Gender & LGBTQIA+

556 posts

With Medicaid cuts incoming, rural doulas step up to help New Mexico families

Maternal health care in rural communities across the country is facing immense pressure, threatened by federal cuts to Medicaid

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4 Min
By: Kiara Alfonseca

Jobs alone cannot solve trans unemployment

A complex matrix of poverty and punishment fuels the trans unemployment crisis, as community members experience roughly twice the rates of joblessness as cisgender people

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13 Min
By: Kim Tran

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A Florida worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

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9 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Miami’s Wynwood loses its queer heart to gentrification

As developers reshape Miami’s art district, LGBTQIA+ venues are vanishing, leaving a community of 190,000 people with few places to gather

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7 Min
By: Kat Grimmett

‘My body is as besieged as my city’: Israel’s blockade drives Palestinians into daily negotiations with their dignity

Women have become the front-line managers of scarcity in Gaza. Yet their suffering is often erased by Western policy and humanitarian discourse

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4 Min
By: Mariam Mohammed Al-Khateeb

Why don’t humanitarian aid groups call it a genocide?

Activists, academics, and consultants say humanitarian aid and global development groups want to appear neutral, but many are funded by governments that do not recognize Palestine as a state

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18 Min
By: Nicole Froio

Queer students left holding the line as universities bow to Trump

As colleges across the country shuttered LGBTQIA+ resource centers and other supports, students are stepping up to protect each other

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5 Min
By: Nick Fulton

Violence deconstructed: Jeffrey Epstein’s victims deserve better

Public willingness to believe Epstein’s victims hasn’t translated into meaningful change or support for other survivors

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5 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

Rainbow genocide: How Israel uses ‘pinkwashing’ to terrorize Palestinians

Israel claims to be an LGBTQIA+ haven compared to Palestine. Some advocates see this simply as propaganda, but Palestinians say it leads to real harm against queer people in Palestine

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4 Min
By: Simi Kadirgamar

She managed to get a temporary farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse and exploitation.

A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program, and when they are granted visas, they report being funneled into non-agricultural labor where they face sexual violence and trafficking

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29 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

The right-wing pipeline for Gen Z teen girls is subtle, insidious, and hidden in wellness trends

It wasn’t just organizations like Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA that prompted young women to become right-wing influencers. Their paths were first paved by “clean girl” morning routines and “what I eat in a day” vlogs

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9 Min
By: Kenneal Patterson

Chicago art exhibit examines the legacies of Black motherhood and migration

Featuring works by five Black women and nonbinary artists, “Mark Me, Too” runs until Dec. 14 at the Hyde Park Art Center

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4 Min
By: Noah Berlatsky

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