Gender & LGBTQIA+

556 posts

Disabled activists warn that a ‘return to normal’ threatens increased accessibility through virtual and hybrid events

The increase in virtual events alleviated some of the barriers marginalized people face when attending in person, and disabled activists want to capitalize on the momentum for greater accessibility

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7 Min
By: Vilissa Thompson

FDA permanently allows abortion pill by mail, but local challenges persist in Republican-led states

Nineteen states still require the prescribing physician to be physically present when the medication is administered

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Activists react to California’s attempts to model Texas’ abortion law

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a plan to work with the state legislature to allow private citizens to sue gun manufacturers and sellers

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3 Min
By: Williesha Morris

We don’t need an ‘abortion Underground Railroad’—Black and brown people already lead the most powerful abortion fund network in the country

Recognition and support for decades of work by Black and brown-led abortion funds are even more critical as access to abortion care shrinks

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4 Min
By: Jessica Pinckney

With the fate of abortion rights still unknown, doctors and activists call for advance provision of the abortion pill

After last week’s SCOTUS hearing, activists are advocating for advanced provisions and abortion-by-mail options to sidestep repressive state laws on surgical abortions.

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

BIPOC moms are still trying to cope almost two years into the pandemic

Mothers of color disproportionately faced mental and emotional anguish during the pandemic shutdowns last year. Here’s how they’re doing almost two years later

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4 Min
By: Sakshi Udavant

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

Pregnancy is no temporary burden

Despite the arguments of Amy Coney Barrett and other anti-abortion advocates, the physical and financial impacts of pregnancy and childbirth can be permanent regardless of adoption—especially for Black women

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6 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

Reproductive rights advocates sound the alarm after Supreme Court hears arguments in Mississippi abortion case

As the case threatens access to abortion care nationwide, advocates highlight the need to support local abortion funds and advocacy groups in the most restrictive states

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

With abortion rights hanging in the balance, pregnant young people are among the most vulnerable

Although the Supreme Court hasn’t yet decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, advocates say the case’s harms are already in motion.

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3 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

COVID-19 is delaying elective surgeries, and transgender patients are suffering

Lost amid attempts to control the pandemic and a deluge of anti-trans legislation, the need to ensure access to gender-affirming surgery continues to be overlooked.

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7 Min
By: Orion Rodriguez

Anti-abortion attacks are linked to other attacks on civil rights

Texas’ challenges to landmark civil rights protections are encouraging some conservatives to test the waters.

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3 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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