A backlash against progress in gender and sexual rights is common.
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The proposed law reinforces unscientific conversion practices – or so-called reparative therapies – that don’t work.
The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Despite calls to boycott the game by trans activists, the game has proved wildly popular – particularly among Black gamers.
The rarely explained term is nebulous at best, and can mean many things – negative and positive – to different groups of people.
On the basis of government appointment technicalities and religious freedom, Americans may lose free coverage for cancer and blood pressure screenings, HIV prevention medication and other essential services.
While each microaggression may not seem particularly harmful, they add up and can erode the psychological and physical health of people in minority groups.
Though some LGBTQ+ health care providers may try to separate their personal and professional identities, the prejudice they experience highlights their queerness in the clinic.
O'Grady’s camp creation built on the legacy of drag artists that came before him and helped change the visibility of LGBTQ+ people in the UK.
The absence of reliable quantitative data makes it difficult – if not impossible – to hold Home Affairs, the police and other state entities to account.
‘Tár’ shines a spotlight on the challenges of working in the ultraconservative world of classical music, including complex social issues such as misogyny, racism and homophobia.
In their new video, Sam Smith celebrates their sexuality unapologetically like many other mass market pop stars. So why the backlash? An expert explains.
A BBC Wales investigation reported claims of a ‘toxic culture’ of sexism and misogyny within Welsh rugby’s governing body.
Gender identity and sexual orientation are often overlooked factors that impact how people experience antisemitism.
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
Bret Easton Ellis’s grotesquely violent novel is irreducibly misogynist, racist and homophobic. So was Reagan’s America. It’s less darkly comic satire than deadly serious social diagnostic.
The decision to only pay lip service to discrimination could have long term impacts.
Sexual abuse allegations in Canadian hockey reveal the toxic masculinity that has permeated across sport culture.
The Russian state, in tandem with the Russian Orthodox Church, is using LGBTQ+ rights as a red-button issue to win support for its criminal war campaign in Ukraine.
Social psychology researchers found that people commonly exaggerate the presence of certain groups – including ethnic and sexual minorities – because they perceive them as ideologically threatening.
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