equal rights
Uber driver: TLC made up evidence in lesbian kiss case
The city Taxi and Limousine Commission “concocted” evidence against an Uber driver after he kicked a smooching lesbian couple out of his car, according to a lawsuit. A judge recently...
South Korean women fed up with creepy 'spy cam porn'
SEOUL, South Korea — Thousands of South Korean women gathered in Seoul on Saturday to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and video taken by...
Alyssa Milano, Maloney push for Equal Rights Amendment
WASHINGTON -- While most Americans think gender equality is the law of the land, the Equal Rights Amendment — which would constitutionally guarantee that — was never ratified. Actress Alyssa...
Damon and Affleck's production co. to adopt inclusion riders
The move came a week after Frances McDormand sparked interest and support for the term.
Reese Witherspoon wanted to be president
The actress wants to crush the stigma that ambitious women are selfish.
Thousands rally for gay marriage in Australia ahead of vote
SYDNEY — Thousands of people rallied for marriage equality in Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne on Saturday ahead of a postal survey on same-sex marriage which could lead to its...
Meet the hero vet who fought the Taliban while battling sexism
Mary Jennings Hegar’s first childhood memory was watching her father throw her mother through a plate-glass door. Hegar was 4 years old. Her sister Elaine was 10. Her father then...
Women around the world skip work for 'Day Without a Woman' strike
Thousands of women rallied together in the Big Apple and around the world on Wednesday as part of “A Day Without a Woman.” The International Women’s Day protest is encouraging...
The 2016 election is fanning the flames of hate and mistrust
Identity politics have become an ingrained part of our culture — and one that threatens to tear us apart. We no longer embrace the "unum" in our national motto —...
Sales tax on tampons not fair to women: lawsuit
A group of Manhattan women filed a class action lawsuit to end sales tax on tampons — calling the tariff outdated and discriminatory because there’s no such tax on products...
Adele doesn't seem interested in Jane Fonda's Equal Rights pitch
Actress Jane Fonda has been reaching out to women to enlist their help in supporting the Equal Rights Amendment, which would add legal protections for women in the Constitution. Sources...
White student unions have gone global despite not really existing
So-called white student unions are springing up at universities across Australia, charged with supporting and defending the interests of white students who they say are becoming marginalized from on-campus life...
Gwyneth: It feels 's - - tty' to get paid less than men
Paltrow weighed in on the male-female Hollywood pay gap.
City Council pushes for demographic disclosure of city contractors
City Council members are pushing to make companies disclose the gender and racial composition of executive staffers and directors to help give women- and minority-run businesses a leg up on...
Elton John and Michael Stipe call for protection of transgender inmates
"Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence and abuse in prison, and yet they continue to face horrific injustices," they said in a joint...