But will you make me gowns?
Today…
is LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day – an important distinction, because part of the point here is that while we know a wage gap exists, we don’t have the data to calculate an actual equal pay day.
is International Domestic Workers Day and the 10th anniversary of the international treaty Convention 189, Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
is the birthday of Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), a pioneer in the fields of botany and genetics. She was the first woman to be awarded the National Medal of Science, the first solo woman awarded a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, and the first American woman to win any unshared Nobel Prize.
…but she did not, no many how many times I do a double-take on her name, design prom dresses that were ubiquitous in the 1980s and ‘90s. (Coincidentally, her birthday is this Saturday.)
Abortion
Chicago Sun-Times | Illegal abortion leads to circle of tragedy | Neil Steinberg
Ms. | New Research Shows States Diverting Federal Anti-Poverty Funds To Deceptive Anti-Abortion Centers | Carrie Baker
Ms. | Will Shifts in Public Opinion Impact the Abortion Debate? | Claire Gothreau
Salon | Ending Roe v. Wade is the goal of draconian new abortion laws - and we're getting closer every day | Elayne Clift
Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting | Appeals Court Rules Against Landlords That Sued 'Nuisance' Abortion Clinic | Stanley Dunlap
More from Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Marietta Daily Journal
Ohio
NBC | Ohio Senate budget includes provision to restrict abortions | Deon Hampton
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Public Radio | Controversial Family Planning Provision Makes It Into N.H. State Budget Deal | Josh Rogers
Wisconsin
AP | Kaul to seek permission to drop multistate abortion lawsuit | Todd Richmond
LGBTQ
The American Independent | New voter ID restrictions could make it harder for transgender people to cast ballots | Casey Quinlan
The Fulcrum | Voter ID laws pose significant barriers to transgender voters | Sara Swann
Bloomberg | EEOC Weighs in on LGBT Restroom Policies on Ruling Anniversary | Paige Smith
The Daily Beast | Father James Martin Wants the Church to Accept Gays But the Catholic Alt-Right Wants Him Silenced | Kevin Fallon
HealthDay | Big Rise in U.S. Teens Identifying As Gay, Bisexual | Cara Robert Murez
The Hill | House fails to pass bill to promote credit fairness for LGTBQ-owned businesses | Cristina Marcos
INSIDER | TV animators were forced to scrap LGBTQ-inclusive storylines due to a culture of fear. Experts say fans are changing that. | Abbey White
USA Today | Pride on TV: How 'Ellen,' 'Will & Grace,' 'Pose' expanded LGBTQ representation | Bill Keveney
LGBTQ Nation | Interior Secretary raises the Pride flag for first time over the department’s headquarters | Juwan Holmes
Mic | These companies are posting rainbows while donating thousands to anti-gay politicians | AJ Dellinger
More from Daily Kos, New York Daily News
Stars and Stripes | Senators want to add LGBTQ veterans to VA advisory committee | Nikki Wentling
USA Today | Bathroom battle begun by trans teen is back at Supreme Court, years after he finished high school | John Fritze
Arizona
The Copper Courier | Activists Have Worked to Strengthen LGBTQ Protections for Years. What’s Making Arizona Cities Finally Listen? | Jessica Swarner
Arkansas
AP | ACLU asks judge to block Arkansas trans youth treatment ban | Andrew DeMillo
More from Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Kansas
Wichita Eagle | Wichita City Hall passes anti-discrimination ordinance after long, emotional debate | Dion Lefler
Maryland
Courthouse News Service | Fourth Circuit Tosses Suit Over Maryland Ban on Conversion Therapy | Erika K. Williams
More from The Daily Record
North Carolina(ish)
Blue Ridge Public Radio | Marriage Equality Resolution Stuck Down By Tribal Council During Pride Month | Lilly Knoepp
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch | Here are all the state bills impacting the LGBTQ community in Ohio | Anna Staver
Pennsylvania
WHTM-TV | Discrimination against LGBTQ+ is legal in PA; Wolf, Dems pushed for Fairness Act | Dennis Owens
South Carolina
The State | Columbia SC passes ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth | Chris Trainor
More from Post and Courier, WLTX-TV, WOLO-TV
Wisconsin
AP | Wisconsin Assembly to vote on transgender sports bans | Scott Bauer
Pregnancy & Parenting
Forbes | How March of Dimes Is Taking On The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis | Amy Shoenthal
VICE | These Black Doulas Are Taking On Iowa’s Maternal Mortality Crisis | Ty Rushing
Washington Post | How the cronavirus affected women and nonbinary people
Indiana
WPTA-TV | Saving Hoosier Mothers: Meet the woman working to lower maternal death rates | Samantha Myers
Massachusetts
MassLive.com | Massachusetts racial equity panel uses first hearing to build to-do list | Chris Lisinski
Minnesota
The 19th | Minnesota offers conditional release so that incarcerated mothers can be with their newborns | Jean Lee
Reproductive Health & Justice
ABC | During Pride Month, advocates focus on need for inclusive sex education in schools | Katie Kindelan
JAMA | More Comprehensive Care for Miscarriage Needed Worldwide | Bridget Kuehn
Miami Herald | Rubio calls it “crazy nonsense.” To Black and brown people, health inequity is dead serious | Editorial
The 19th | During pandemic, suicide attempts among teen girls have surged | Shefali Luthra
Prevention | In Conversation With Faye Wattleton: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom Is Far From Over | Rachel Williams
Work & Money
Hollywood Reporter | Why It’s Time for All Awards Shows to Ditch the Binary Acting Categories | Hilton Dresden
MarketWatch | Maternity Leave vs. Mortgage: Some Lenders Claim Women Can’t Have Both | Clare Trapasso
New York Times | A Crisis of Abuse Grows in International Women's Sport | Jere Longman
Orlando Sentinel | U.S Soccer president: USWNT request to make up World Cup payment discrepancies would “bankrupt” federation | Julia Poe
More, More, More
Ms. | The Filibuster Continues To Undermine Democracy, ERA and Other Advancements for Women’s and Civil Rights | Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
NPR | Southern Baptists Meet To Grapple With Race, Gender Equality And Sexual Abuse | Jaclyn Diaz
More from Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Post
Salon | Catwoman's oral sex scene erasure is just one more way media denies women sexual pleasure | Kylie Cheung