Tag: Gender Issues

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Someone put a plaque where Trump made ‘Access Hollywood’ comments

Kara Zupkus · October 27, 2017 6:17 pm

Is it possible to be a conservative and a feminist at Harvard University? Yes, it is. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

I’m a female student at Harvard, and I’m conservative. Here’s why.

Emily Hall · October 27, 2017 5:59 pm

Ford Models, whose clients have included the likes of Ryan Lochte, Lindsay Lohan, and Christy Turlington, announced they were signing their first transgender model, Andreja Pejic. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

It’s dangerous to celebrate transgender models

Nicole Russell · October 26, 2017 3:51 pm

Mark Halperin apologized for what he terms "inappropriate" behavior after five women claimed he sexually harassed them while he was a top ABC News executive. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Mark Halperin off the air at MSNBC after sexual harassment allegations: Report

Anna Giaritelli · October 26, 2017 12:16 pm

Amal and George Clooney.

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, feminists: George Clooney is not subconsciously sexist

Suzanne Venker · October 25, 2017 4:31 pm

Former President George H.W. Bush apologized to actress Heather Lind after she claimed Bush touched her inappropriately. "President Bush would never -- under any circumstance -- intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind," Bush's spokesman said in a statement. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

George H.W. Bush apologizes to actress Heather Lind after accusations of sexual assault

Naomi Lim · October 25, 2017 2:40 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly, at the now highly scrutinized White House press briefing last week, criticized Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., for making public details about a personal phone call from President Trump to a military widow. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Media turn John Kelly into a racist

Eddie Scarry · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Democrats came to the White House after the historic impeachment vote in 1998 as a show of support for former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feminists gave up the high ground in the Bill Clinton era; they can’t get it back

Noemie Emery · October 24, 2017 4:10 am

Scott Courtney was the executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, but resigned. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Union activist who pushed $15 minimum wage resigns after ‘sexual misconduct’ claims

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2017 2:59 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a pen he used to sign one of various bills in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in on March 27. From left are, Sen. Tom Barrasso, R-Wyo., Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Trump the deregulator

adam-gustafson · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

The voluntary training is facilitated by KU's Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity in partnership with the Office of Multicultural Affairs. (Flickr)

Beltway Confidential

University of Kansas ‘Safe Zone’ pledge asks students to say: ‘I believe nobody is wrong, they are only different’

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 9:43 pm

Tinseltown Transaction

The Scrapbook · October 20, 2017 7:30 am