Gender & LGBTQIA+

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Q&A: Director Shine Louise Houston on porn’s ‘seismic shift’

This story is part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here. Warning: Some photos featured NSFW. In the mid-2000s, porn was going through a seismic shift. Technological innovations like cheaper cameras and widespread high-speed internet had begun to upend the

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6 Min
By: Lux Alptraum

Citizenship and colonization: A Q&A with the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project’s Ola Osaze

Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, “the linchpin of the current constitutional system” that allowed for birthright citizenship, granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people and promising equal protection of the laws. More than 150 years after these promises were made to African

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11 Min
By: Caitlin Gaffin

The strictest abortion ban in the nation targets communities of color

As pro-choice advocates in Louisiana breathe a sigh of relief after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the June Medical Services v. Russo case last week, Tennessee is gearing up for a fight against one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in the country—one that advocates say

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4 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Don’t underestimate community power in the fight for racial and reproductive justice

Black people have never depended on the legal system to determine the ways we deserve to thrive. In the vision of reproductive justice created and pursued by Black women, everyone is able to live and choose to raise their families in safe and supportive communities. That means people have safe

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3 Min
By: Shayla Walker

Southern reproductive justice advocates are doing ‘radical work’

In the months leading up to Monday’s Supreme Court decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, which overturned a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges with a nearby hospital, media outlets largely covered Louisiana as they did the near-identical Supreme Court case from Texas four years

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10 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

‘Trying to survive in Puerto Rico’: A conversation with Taller Salud

For 40 years, the reproductive justice organization Taller Salud has been providing direct services to Puerto Rican survivors of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence. Founded in 1979, Taller Salud is the longest running feminist organization on the island. Located in the predominantly Afro-Puerto Rican municipality of Loíza, the organization

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

‘Things are hard and scary’ right now for Black trans women: Q&A with Janetta Johnson

The uprising that first emerged as a result of the Minneapolis Police Department’s killing of George Floyd has now spread across the globe. In the U.S., the protests have led to a reckoning with racism in the journalism industry, the food industry, and the nonprofit sector, and it

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Lawsuit alleges three women were raped in ICE custody before being deported

A woman previously detained in Texas is alleging that in the hours immediately preceding her deportation to Mexico in 2018, she and two other women were raped by men working inside the detention center. She is now suing the private prison company that operates the facility, its subcontractors, and the

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3 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Immigrant women workers on the front lines of meatpacking COVID-19 outbreaks speak out

This piece is published in collaboration with Migrant Roots Media. Click here to read it in Spanish.  Prism’s coverage of COVID-19 outbreaks in North Carolina poultry processing plants began with an online tip, but soon multiple workers came forward—risking their livelihoods—to talk about the unsafe working conditions

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6 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

First annual Trans Immigrants Day honors the lives and legacies of trans women

The first annual Trans Immigrants Day honors trans people who died too soon, and vows to fight like hell for the living. Launched by the organization Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, the first annual Trans Immigrants Day will take place May 31, preceded by a week of action beginning May

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

The legacy of the ‘crack baby’ myth continues to criminalize pregnant people

Oklahoma is a scary place to be a pregnant person. Abortion is severely restricted in the state, and elected officials seem to largely support a homegrown movement demanding the death penalty for women who access abortion care. The number of women dying during pregnancy has also increased by nearly 50%

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

For working moms, long-term school and childcare closures may force an ‘impossible’ balancing act

Cecilia’s job processing contracts at a car dealership isn’t essential, but that doesn’t mean she can stay home. With the dealership open for vehicle servicing and online sales, the single mother of two is still expected to deal with paperwork on site. That means leaving her 5-year-old

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12 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

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