Society
Gender and sexuality
Our journalism considers the differing extents to which gender roles are entrenched in society. We counter common misconceptions about gender and sexuality and advocate for a world more inclusive for transgender people.
Here, we ask how we could we remove gender binaries from official documents and question how the human rights of intersex babies can be respected.
View from India: Women are still being short-changed
Nilanjana Bhowmick reports on the myths that still exist around women and money across the world.
Protecting trans lives goes deeper than laws and representation
Priti Salian on how activists are fighting the colonial mindset to push for trans rights in India.
What if…we liberated sex education?
Husna Ara plots the path to shame-free learning.
Taking on the torch-bearers of patriarchy
A growing number of women are going against the stream in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
Agony Uncle
As his comrades argue about trans women, a reader feels conflicted. Step forward Agony Uncle.
Is criminalization the right response to domestic violence?
Are legal punishments an effective way to tackle domestic violence, or are they failing to go to the heart of the problem? Leigh Goodmark and Stella Nyanzi go head to head.
‘I didn’t want to be a mother’
Trifonia Melibea Obono records the unheard stories of queer women living in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea.
Queer cities
The city can provide cover and anonymity to those who seek it, explains David Nnanna Ikpo.
What if:...we scrapped the gender binary on official documents?
Vanessa Baird suggests a world beyond M or F
How to survive elite institutions like Cambridge as a woman of colour
Husna Rizvi speaks to the activist-authors of A FLY Girl’s Guide to Cambridge – a new book on women of colour navigating, and resisting, elite power.
Banning ‘adult content’ won’t make Tumblr better or healthier
What does Tumblr's decision mean for those who rely on the site as one of the only sexually permissible online spaces? Jillian York asks.
Reforming the Gender Recognition Act is a feminist responsibility
The moral panic surrounding proposed changes is incoherent. Husna Rivzi explains why.
Russian LGBT activists battle teenage isolation
Young people discovering their sexuality have been denied access to information or acceptance since the ‘gay propaganda’ law was passed. Barney Cullum reports.
How porn monopolies will feast on UK age verification laws
Jillian York interviews Erika Lust about the consequences of proposed laws which aim to protect children from porn.
Beirut: Paris of the Middle East?
Morgan Meaker on Hezbollah's check on gay rights.
Britain has no moral high ground on Commonwealth homophobia
The colonial practice of exporting homophobia and contemporary anti-migrant policies should give pause to Britain’s triumphalist rhetoric, argues Sean O’Neill.
Black Girl Magic
Natty Kasambala on the call to action and celebration
Kids at work: a YouTube vlogger
Jake Edwards, a transgender YouTube vlogger, has a uniquely millennial career. Edward Siddons spoke to him to find out more about his generation.
‘Curing’ homosexuality in China
LGBT+ people are subjected to forced confinement, medication and electric shocks to try to change their sexual orientation, writes Alessio Perrone.
The joy of kunyaza: women’s pleasure comes first in Rwanda
Rwanda tops global gender equality tables. Can a traditional sexual practice help explain why? Alice McCool writes.
Gay orgies are none of your God damn business
Isn't it time the Vatican admitted people are going to keep having sex whatever they say? Kate Smurthwaite asks.
Ethiopia’s young men: Between hope and a hard place
In an attempt to improve women’s lives, this east African country is leaving young men behind, writes Nikki van der Gaag.
Thousands hold vigil in London for victims of Orlando massacre
A gunman killed at least 49 people and wounded 53 others at Florida nightclub on Sunday.
Men and feminism: the Smurthwaite Deal
Kate Smurthwaite has an idea for how men can truly be feminist.
Swimming against the tide
A Palestinian organization is working to prevent gender-based violence in the Occupied Territories, Michaela Whitton reports.
Trans-action
A collection of pro trans organizations, websites, support groups, books, movies and more, from New Internationalist's October magazine.
Staying alive
Visibility offers no protection for trans people in Brazil. Amanda Palha analyses the roots of violence and exclusion faced by her community – and its fight to stay alive.
Transgender – the facts
This New Internationalist fact spread looks at the violence and discrimination that trans people face.
Where the children lead
Marti Abernathey picks a way through the panic, confusion and maltreatment that surrounds transgender children.
The anti-gay gospel
How foreign funds amplify hate in Uganda, by Patience Akumu.
Gay rights group secures legal victory in Kenya
But the court’s decision has angered opponents to LGBT rights, as Moses Wasamu reports.
World Vision USA’s gay marriage U-turn is callous and cowardly
The homophobia of this evangelical aid agency beggars belief, says Leigh Daynes.
Can porn be ethical?
Porn performer and lecturer Kitty Stryker and feminist writer and activist Louise Pennington go head to head.
Let's talk about sex in... the Arab world
Shereen El Feki hopes to reclaim the spirit of her ancestors who lived when sex was a pleasure - for both men and women.
Clampdown continues on Nigeria’s LGBT community
But the global voices of dissent are growing louder, reports Chris Matthews.
Has this been the decade of gay rights in Britain?
From Section 28 to equal marriage, legal gains have been achieved but there is still work to be done, says Adam Long.