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9 Oct 2022 3 minute read

What if…we liberated sex education?

Husna Ara plots the path to shame-free learning.

5 Dec 2018 4 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Banning ‘adult content’ won’t make Tumblr better or healthier

What does Tumblr's decision mean for those who rely on the site as one of the only sexually permissible online spaces?...

intersex surgery

8 Oct 2018 6 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Our bodies, our rights

According to the UN, most surgeries on intersex babies amount to torture. Valentino Vecchietti calls for...

8 Aug 2018 5 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Russian LGBT activists battle teenage isolation

Young people discovering their sexuality have been denied access to information or acceptance since the ‘gay propaganda’ law...

15 Jul 2018 5 minute read

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How porn monopolies will feast on UK age verification laws

Jillian York interviews Erika Lust about the consequences of proposed laws which aim to...

Beirut: Paris of the Middle East?

31 May 2018 1 minute read

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Beirut: Paris of the Middle East?

Morgan Meaker on Hezbollah's check on gay rights.

16 Apr 2018 4 minute read

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Britain has no moral high ground on Commonwealth homophobia

The colonial practice of exporting homophobia and contemporary anti-migrant policies should give pause to Britain’s...

2 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Save the Children whistleblowers speak out

Brie O’Keefe and Alexia Pepper de Caires speak to Ben Phillips about the...

13 Mar 2018 2 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Black Girl Magic

Natty Kasambala on the call to action and celebration

22 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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Why make women suffer twice?

Don’t cut Oxfam’s support – we need it to root out abuse, says Colombian feminist Gloria Sanchez.

19 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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When disaster strikes, put women in charge

Oxfam’s Haiti sex scandal highlights how girls and young women are most at risk in emergencies. Vanessa Baird...

The trashing of Oxfam

15 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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The trashing of Oxfam

Abuse must be eradicated but the attack on Oxfam is disproportionate, argues Maggie Black in this opinion...

Oxfam scandal no surprise

14 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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Why defunding Oxfam won't stop abuse

‘The idea of altruistic morality puts aid workers in a double bind, eroding true responsibility’

Marie-Josee, 78, has been a potter all her life. Despite being visually impaired, she has a permanent twinkle in her eye. At the mention of kunyaza, Marie-Josee’s eyes shine even brighter and she roars with laughter. Photo by Thomas Lewton

16 Dec 2017 10 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

The joy of kunyaza: women’s pleasure comes first in Rwanda

Rwanda tops global gender equality tables. Can a traditional sexual practice help explain why? Alice McCool...

Mark Engler on sexual violence today in light of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Jürgen Fälchle/Alamy

1 Dec 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Confronting a culture of sexual violence

We need organizing and mass mobilization to make it a thing of the past, writes Mark Engler.

27 Jul 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Intersecting inequalities in Brazil hinder LGBT rights

The country's weakened democratic institutions pose increasing challenges for LGBT peoples’ rights, Rosana Miranda...

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