Outside the Beltway

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

A leading same-sex marriage advocate is pushing back on the trans movement.

Another poll is out showing that Americans overwhelmingly oppose the President’s decision to ban transgender troops from serving in the military.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

At least some segments of the “pro-life” movement seem more concerned with policing morality than they do with protecting life.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.

Sexual misconduct in the military continues to frustrate observers.

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

A deep dive into typography and naming choices.

A shout-out to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia.

After a flood of stories saying the former Vice President is unsuitable for the modern era, the inevitable pushback is happening.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.

It’s possible to conclude that Pete Buttigieg is smarter than Elizabeth Warren for reasons having nothing to do with sex.

Two-thirds want social media platforms to ban harassment and racist, sexist, and other offensive speech.

Now that women are allowed into all combat roles, the rationale for excluding them from Selective Service has evaporated.

And I’d still prefer her to Donald Trump.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Late last night, the Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, the first significant abortion rights ruling since Justice Kavanaugh took the bench.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

Gender bias in student evaluations of college professors diminishes considerably by changing the scale.

Is benefitting politically from romantic liaisons different than other relationships?

Can society forgive the men caught up in the #MeToo movement? Is it even our place to decide?

In what amounts to a setback, the Supreme Court has lifted an injunction barring the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service in the military to go forward pending further legal proceedings.

While most Hollywood blockbusters have male leads, films starring women actually do better on the aggregate.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

A fifty-year-old song is getting new scrutiny in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

A Mississippi law that seeks to ban most abortions after 15 weeks was struck down by a Federal District Court Judge.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

Science can’t precisely locate gender but it’s neither fully biological nor fully genetic.

She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.

A Supreme Court first by the newest Justice.

Fifty years ago, a young college student who would become one of the most influential women in Washington was sexually assaulted by a Senator. She didn’t come forward with her story for more than fifty years, and the reasons why strike close to what we’ve been talking about for three weeks now.

A look at the numbers behind the influx of women into electoral politics this year.