Gender & LGBTQIA+

556 posts

New novel underscores the instability of the visa system for young adults

Author Sabina Khan explores Islamophobia, immigration, and more through the eyes of a teenage girl in her sophomore novel, ‘Zara Hossain is Here.’

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4 Min
By: Lakshmi Gandhi

#EstasEnCasa campaign connects LGBTQ asylum-seekers with U.S. sponsors

The Santa Fe Dreamers Project is trying to find stable housing for trans asylum-seekers like Susana Coreas, who have been stuck in Mexico for over a year.

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Addressing ‘the mind, body, and soul’ of Black maternal health

Reproductive psychotherapist Saleemah McNeil uses a multifaceted approach to helping Black women heal from pregnancy-related trauma.

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6 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

New York passed a law to protect domestic violence survivors accused of crimes. Why aren’t more courts applying it?

Advocates fought for laws considering the role of abuse in violent crimes for decades, but implementation of those laws is inconsistent.

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Black women are their own heroes in the fight against disproportionate maternal health risks

Black doulas and legislators are founding centers and creating legislation to improve maternal health outcomes.

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6 Min
By: Carolyn Copeland

Texas immigrant detention center is profiting from women’s pain, report says

Formerly detained women and advocates say it’s time to shut down the T. Don Hutto Detention Center

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6 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Meet the 21-year-old helping to fund abortions in Texas

A community sexual health specialist collaborated with other young, queer people to create an abortion fund.

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Trans sex workers speak out about legalization, health care, and working during the pandemic

Candy is a 34-year-old transgender woman who migrated from Honduras to the United States more than a decade ago. She fled persecution and transphobia in her motherland because of her gender identity and Honduras’ institutionalized discriminatory system. After arriving in the United States, she sought better opportunities, only to find

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5 Min
By: Gabriela Barzallo

Federal law enforcement agencies fail to provide adequate care to pregnant people

Lawmakers and legal advocates sometimes cannot confirm how many pregnant people are in custody at any given time, and obtaining information about the care that incarcerated pregnant people receive is an overwhelming challenge. A government watchdog is now shedding light on these issues and reporting that federal law enforcement agencies

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6 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

What a real love letter to abortion care providers would say

Our clinics, like many others around the country, receives a card decorated with red hearts professing faux concern for abortion clinic workers. Every few weeks the cards come from anti-abortionists who want to “love an abortion care worker out of the industry.” While these “anti-abortion” cards don’t include physical

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3 Min
By: Mercedes Sanchez

American Bar Association’s resolution opposes criminalization of abortion or miscarriage

The nation’s largest and oldest organization for legal professionals is taking a stand against the criminalization of pregnancy-related circumstances, including self-managed abortion. Advocates say this is a significant step in the effort to decriminalize the reproductive lives of low-income people of color. The American Bar Association (ABA) has adopted

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Cisnormativity in health care has a negative impact on gender-diverse people

Hess Stinson described their experiences of childbirth as overwhelming, not just because of the pain, but having to tolerate the crude sexual jokes made by doctors and nurses that were based in cisheteronormativity, with which Stinson does not identify. As a Black queer nonbinary mother, Stinson reflects on never having

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4 Min
By: Krystal Kavita Jagoo

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