Tag: Gender & Sexuality

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What Do You Do When Your Child Pushes the Envelope?

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:29 AM

On Monday's show, we'll be talking with Cheryl Kilodavis, author of the new children's book, "My Princess Boy." Cheryl wrote the book after she noticed her young son's preference for dressing up in girls' clothing. When has your child behaved in a way that made you reevaluate your beliefs or the way you parent? How did you react?

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Check out a video of Cheryl and her "princess boy," Dyson, after the jump.

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The Brave New World of Male Contraception

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

New scientific research from China’s National Institute of Family Planning indicates that researchers are one step closer to a form of contraception for men. The shot could be as effective at preventing pregnancies as the female pill or condoms. The monthly testosterone injection works by temporarily blocking sperm production and could revolutionize birth control. But will women trust men to use it?

We’re taking a look at the science and the social implications of this shot with Dr. John Herr, a professor at the University of Virginia. He’s director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Research in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health. We’re also joined by Susie Bright, author of The Sexual State of the Union and the host of In Bed with Susie Bright on audible.com.

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Minorities and morality: A growing conservative streak in the black community

Monday, December 01, 2008

California’s Proposition Eight, which bans gay marriage, has brought to light a conservative streak among African Americans. Around seventy percent of black voters in California say they voted in favor of the ban. New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow joins The Takeaway to share his insight into why blacks voted yes on Prop Eight.

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Fighting for gay rights in Utah

Thursday, November 13, 2008

"I take the Church at its word. I think they have very genuine and sincerely held beliefs about marriage but that doesn't necessarily mean that we can't find something short of that that can be helpful to gays and lesbians in the state of Utah."
-- Scott McCoy

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Economy is tied to gender gap

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Presidents on TV

Friday, November 07, 2008

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Same-sex marriage

Friday, November 07, 2008

This week, California voters passed Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that amends the state's constitution to explicitly remove the court-approved right of same-sex couples to marry. Florida and Arizona passed similar measures. Where does the movement to legalize same-sex marriage go from here? Aaron Hicklin, editor of Out Magazine, outlines possible next steps.

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Prop. 8

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Barack Obama's election to the top office in the United States was accomplished in part by his recruitment of thousands of new black voters. But though the president-elect is one of the more liberal members of the Senate, his constituency has a conservative streak. Nowhere is that clearer than in California, where the passage of Proposition 8 — an amendment to the state constitution that will ban gay marriage — can partially be attributed to conservative leanings among many black voters. So what does that say about the soon-to-be president's mandate? The Takeaway talks to Joe Hicks, a commentator for Pajamas TV and a talk show host with KFI.

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On the Ballot: Same-sex marriage

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Dan Fritz of California's KPFK discusses Proposition 8, the ballot measure that would amend the California constitution and ban same-sex marriage in California.

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Shatner and Takei

Friday, October 24, 2008

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What's happened in the 10 years since gay student Matthew Shepard's murder

Monday, October 06, 2008

Ten years ago this week, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was brutally murdered. Shepard’s death struck a chord with people across the nation and re-energized the gay-rights movement. But a decade later, many say the nation hasn’t come nearly far enough.

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Women matter in this election, but what happens after November?

Friday, September 19, 2008

With the embrace of Sarah Palin, rising popularity of Katie Couric, and the success of Rachel Maddow, all things female are en vogue. But, this seems to be something that happens every 4 years, only to be forgotten and shelved until the next election.

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More women are delaying motherhood, Census Bureau reports

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Guest: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Sociology Professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She's been studying women and childlessness for more than a decade.

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So long, Olympic softball

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

A few years ago, the International Olympics Committee knocked softball off the list of 2012 sports, though its popularity has been growing since 1996, its first Games. For girls around the world, the Olympics will forever be a dream.

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McCain and Obama weigh in on affirmative-action measures

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Controversial affirmative-action ballot initiatives in three states — Nebraska, Colorado and Arizona — are making news for the presidential candidates. Arizona senator and presidential candidate John McCain has said he supports a measure in his state that would ban the use of preferential treatment when it comes to race or gender. He says he's always opposed quotas. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wagged his finger at his rival.

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Celebrating the legacy of Sheila Barrett, the first woman to announce at the BBC

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 12:00 AM

By Kent DePinto

Seventy-five years ago, on July 28, 1933, Sheila Barrett became the first woman to make a national broadcast on BBC Radio. The anniversary got us here at the Takeaway thinking, how have American women shaped the tone and distinction of the radio waves?

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The X-Files’ XX factor

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Ironman and Batman. Both are summer box-office heroes but neither is a woman. With the arrival of The X-Files’ Special Agent Dana Scully to the big screen Friday, that's set to change. Scully reminds us there are female protagonists who aren’t interested in Manolo Blahniks.

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Snubbed gay bishop throws his own party at Lambeth gathering

Monday, July 21, 2008

All of the 800 Anglican bishops who gather this week for the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference were invited personally by the Archbishop of Canterbury himself. Gene Robinson, the church’s first openly gay bishop, was not one of them. But he's there anyway, speaking up for the gay and lesbian clergy.

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South Carolina: It’s not easy being “so gay”

Thursday, July 17, 2008

A London-based advertising campaign, aimed at generating gay travel to the United States is selling South Carolina as “so gay.” South Carolina officials are saying “no way.” The Takeaway talks to the ad man behind this controversial campaign.

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The focus on First Ladies

Friday, June 20, 2008

Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Edwards and Judy Giuliani — each has been subjected to relentless scrutiny in today's world of the nonstop news-cycle and 'gotcha!' media moments spread online. Can they make or break their husbands' campaign? What does it mean these days to run for First Lady? The Takeaway puts these questions to syndicated columnist Connie Schultz, who should know — she's married to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

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