Today…
in 2013, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was first used (on Facebook, not Twitter).
in 2015, Sandra Bland dies in jail. #smh #20goto10
on a happier note, is National Beans n’ Franks Day and National French Fry Day.
All 27 of you who read yesterday’s newsletter may remember that the 11yo was none too pleased to start summer school yesterday. (Read: tears, bargaining, bribes, all from me.) Who is surprised to hear she came home bouncing, giddy to have made a new friend. Gotta love ‘em.
Abortion
ABC | Democrats advance spending bill that would overturn the Hyde Amendment | Benjamin Siegel, MaryAlice Parks
More from Axios, Common Dreams, The Hill
LGBTQ
Refinery29 | After Years Of Making Transphobic Comments, Tomi Lahren Is Defending Caitlyn Jenner. But Why? | Danielle Campoamor
More from LGBTQ Nation, Newsweek, Queerty
Teen Vogue | Caitlyn Jenner Faced Transphobic Harassment at CPAC. She Deserves Dignity, But Not Power | Lucy Diavolo
Mic | The DOJ only prosecutes 17% of hate crime suspects, a damning new report says | Vanessa Taylor
NM Political Report | AHA: LGBTQ at greater risk for cardiovascular events and risks | Susan Dunlap
Time | 'More and More Young People Are Taking Control Over Their Gender Identity' | Madeleine Carlisle
Alaska
them. | Alaska Will Now Cover Transgender Health Care Under Medicaid | Nico Lang
California
Bay Area Reporter | Newsom signs nonbinary death certificates bill | Matthew S. Bajko
Indiana
WISH-TV | Federal judge rules against former Brownsburg teacher over names of transgender students | Julie Dow
New Jersey
AP | NJ educator in trans rant beer-toss case sues for defamation | Wayne Parry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Inquirer | A gender-neutral bathroom in every school: Philly plans changes to make transgender kids feel safe | Kristen A. Graham
Tennessee
them. | These Businesses Are Fighting Tennessee's Transphobic Bathroom Sign Law - and Winning | Nico Lang
Texas
Texas Tribune | After hours of impassioned testimony, Texas Senate panel advances bills limiting the school sports teams that transgender athletes can join | Allyson Waller
More from Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, KDFW-TV, KTBC-TV, KXAN-TV
Los Angeles Blade | Texas Democrats flee, thwart anti-trans, voting and other GOP bills | Brody Levesque
More from AP, Business Insider, HuffPost, Reuters, The Texan
Virginia
USA Today | School district fights judge's decision to reinstate teacher who opposed using students' preferred pronouns | N'dea Yancey-Bragg
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | Allyson Felix strives for Olympic gold and equality for mothers — 'There is still a really long way to go' | Michelle Fox
HuffPost | How Progressives Fought To Put Money In Parents’ Pockets - And Won | Tara Golshan, Arthur Delaney
PBS | The market controls child care costs in the U.S. Can that be changed? | Cat Wise, Emily Carpeaux, Murrey Jacobson
Wisconsin
Madison365 | Black women are five times as likely to die in childbirth. Here’s what that looks like in Green Bay. | Kynala Phillips, David Dahmer
Reproductive Health & Justice
Employee Benefit News | The pandemic has exacerbated the demand for fertility benefits | Amanda Schiavo
The Hill | Senate Democrats call for Medicaid-like plan to cover non-expansion states | Nathaniel Weixel
TODAY | Less than a third of teens report talking to doctors about sex, study finds | Linda Carroll
Menstrual Equity
The Lily | Periods are ‘not gross’: How one student is working to eliminate the stigma around menstruation and poverty | Lauren Mitchell
USA Today | 5 pads for 2 cellmates: Period inequity remains a problem in prisons | Jean Lee
Work & Money
Border Report | Study finds Latinas underrepresented in corporate America | Salvador Rivera
The Conversation | Unpaid care work still falls on women: seven steps that could shift the balance | Danya Marx
History News Network | The NFL Must Learn Lessons About Inclusion from Women's Sports | John Howard
Jezebel | American Families Are Finally Getting a Little Help Around Here | Marie Solis
The Wrap | Why Are Women in Skilled Hollywood Jobs Making $16 an Hour? | Jeremy Fuster
Vermont
Burlington Free Press | Burlington city councilors consider decriminalizing sex work. What does that mean? | Joel Baird
More, More, More
New York Times | Jane Kaufman, Artist Who Celebrated Women’s Work, Dies at 83 | Penelope Green