Tina Vásquez

Tina Vásquez

182 posts
a drag queen with a blonde, curly wig wearing a grey dress with decorative white and black squares holds "Oh the places you'l
Gender & LGBTQIA+

You can’t keep good queens down

Drag Queen Story Hour has come under attack during Pride month, but performers say they’re putting “glitter first, fear second”

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18 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
LGBTQ+ trans activists protest outside the White House holding signs in the trans flag colors reading "No Pride in Detention"
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Organizers say ending trans detention is a matter of life and death

The trans immigrant leaders behind the #NoPrideInDetention campaign have one focus: freeing trans migrants from ICE custody

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
two illustrated hands holding each other with a yellow and purple background
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Abortion doulas prepare for increased criminalization if Roe v. Wade falls

Abortion doulas provide critical support for those receiving abortion care, but as legislation becomes more restrictive, they are stregthening their networks and taking digital security precautions

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20 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
Rochelle Garza, a Latina with dark hair a few inches past her shoulders, wears a dark silky blouse in front of a turquoise an
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Attorney Rochelle Garza on why she’s running for Texas attorney general on a pro-choice platform

Garza is vying to become the state’s first Latina attorney general—one who vows to fight attacks on bodily autonomy and abortion criminalization

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10 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
illustration of two hands outstretched holding a bouquet of flowers against a mint green background
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Abortion is freedom

It’s not hyperbole to say that access to abortion care is a matter of life and death, but this urgency is not felt by elected officials or the courts

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4 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
a woman holds up a bullhorn while wearing a black T-shirt with a logo for Frontera Fund on it
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Lizelle Herrera’s case highlights the misunderstood realities of abortion access, criminalization, and advocacy in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley

Cross-movement collaboration at the intersections of criminal and reproductive justice helped local organizers mobilize quickly

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8 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
a woman wearing a purple jacket and green head bandana holds a sign reading "If I can make a life, I can make a choice"
Gender & LGBTQIA+

How misinformation about medical reporting requirements fueled Lizelle Herrera’s criminalization for abortion

An “aura of illegality” around self-managed abortion and confusion about anti-abortion laws transform some health care providers into agents of state surveillance

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11 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
Health care providers in North Carolina demand better patient support as they attempt to unionize
Economy & Workers' Rights

Health care providers in North Carolina demand better patient support as they attempt to unionize

Providers are asking for a seat at the table when making organizational decisions that affect patient care

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15 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
Woman kneeling against a wall in an office hallway, head in hands, with the Guttmacher Institute logo superimposed over the i
Economy & Workers' Rights

Guttmacher Institute staff say a ‘toxic’ work culture has the reproductive rights research giant in a ‘death spiral’

At a critical time for reproductive rights, health, and justice, current and former staff say discrimination and a longstanding white feminist ethos have pushed out BIPOC, caregivers, and disabled workers.

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29 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
Refugee program offers Liberian immigrants a pathway to citizenship, but it’s floundering
Immigration

Refugee program offers Liberian immigrants a pathway to citizenship, but it’s floundering

Minimal community outreach and the U.S. immigration system’s application backlog have hamstrung the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program.

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10 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
How Texas’ ‘Operation Lone Star’ uses law enforcement and a local jail to ‘hold the line’ for Trump-era anti-immigrant policies
Immigration

How Texas’ ‘Operation Lone Star’ uses law enforcement and a local jail to ‘hold the line’ for Trump-era anti-immigrant policies

‘The White House could fight this. They are choosing not to,’ said Grassroots Leadership’s Claudia Muñoz.

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez
‘Not that much has changed at the border,’ says one trans asylum-seeker helping LGBTQ+ migrants
Gender & LGBTQIA+

‘Not that much has changed at the border,’ says one trans asylum-seeker helping LGBTQ+ migrants

Susana Coreas, founder of the Casa de Colores shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for trans and gender non-comforming asylum-seekers, is now in the U.S. helping other vulnerable migrants.

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

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