Sexuality, Women, and Gender Project

Opinion | H.I.V. Is Coming to Rural America And rural America is not ready.

https://www.gq.com/story/inside-a-group-where-men-confront-their-feelings

My Time Inside a Group Where Men Confront Their Feelings For one month, I joined a group of men who gather to sift through their fears, desires, and shortcomings—or, as one man put it, "CrossFit for your emotions." It’s an imperfect project, and it has changed my life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/science/same-s*x-behavior-animals.html

Seeking a New Lens to Study Same-S*x Behavior in Animals A team of researchers say that science has relied on a human heteros*xual baseline and made faulty assumptions about s*xual activity in the animal kingdom.

At Least 22 Transgender People Were Killed In 2019. Here Are Their Stories. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the 22 transgender and gender non-conforming people killed so far this year.

The Impact of Trump's Discriminatory Policies on LGBTQ+ Americans LGBTQ+ people already face discrimination. A new HHS proposal would only make those problems worse.

What an interesting time to be a voter in the US.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/opinion/pete-buttigieg-black-homophobia.html

and also: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-some-democratic-voters-reluctant-to-support-a-gay-candidate/

Opinion | Stop Blaming Black Homophobia for Buttigieg’s Problems! Let’s put an end to this racist trope.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/travel/kihnu-estonia-women-unesco-folk-culture-tourism.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_name=INTER_20_ # # # # # # # # &adset_name=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F10%2F02%2Ftravel%2Fkihnu-estonia-women-unesco-folk-culture-tourism.html&campaign_id=23843787375770063&fbclid=IwAR1O8AeBrUVxRRn2dwrt8wFdujBQAM9ywBZ8NJVarXnxARWXpjRplbT0ZU4

Welcome to Estonia’s Isle of Women What would life be like without men? On this tiny Baltic island, it’s business as usual. But its colorful, folkloric way of life is threatened by a dwindling population.

A Growing Number of Women Allege Doctors Abused Them During Childbirth Women are speaking up and raising awareness about obstetric violence, including surgeries, medications, and procedures they didn't consent to.

"Mindfulness, like positive psychology and the broader happiness industry, has depoliticised stress."

The mindfulness conspiracy The long read: It is sold as a force that can help us cope with the ravages of capitalism, but with its inward focus, mindful meditation may be the enemy of activism

Trump Is Attacking LGBTQ Rights Through S*x Discrimination Laws Three cases before the Supreme Court threaten to gut s*x discrimination laws. Already imperiled transgender and q***r workers could be the hardest hit.

Merriam-Webster adds non-binary pronoun ‘they’ to dictionary "They" now has a fourth definition in the dictionary — "used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary."

Justice Department Urges Civil Rights Agency to Flip LGBT Stance The Trump Justice Department is urging the federal employment rights agency to change its position and tell the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that businesses can discriminate against transgender employees without violating the law, according to sources familiar with the deliberations.