Gender & Sexuality

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Rainbow flag.
The Road to Same-Sex Marriage: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and the American Family
Putin Sochi Olympics Gay Rights
Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics
summer olympics banner
2/9/14: Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.
A Woman Scorned?
marriage of Marguerite of Anjou and Henry VI in 1445
Power Behind the Throne: The Women of the War of the Roses
How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate, by Wendy Moore Book Cover.
The Idiot’s Guide to Enlightened Matrimony
Pro-Choice demonstrators holding signs saying "Support Legal Abortion"
The Politics of Abortion in Europe and America
Planned Parenthood supporters demonstrate in Columbus, Ohio, 2012.
From Commonplace to Controversial: The Different Histories of Abortion in Europe and the United States
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, by Donald Critchlow Book Cover.
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade
Cover of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin.
Taking it on the Chin
Cover of Sexual Injustice Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe by Marc Stein.
The Sexual Revolution that Wasn’t Quite
Cover of A Strange Stirring The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s by Stephanie Coontz.
A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
Anti-Christian sign in Federal Plaza Chicago 2008
Slavery, Gay Rights, and the Bible
Protester opposing gay marriage in Boston, 2007. The sign compares gay rights in the U.S. to Nazi, Germany.
Gays, Nazis, and the GOP
Two Afghan women dressed in bright blue burqas. Today the burqa stands as a symbol of the status of women in Afghanistan, but for much of the twentieth century the history of women in this war-torn country led also toward greater rights and public presence.
The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan
A protester in New York City after the recent passage of Proposition 8 in California, limiting the marriage rights of same-sex couples in that state.
The Real Marriage Revolution
The Pride Flag being hoisted onto the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
Hatred Aimed at Gays Hurts All
American soldiers salute while in formation in 1977.
Time to Ask and Tell!
Closeup of a ram.
It’s Gay Rights, Not Gay Genes, That Matter
Protesters against the an anti-gay marriage amendment on the 2012 election ballot.
The Gay-Marriage Amendment: A Danger to the Constitution
The supreme court of Massachusetts sits at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.
Gay-Marriage Decision: Just the Beginning of the Debate
The 2011 edition of Austin Pride.
Gay Rights: Separate but Equal?
2013 St. Patrick's Day parade in Wappingers Falls, New York.
The Wearing of the Rainbow
A gay march in Minneapolis on June 30, 1973, the first in the country with the headline "Gay Pride".
Homosexuality and Prohibition