Feature: Drag Queens Are the Latest Target for Homophobic Culture Warriors
by Simon Childs & John Lubbock
How British reactionaries followed the US far right to attack drag queens reading stories for children.
Tag: homophobia
Opinion: I’m a Therapist, Not a Cop
by Erene Hadjiioannou
New government guidance is supposed to make it easier for victims to talk about their perpetrators' crimes in therapy. The catch? Prosecutors may be able to access their therapy notes.
Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar
There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!
Downstream: How Violence Shapes Our Sex Lives
Is ‘consent’ the only dividing line between good sex and bad sex? Ash Sarkar is joined by Rachel Thompson to discuss her new book Rough, and the politics of pornography, kink, and sex ambivalent feminism.
Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law
by Sophie K Rosa
Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.
Opinion: I’m a Trans Woman Suing the Japanese Government. If I Win, I’ll Be in the Country’s First Same-Sex Marriage
by Elin McCready
A historic court case is seeking to force Japan to live up to the Olympic values it’s planning to cash in on this summer.
Opinion: Sex and the City Is Back and I Couldn’t Help but Wonder: Will the Show Finally Throw Off Shackles of Capitalism?
by Eleanor Penny
As the hit HBO franchise returns for its seventh season, Eleanor Penny asks whether our heroines will at last escape their opulent purgatory.
IMOBastani: Who is Paul Nuttall?
Aaron Bastani unpacks some of the policies of UKIP's new leader