HARD COPY: High European court weighs in on definition of gender In her groundbreaking yet controversial book, The Second Sex (1949), French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir famously claimed that “one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” Over the last 75 years there has been a wealth of interdisciplinary scholarship to support this […]
HARD COPY: Remembering a landmark book at the intersection of orgasms, feminism, and patriarchal fragility Orgasms are physiological treats, yes, but they also are productive pedagogues. Their valuable lessons contain insights into what one can do with bodies and desires, as well as revelations about sexual subjects’ broader relationships to sexuality and culture. Camilla Nelson, […]
HARD COPY: Trump administration continues its gutting of health research – targeting LGBTQ people This story by Benjamin Ryan and Aria Bendix speaks for itself, and what it says is nothing short of surreal and terrifying. The executive orders by the Trump administration that target transgender people and DEI initiatives are proving catastrophic for queer […]
HARD COPY: Boys will be…boys? As the keeper of an antiquated, dogmatic, and claustrophobic value system of gender and sexuality that continues to have sway over human behavior across the planet, the gender binary requires constant upkeep to stay powerful and relevant. The conflation of masculinity and hypersexuality has long been a favored assumption among […]
HARD COPY: Endangered knowledges: sexuality studies on the chopping block Check out what faculty and students from women’s, gender, and sexuality studies (and over a dozen other programs including indigenous studies) are facing at Canada’s third-largest university in this interview from Toronto Life with Frances Latchford, the chair of the school of Gender, Sexuality, and […]
HARD COPY: Cancer, BDSM, and a recommendation – ‘Dying for Sex’ We are more than just theory whores and policy nerds. We actually watch TV too. Heck, we even get out to the occasional film and noodle around in the occasional video game. It would be irresponsible of us – a green journalistic enterprise primed […]
HARD COPY: Who – exactly – foots the bill for justice? As more cases of sexual abuse get unearthed, society grapples with finding justice for victims. Justice often looks like hefty sums of money paid out by organizations via settlements. Los Angeles County, for instance, recently reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion to […]
HARD COPY: Pronoun trouble John McWhorter is an esteemed professor of linguistics at Columbia University. His latest book PRONOUN TROUBLE: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words was released on April 1, 2025. In it McWhorter establishes pronouns as both historical and dynamic. Like language in general, McWhorter shows how pronouns are adaptable cultural […]
HARD COPY: Antiquated Concerns Over HIV Transmission Are Still Fueling Gay Male Stigma Michael Fazal, a 31-year-old-gay plaintiff living in Toronto, is challenging the constitutionality of Health Canada’s screening criteria regarding organ donations. While some recent changes have been made to Canada’s policies surrounding some biomedical donations, as with sperm and blood, restrictions remain for […]
HARD COPY: Statutory rape earns gay men twice as much prison time A newly published study in Behavioral Sciences and the Law documents statistically significant discrimination in judicial sentencing for U.S. men who become involved in relationships with teen boys, as opposed to girls of the same age. Out of a large sample of men incarcerated for […]