Society / Sexual Politics

Sophie Neiman reports from a stifling court in Kampala, where activists are waging a bitter legal battle to overturn Uganda’s harsh anti-gay law.

Italy’s extremist prime minister is courting politicians abroad even as she enacts an authoritarian agenda of hate at home. But Giorgia Meloni’s embrace by the mainstream needs to end, argues Elena Siniscalco.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Travel.

We were not socialized to be monogamous? Bethany Rielly asks us to end our judgements over multiple partners.

Success coaches, pick-up artists, men’s rights activists. Popular influencers are preying on men and boys’ emotional isolation. Daisy Schofield reports on how we might intervene.

We liberated sex education? Husna Ara plots the path to shame-free learning.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: is the language of abuse being misused in personal relationships?

Novelist Selma Dabbagh talks to Rahila Gupta about rescuing Arab women’s sexuality from orientalist framings.

How trans women in Honduras are helping their imprisoned sisters. Frauke Decoodt reports from Tegucigalpa.

Scotland’s prostitution laws.

According to the UN, most surgeries on intersex babies amount to torture. And yet that is the practice in almost every country in the world today. Valentino Vecchietti calls for urgent change.

Tbilisi’s clubbing scene is in the crosshairs of a war on culture led by reactionary elements in Georgia, opposed to its progressive ethos.

Morgan Meaker on Hezbollah's check on gay rights.

A highland welcome; Rhino forensics; Good sex in Rwanda.

Natty Kasambala on the call to action and celebration.

Janaya Khan on building a committed movement.

To make this culture of sexual harassment a thing of the past requires organizing and mass mobilization, writes Mark Engler.

A collection of pro trans organizations, websites, support groups, books, movies and more.

Jennie Kermode on being ‘in the middle’.

There are myriad ways of being transgender – and experiences across the world are equally varied. Illustrations by Jason Barker.