Social Issues

Initiated as small, defiant, sexually daring protests, gay pride parades have become mainstream spectacles patronized by corporate sponsors and straight politicians as they spread nationwide. For many gays, who prize the events' edginess, the shift is unwelcome.

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September 16, 2013 8:34 AM

Racial taunts greet new Miss America

Miss New York Nina Davuluri's victory led to some negative comments on Twitter from users upset that someone of Indian heritage had won the pageant. She brushed those aside. "I have to rise above that," she said. "I always viewed myself as first and foremost American."

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September 15, 2013 11:59 AM

Despite pressure, ban on gay blood donors endures

Dating from the first years of the AIDS epidemic, the ban is a source of frustration to many gay activists, and also to many leading players in the nation's health and blood-supply community who have joined in calling for change. Above, Jason Cianciotto, GMHC's public policy director, stands with a map showing international blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men.

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September 15, 2013 9:08 AM

Birmingham still divided after 50 years

Fifty years ago today, a Ku Klux Klan bomb at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., killed four black girls and sent shock waves throughout the country. In Birmingham, the tragedy laid bare a deep rift.

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September 13, 2013 8:08 AM

Reuters investigation spotlights online exchange of adopted kids

Reuters has published a five-part series of stories about a practice known as "private re-homing", in which parents use Internet message boards to find homes for their adopted children when those adoptions are not working out well. Custody of the children often happens outside the view of child welfare authorities and some children are handed over to parents who would not be allowed to take in children.

by Phil Picardi

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September 13, 2013 4:00 AM

Just who counts as a 'woman of color'?

Advocates for a more inclusive feminism cannot be content with calling attention to the tendency of feminist circles to focus solely on the issues that matter to privileged, white women. The ways the term "women of color" is used must also be considered.