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Published in: 50.50The 'equality' that serves social injusticeEquality talk, with its roots in liberalism, defines those who aren’t considered equal as lacking. A more radical...
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Published in: 50.50Constitutional rights, sexual rights, and "morality" in India
In the aftermath of the recent rulings in India re-criminalising homosexuality, Poonam Joshi reports on the critical...
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Published in: 50.50India: Whose law is it anyway ?
Cultural justifications for upholding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexuality are...
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Published in: 50.50What does Croatia’s same-sex marriage referendum mean?
The results of a referendum on the definition of marriage in Croatia were disappointing for those who hoped EU...
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Published in: 50.50Remembering our dead: global violence against trans people
In most countries, data on murdered trans people are not systematically produced. Meaningful research requires...
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Published in: 50.50Can conversations about women in pop move beyond a binary of agency or exploitation?
The feminist debate after Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance rarely touched upon the issue of race. A comparison with...
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Published in: 50.50Taking a comprehensive view of sexual violenceIt has been 9 months since the iconic Delhi gang rape. Even as women’s groups struggle to retain the focus on...
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Published in: 50.50Will homophobia rain off Serbia's parade?
Gay pride week begins September 21, but it is unclear whether the Serbian government is willing to expend the...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, mental health, and intersectionality
Last month a pilot project was launched to add mental health nurses to police call-outs in parts of the UK. This...
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Published in: 50.50What is "same-sex" marriage?
Whilst LGBTQ rights activists welcomed the recent rulings by the US Supreme Court on "same sex" marriage, Lauren...
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Published in: oDRFrom the shadows into the light – and back againPoet and performer Olga Krause traces her life as a lesbian in Russia—from Soviet times, when the word itself was...
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Published in: 50.50LGBT violence in the Balkans
Throughout the Balkans, LGBT advocates and their supporters face violence, cancelled Pride parades, and unresponsive...
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Published in: 50.50"Beyond the Fragments": I’m a socialist feminist. Can I be a radical feminist too?
The authors of the re-launched Beyond the Fragments take a feminist approach to healing a divided left. They put...
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Published in: 50.50Trans women in feminism: nothing about us without us
In a reply to Rahila Gupta, Celeste West argues that we can’t have meaningful feminism or a meaningful democratic...
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Published in: 50.50Transgender: the challenge to feminist politics
There are so many battles yet to be won by feminists that we must not be distracted by internal schisms. If we can...
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Published in: 50.50Questioning the imperative to be gendered
Despite women's progress, the norms that dictate that people should act along gender lines are stronger than ever....
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Published in: 50.50Women and LGBT rights: the Achilles’ heel of Christian knights
The narrative of splits in Protestantism which is based on convenient binaries, with African and Asian churches...
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Published in: 50.50Who was Rita Hester?
Transgender people will continue to be harrassed, persecuted and murdered until society moves beyond the binary...
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Published in: 50.50Double jeopardy: LGBTI refugees in Britain
Issues facing LGBTI refugees are receiving unprecedented attention in Britain yet many still face a ‘double...
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Published in: 50.50Are hospitals safe for women living with HIV?
There is no shortage of documentation regarding the struggle of women living with HIV to access basic care, support,...
