
ChristenMcCurdy
Christen McCurdy has written for Pacific Standard, TheFix.com, Bitch, RENDER, Narratively and a host of regional publications and trades. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Christen McCurdy has written for Pacific Standard, TheFix.com, Bitch, RENDER, Narratively and a host of regional publications and trades. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Some activists say proposed legislation doesn't address all the ways so-called conversion therapy is actually practiced.
The lack of paid sick time available across the country means that if a worker needs time to address reproductive health needs—including prenatal or abortion care—she may have to risk her livelihood or her paycheck to do so.
At institutions and in organizations that ostensibly cater to older adults’ needs, the matter of their sexuality is often ignored altogether.
About 9 percent of teenagers identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning; as many as six million Americans have an LGBT-identified parent. Yet when I reached out for recommendations on more diverse sex ed books aimed at adolescents, there were few options to be found.