The Climate March’s New (and Old) Direction
The streets of the world have been flooded recently — not by the Earth’s rising oceans, but by people…
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Playing the ‘Anti-Westernization’ Card: How the Ban on LGBTQ film…
Although the Xhosa ritual represents a coming of age into “manhood” - initiates repeat “I’m a man” throughout the…
Let Them Eat Cake?: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
On December 5th, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado…
Cis-terhood: Intersectionality in the Women’s March
“You’re going to the Women’s March too?” The U.S. Border agent sneered, inspecting the “male” identification on…
Blame the Gays: A Brief History of Queer-Mongering
The French idiom 'avoir un coup de foudre' describes the connection of love as being struck by lightning. While…
Lost in Trans-lation: Cultural Perceptions of Queerness in Iran
“In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals, like in your country,” declared President Ahmadinejad to an audience at…
Moving forward… and back again: India’s slow progress towards gay…
While the fight for legalization of same-sex marriage continues in most of the United States and other nations,…