What’s in a name? Everything. Intersex: Why Naming Matters, Or What to Call It
by Thea Hillman When I first learned about intersex, it was from a friend of mine who had just completed ...
by Thea Hillman When I first learned about intersex, it was from a friend of mine who had just completed ...
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it ...
by Angela Bonavoglia On a sizzling summer night, I head to the Outpost Lounge in Brooklyn to Switch N’ Play’s Open Drag ...
by Carolyn Gage The bathroom has been a site of “gender anxiety” historically, as well as a battlefield, and, although ...
by Joel VigGender in the theatre has always been open to change. From Shakespeare’s plays, where women’s roles were performed ...
by Janis Hashe Two twentysomething women reviewed the movie, Terminator Salvation, in my local Chattanooga paper earlier this summer. “Generally one of ...
Compiled by Mary Lou Greenberg Strict and immutable gender roles are the cornerstone of right wing theology and politics and ...
by Helen Boyd It’s been a surprise to find out what a sexist I really am. I’ve been calling myself ...
by Mary Lou Greenberg In the Winter 1998 issue of On The Issues Magazine, writer Angell Delaney projected a bright ...
by Merle Hoffman Growing up in Philadelphia in the 50s, girls were labeled sluts if they dressed provocatively, let boys ...
by Eleanor J. Bader Robert Eads was visiting friends in the late 1990s when he woke up in a pool ...
By Molly M. Ginty One progressive “line in the sand” is the conviction that all people are entitled to clean ...
By The Editors The question of gender has been an ongoing theme in On the Issues Magazine – Gender roles, ...
by Barbara Winslow Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (1924-2005) wanted to be know as a catalyst for change. She should ...
In our Summer ’09 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Julie Enszer, Judith Barrington and Toi Derricotte;from Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana. ...
In this exhibition of On the Issues Magazine on gender and the fluidity of sexuality, the OTI Art Perspective features ...
by Rev. Donna Schaper Who tells women and girls who we are? Of course it is we who tell us ...
by Meghan Rhoad As a feminist and as an American working on immigration policy, I have a clear line in ...
by Georgia Kral Longtime gamer Michael Duff sits at his computer regularly to play “World of Warcraft,” the most popular online ...
by Mahin Hassibi The feminist movement began to raise questions about the cultural root of male supremacy. The simplified male-female ...
by Diana Whitten Last June women throughout Quito, Ecuador looked up at the iconic statue of the Virgin Mary at ...
By Judy Gumbo Alpert I am one of the 45 million American women who’s had an abortion. But I wouldn’t ...
by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer Had I not escaped one night five years ago with my eight children from ...
By Simon Fisher The need for a youth-focused and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS educational platform is urgent. Despite growing infection rates, youth-centered prevention ...
By Carol Stuart The St.James Infirmary is one of the first of its kind — an occupational health clinic for ...
by Victoria Neilson When “Cristina” calls Immigration Equality, where I am the legal director, she’s called the right place for ...
By Yifat Susskind Human rights, feminism, literature and science are all aspects of our common human heritage. Women in the ...
By Stephanie Gilmore Sexual violence is a problem on this campus!” “Your silence will not protect you!” “What do we ...
By Loretta J Ross I believe President Obama should show strong leadership in repealing the Hyde Amendment that prohibits public funding for ...
By Galen Sherwin Laurel Simons, (not her real name) who lives in a small town in Western New York, was ...
By Adrien Hilton Almost 40 years ago, the New York radical feminist group Redstockings pledged in its manifesto: “This time we are ...
By Lu Bailey I am saddened by today’s pop-culture version of feminism, and especially by the number of women who ...
by Charlotte Bunch Violence against women is an issue that has come onto the global agenda from the grassroots level ...