Gender and Sexuality

Marches in NY, D.C. call for emphasis on the rights of Black women to overturn status quo

#MeToo era sees surge in colleges tackling toxic masculinity on campus

Men’s lack of respect for women’s sexual boundaries is informed by our lack of care for their sexual pleasure

Judge indicates Bill Cosby likely to get less than 3 years in jail for sexual assault conviction

#MeToo is not just for Hollywood: McDonald’s workers strike in 10 U.S. cities to protest sexual harassment

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

Gay men need to be better allies to women combating male violence

On embodying darkness

Lawyer: Publicizing marijuana found in home of Black man killed by Dallas cop is a “smear”

Pope Francis summons bishops to discuss sexual abuse after global pressure builds

10 body affirmations for Black girls when the world tells us we’re too much

WTA & male players support Serena’s claims of mistreatment as another racist cartoon emerges

My queerness won’t let me give up on my queerphobic Black parents

A Black feminist pleasure praxis acknowledges and affirms the possibility for Black women’s sexual pleasure

Study shows Black student activists are penalized by white college admissions counselors

9-year-old Jamel Myles commits suicide after homophobic bullying at school

TSA forces Muslim woman to show menstrual pad in private airport screening

Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento says her own sexual assault accusations are money-driven

Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people is at a crisis point, according to the Prison Policy Initiative

Ilhan Omar wins historic win in Minnesota’s Democratic Primary

Our reactions to Black men embracing in public highlight Black masculinity’s dehumanizing expectations

“Race is a factor in everything”: Mass. progressive challenger Ayanna Pressley defends against charges of “ID politics”

Why you should watch ‘Hook Ups’, a new queer, intersectional web-series about love and dating

PA Catholic church wages war to prevent court report’s release on clergy abuse scandal

The “positive outcome” of the Starbucks arrest won’t save us because it didn’t save Chikesia Clemons

I thought my transness would betray my Blackness. I was wrong.

String of Black LGBTQ+ murders sparks fear of serial killer in Central Florida community

Oakland mourns after 18-year-old Nia Wilson is killed on BART subway station by alleged white supremacist

A course is being taught at a New York college on the crisis of white masculinity and it’s about time

Letter to my Black mother who wants me to forgive the world when I saw it try to kill her

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