Society & Culture > Gender & sexuality
Quotas harm the cause
27 Feb 2014
The left should not succumb to neoliberalisms phoney version of equality, argues Yassamine Mather
Lady Gaga and the 'gay gene'
03 Mar 2011
The pop singer says LGBT people were 'born this way'. Maciej Zurowski is not so sure
Ruling sexism offside
03 Feb 2011
James Turley argues that those wishing to rid the world of the sexist idiocy of Andy Gray and Richard Keyes must set their sights higher
Spin and lies in US
23 Sep 2010
Yassamine Mather exposes the concerted efforts of the Islamic regime against Iranian women
Freedom to choose emancipation and dress
05 Aug 2010
To force a woman to remove her veil is just as subjugating as forcing her to cover up. Peter Manson replies to left and right criticisms
Women bishops and secularism
22 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert examines the Anglican hierarchy's hypocrisy
French burqa ban has nothing to do with women's rights
22 Jul 2010
The left in France has shown itself lacking, argues Peter Manson. We oppose state bans, just as we oppose the enforced veiling of women
Moat's paranoia and the community of women
15 Jul 2010
Communists fight to reassert the power of women, writes Eddie Ford
Prostitution: decriminalise, not prohibit, not legalise
03 Jun 2010
Amidst talk of a 'new Yorkshire Ripper' James Turley calls for a principled approach to sex work
Confidence and conscience clauses
29 Apr 2010
Around 120 people attended the 'Women's question time' organised by Tower Hamlets Respect on Wednesday April 21. Ben Lewis was among them
World-historic defeat of women
22 Apr 2010
Should the Neolithic be celebrated as a 'farming revolution'? Or mourned as a male-led counterrevolution against matrilineal communism? Lionel Sims wields the archaeological evidence against the archaeologists
March 8
11 Mar 2010
On International Women's Day, women were at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic regime, writes Tina Becker
Coming out for Wales
07 Jan 2010
In 2010 we might just see a sporting world where homosexuality is at least less of a taboo, and for this we must thank Alfie Thomas, writes Ben Lewis
Macho revanchism hides an ugly face
10 Dec 2009
Men's societies in universities and colleges have nothing to do with promoting equality, argues Chris Strafford
Earthly core of misty creations
22 Oct 2009
Camilla Power addressed the CPGB's Communist University on the origins and evolution of religion. This is an edited version of her speech
Irish left must champion women's rights
10 May 2007
On May 9 the Irish high court finally ruled that a 17-year-old woman, 'Miss D', may travel to Britain, where she will have her pregnancy terminated. The case has been one of the most inhumane and shocking episodes in the struggle for abortion rights in Ireland. Anne Mc Shane reports