Most of the convention’s core organizers were Quakers. The religious movement’s beliefs about men and women’s equality before God has shaped members’ activism for centuries.
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As violent attacks against gay people continue to increase in the US, Black transwomen face ongoing battles against discrimination in the workplace and over receiving health care.
President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His policies have been challenged ever since.
Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not an African value.
Israel’s most far-right and religious ruling coalition, which just assumed power, poses a profound threat to the country’s democratic institutions, from the courts to individual rights.
Black conservative Clarence Thomas’ improbable rise as a powerful US Supreme Court justice today was unimaginable during his controversial confirmation hearings in 1991.
Former president Bourguiba’s standing as father of Tunisian feminism has come under scrutiny.
The Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive and Lesbian Oral History Project focus on gathering stories from the generation that began using the term lesbian, and those who still can’t.
Australia’s political economy was built on the primacy of (white) male labor, male power and male control, writes Julianne Schultz. Women have changed this culture - but still risk abuse when speaking out.
A trip to the beach is off limits for some people with a disability. We need to change that, and the law supports it.
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death sparked many tributes to her work ending sex discrimination against women. That work also paved the way for successes in the fight for equal rights for the LGBTQ community.
In the #MeToo era and with more women entering Congress, activists are hopeful another state could ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. But is it too late?
The Supreme Court long ago rejected the idea of a federal right to education. Can a series of new lawsuits convince the court to change its mind?
A huge majority of Americans support equal rights for women. Is now the right time to get an amendment passed?
Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women’s rights. They’ve changed the face of the African nation.
There is a strong and statistically significant association between respondents’ cognitive ability and their support for equal rights between same- and different-sex couples.
Most university presidents in the US are still white, male and over the age of 60. But as they retire, is there an opportunity to reshape college leadership and, with it, higher education itself?
The author of a new book on Clinton’s global impact sees two factors behind her strong foreign policy stance.
A scholar visited a dozen churches to learn why some religious folks oppose same-sex marriage. He discovered it’s not a simple case of homophobia.
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GLBTI Health Researcher and Co-founder of Safe Schools Coalition Victoria, La Trobe University
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Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Dean and Professor of Higher and International Education, Executive Director of SUNY's Strategic, Academic, and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and Co-Director of the Cross-Border Education Research Team, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
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Associate Research Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, Western University
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Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
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Director of Learning & Teaching (Gender Studies), Macquarie University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
