Category: Gender & Sexuality

Before and After Marriage Equality

—Thomas A. Foster Marriage equality may be a modern concept but same-gender love, of course, is no recent phenomenon. Writing in 1779, Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury… READ MORE

LGBT Parenthood and the Law

—Carlos A. Ball A pioneering federal lawsuit filed earlier this month by the ACLU in North Carolina encapsulates both the progress and the challenges faced by LGBT parents in our… READ MORE

Title IX Turns 40

—Deborah Brake June 23, 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of one of our greatest civil rights laws, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bans discrimination based on… READ MORE

LGBT Pride Round-up

We take serious pride in our diverse collection of LGBT studies books (and authors). So, in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, we put together a dynamic list of… READ MORE

Dancing the body beautiful

Using accounts from several professional Latin dancers augmented by the author’s own experience, Julia A. Ericksen traces the ways bodily perfection has become an important part of dancers’ identities. In… READ MORE

Holding Dharun Ravi accountable

By Jessie Klein Dharun Ravi received his verdict today. It remains to be seen whether this will help prevent future cyber-bullying or related harassment. Dharun was charged on 15 counts, including bias… READ MORE