Gender & Sexuality For Beginners

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of "male" and "female" leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a "real" man or woman is where one's sex begins and ends or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made in recent years on behalf of women's gay and lesbian rights there is still a large division betwe...