Gender & LGBTQIA+

556 posts

LGBTQ Latino voters ‘show up and show out’ for 2020 election

Ahead of the election, a “jota defense” of LGBTQ Latino organizers, activists, drag performers, and culture workers formed to inspire civic engagement in key battleground states, and to remind Latino communities that everyone can play a role in the presidential election—including those who cannot vote because of their immigration

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Coney Barrett confirmation stirs ‘sleeping giant’ pro-choice religious community

In the weeks leading up to Monday’s Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, there was a slate of reporting about abortion and religious communities. Much of the reporting was ahistorical, inaccurate, and failed to convey that Coney Barrett was not confirmed despite her inexperience and extreme views, but

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10 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

What’s at stake: Abortion, same-sex marriage recognition, and more in gender justice

This article is part of Prism’s Election 2020: What’s at Stake coverage. Earlier this month, Prism met with its gender justice “sounding board,” which operates as a sort of informal advisory board of writers, organizers, researchers, and activists whose work focuses on gender, sexuality, and reproductive justice—especially

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4 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

We can’t ignore disabled women when talking about domestic violence

Domestic violence against disabled women is an issue “hidden” right in front of us. It has been absent from the news coverage surrounding Domestic Violence Awareness Month and from discussions among professionals who provide assistance and support to survivors. This omission is not only deadly, but fails to protect a

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5 Min
By: Vilissa Thompson

RBG and the double and triple consciousness of Black, queer women

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this year caused a visceral response in America. For some, tears were shed for the loss of someone they considered a hero. For many, tears fell out of fear for what her open spot would mean for the Supreme Court. For others, no

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4 Min
By: Zuri White-Gibson

Q&A: ‘Goddess on wheels’ Maria R. Palacios talks performance art and disability justice

When Prism spoke to poet, spoken word performer, and disability activist Maria R. Palacios, she was “nervous and excited” to film four original performance pieces as part of “We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos,” a show focusing on the ways that climate change is disproportionately affecting disabled

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10 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

New SCOTUS nomination won’t stop the fight for reproductive justice

As the future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance, reproductive rights and justice in the United States are particularly at risk. But people around the country have long faced significant barriers not just to accessing abortion care, but also to retain the ability to expand their families, and

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2 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

Abortion funds have always fought impossible odds

With news of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for many of us, the world stood still—no more so for anyone than those of us who work in the reproductive justice movement. At Texas Equal Access Fund, an abortion fund that provides financial and emotional support for those

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4 Min
By: Kamyon Conner

Doctor accused of unnecessary operations ‘left a trail’ in local community

What happened to women detained at Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) is just as much a story about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as it is about Mahendra Amin, the doctor alleged to have performed unnecessary gynecological procedures on detained women without their full and informed consent. Congress

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12 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Forget hoping for Trump’s ‘speedy recovery.’ What about the rest of us?

When news broke that President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, the news cycle dutifully turned the page on his open white supremacy and the First Lady’s reconfirmed disdain for migrant children. At the same time, across social media, the performative “when they go low, we go high”

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3 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

Advocates continue to demand justice for Vanessa Guillén

In a July 30 speech in Washington, D.C., just about a month after her daughter Vanessa Guillén’s remains were found, Gloria “Mamá” Guillén was clear in her demand: She wanted Fort Hood closed. Vanessa Guillén experienced sexual harassment before she disappeared from the Killeen, Texas, Army base on

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Protecting safe and accessible abortions is even more essential during a pandemic

Faced with the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, Texans looked towards leadership in their state government amidst a combative national dialogue. To many of us, it was clear that Texans needed strong guidance through these difficult times. Instead, the state utilized the pandemic to implement an anti-abortion agenda that left

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4 Min
By: Nancy Cardenas Pena

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