In rallying in opposition to marriage reform, religious campaigners claim that their arguments are grounded in reason and common sense. But take a closer look and you'll spot the homophobia,…
Musician Darren Hayman on the making of his new album, The Violence
Those calling for a global blasphemy law should heed the lessons from Pakistan, says Beena Sarwar
One of India’s fastest growing industries treats women as bodies for rent, says Bidisha
With its cast of blood-thirsty mullahs, equivocating politicians, apologetic liberals and artists requiring police protection, Salman Rushdie’s memoir of the fatwa years couldn’t be more timely, says Kenan Malik
Hundreds of children every year are being forced to marry against their will. What is being done to stop it? Sarah Ditum reports
For long-term prisoner Matthew Nutley confinement behind bars has offered him a chance of real liberty
If you thought it was what’s in your head that counts, think again. It’s what’s in your pants, at least in the world of Naomi Wolf’s Vagina. Louise Foxcroft dives…
As David Cameron’s reshuffle shifts the Coalition to the right, Sarah Ditum warns of trouble ahead for women's rights
The religious culture wars have a new battleground. Is male circumcision a harmless ethnic signifier or the infliction of genuine harm on a child? Toby Lichtig reports