 2008ByLaurie Penny
Laurie Penny on male genital mutilation – and why those pesky penis enlargement emails are a political issue
- 18 Jun 2008ByNicola Cutcher
Nicola Cutcher argues the case for communities being able to decide whether or not lapdancing clubs should be established in their midst.
- 25 May 2008ByLaurie Penny
Fathers have their place, says Laurie Penny, but that place is no longer at the head of the table.
- 17 Apr 2008
ByPeter Tatchell
The mayor’s record on gay issues is not as good as he claims, says Peter Tatchell. His rivals also need to set out where they stand.
- 02 Apr 2008ByDoug Ireland
The British government admits that Iran executes gays and lesbians, but will not admit that there is systematic repression of homosexuals. Global pressure has forced them to back down, for the time being, on plans to return a 19-year-old asylum seeker to probable execution.
- 29 Mar 2008ByPeter Tatchell
The Respect MP has turned on supporters of gay rights in Iran and falsely accused us of warmongering, says Peter Tatchell
- 14 Mar 2008ByJudith Orr
We need to get ready for a big battle over abortion rights, argues Judith Orr, and the deluge of moral outrage about women’s lives that will accompany it.
- 06 Mar 2008ByJudith Orr
In the first part of a new series Judith Orr looks at the rise in the struggle for women’s liberation
- 27 Feb 2008BySunny Hundal
These days everybody wants to save Asian women. But very little of the hot air is backed up by action, or funding, says Sunny Hundal
- 23 Feb 2008ByIan Sinclair interviews Liz Kelly
Ian Sinclair interviews Liz Kelly about the relation between lap dancing and gender relations.
- 18 Feb 2008ByIan Sinclair
Ian Sinclair offers a sympathetic but critical review of Sinners/Scroungers/Saints – an exhibition on lone motherhood currently showing at the Women’s Library in London.
- 03 Feb 2008ByDoug Ireland
Doug Ireland salutes Peter Tatchell, gay rights and human rights activist.
- 30 Jan 2008ByTanya Gold
‘As a recovering alcoholic, I know how our society’s constant assault on female self-esteem is creating unprecedented misery’. Tanya Gold reports.
- 29 Dec 2007ByZoe Margolis
If a woman’s sexuality is still defined by the male experience, asks Zoe Margolis, how can this be deemed sexually liberating or empowering?
- 21 Dec 2007BySoumaya Ghannoushi
The west should stop using the liberalisation of Muslim women to justify its strategy of dominance, writes Soumaya Ghannoushi.
- 21 Dec 2007ByLibby Brooks
Pre-teens are increasingly being deluged with the message that an alluring appearance ought to be their ultimate goal, writes Libby Brooks.
- 19 Dec 2007ByLaurie Penny
Laurie Penny explains what it means to have hopes dashed twice, first by the Spice Girls and second by Blair’s Babes.