NOMAS is committed to supporting local chapters. According to the NOMAS bylaws, four NOMAS members are needed to found a new chapter. NOMAS chapters organize their own programs and are trusted to abide and uphold the NOMAS principles and tenets.Member chapters and affiliates report to the national council at least twice a year on local [...]
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) began as a spontaneous, loose-knit social movement in the early 1970s. With the beginning of the second wave of American feminism in the late 1960s, “anti-sexist” men’s groups, men’s articles, and other writing about pro-feminist men began to appear. In 1975, a group of men who were [...]
NOMAS recently celebrated its 35th year at their National Conference on Men & Masculinity (M&M), and the 22nd Annual Men’s Studies Association Meeting in partnership with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) 14th National Conference on Domestic Violence in Anaheim, California.Stating that “although progress has been made in recent times in the struggle for [...]
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men’s lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities. The organization [...]