E.J. Graff

E.J. Graff, a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, is a contributing editor and daily columnist at The American Prospect and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution.

What Straight Allies Need to Understand About Gay Marriage and States' Rights

What Straight Allies Need to Understand About Gay Marriage and States' Rights

The fight for gay marriage rights is not like the fight against anti-miscegenation laws. It's more like the fight for divorce law liberalization, and that's why it needs to stay a state issue. More »

The Other L Word: Can Tammy Baldwin Win in Wisconsin?

The Other L Word: Can Tammy Baldwin Win in Wisconsin?

As she seeks to become the first openly lesbian U.S. Senator, her political views could present more of an obstacle than her sexual orientation More »

How Obama's Slow Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Defused the Controversy

How Obama's Slow Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Defused the Controversy

Advocates were outraged by the administration's pace, but the president's deliberative approach has prevented a backlash More »

The 1996 DOMA Debate Revisited

The 1996 DOMA Debate Revisited

To get a sense of how different things used to be, check out some video excerpts from that year's debate More »

15 Years After DOMA, Hearing Reveals a Nation Transformed

15 Years After DOMA, Hearing Reveals a Nation Transformed

It's hard to remember that now-foreign country, which was almost unrecognizably hostile to lesbians and gay men More »

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