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Category: Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality
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A selection of excerpts from new and backlist Beacon LGBT titles.
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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed wants to know why steps haven’t been taken to make the roads safer in a certain Middle Eastern Country.
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The groundbreaking science fiction writer Joanna Russ died on April 29 at the age of 74. Stephen Burt discusses the importance of her work as a woman writing in a male-dominated field.
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Nick Krieger really wanted Chaz Bono to be a transgender hero. Unfortunately, the media coverage surrounding Bono’s memoir has reinforced some pretty old stereotypes.
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Read an excerpt from Michael Bronski’s new book, A Queer History of the United States.
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This week, the Supreme Court declined to hear Doe v. Silsbee Independent School District, a case in which a cheerleader was kicked off her squad when she refused to cheer for the boy she said raped her.
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Judge Nancy Gertner discusses her life as a defense lawyer, what it meant to her to defend women, and the different paths Gertner and Justice Sotomayor took to becoming judges.
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On sale today: Nancy Gertner’s In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate.
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Thinking of using that refund check for some plastic surgery? Laurie Essig explains how the plastic surgery finance industry makes it possible for people to get surgery they can ill afford.
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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed looks at the overall political landscape in Europe, where pandering to anti-Muslim sentiment has become a tool of mainstream politicians.
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