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Elizabeth Sepper and James Nelson

Even in states without bans on abortion or gender-affirming care, hidden religious restrictions in secular hospitals harm patients.

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A reading list for International Women’s Day
Becca Rothfeld

Feminist arguments against body modification are a dead end.

Paisley Currah and Robin Dembroff

Trans-inclusive policies are essential, but efforts to establish them must not lose sight of the structural oppressions that trans people face. 

Sonali Chakravarti

Just as abolitionists fought the Fugitive Slave Act, those resisting the criminalization of reproductive health can employ jury nullification.

Without it, society would fall apart.
adrienne maree brown

What would it look like if we put our desires at the center of our politics?

Joshua Gutterman Tranen

Harm reduction strategies, like those pioneered by queer men of color, have the best chance of stopping this disease.

Micki McElya

The gender politics of Positive Psychology valorize the nuclear family and heterosexual monogamy. But few of the millions who encounter it through self-help books and therapy have any idea.

Jennifer C. Nash

Freedom means a world where how I parent is simply mundane rather than overburdened with meaning. 

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