Consultant on fire
in 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Frontiero v. Richardson that the military couldn’t offer different spousal/family benefits to service members on the basis of sex. It was also RBG’s first appearance before the court.
is National Shades Day. Mark it as I do, by buying your 13yo yet another pair what is he doing with them, can we not hang onto one, omg.
we’re packing up and moving home: Ohio Lottery to Give 5 People $1 Million Each to Encourage Vaccination.
In yesterday’s newsletter, I should have relabeled one of the “22 Stages of Heartbreak” to “Listening to Morrissey.” On/around “self-pity” would fit, though in my defense, just some of the cheekier songs from his first few solo albums, just post-Smiths and way pre-Nazi.
Here in DC
Home of the overachiever (and me)
We are repressed
But we're expensively dressed
(That is real.)
And we're always “Busy,
Just so busy”
Busy laptops, oh, oh
Consultants on fire
All around Farragut Square
Abortion
Rewire News Group | Want to Support AAPI Women? End Racist Barriers to Abortion Access. | Kylie Cheung
Missouri
Missouri Independent | Medicaid provider taxes imperiled as compromise on abortion issues eludes lawmakers | Rudi Keller
Texas
Daily Beast | Texas Passes Heartbeat Bill That Would Create Anti-Abortion Vigilantes | Emily Shugerman
More from AP, Austin American-Statesman, Forbes, The Hill, Houston Chronicle, Jezebel, KUT-FM, Newsweek, Texas Tribune
LGBTQ
Air Force Times | Transgender airmen, guardians guaranteed equal opportunity under new policy | Lolita Baldor, Rachel Cohen
LGBTQ Nation | House passes bill to designate Pulse nightclub a national memorial | Bil Browning
NBC Sports | The real threat to women's sports? It's not trans women | Alex Azzi
Rewire News Group | Biden Seems Serious About Protecting Trans People | Imani Gandy
Women's Health | A Comprehensive Gender Identity List, As Defined By Experts | Perri O. Blumberg
Alaska
AP | Alaska bill would bar transgender girls from female sports | Becky Bohrer
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | Kansas governor denounces effort to tie college athlete pay to transgender athlete ban | Noah Taborda
Oregon
Oregonian | Oregon House unanimously passes ban of ‘gay panic’ legal defense | Douglas Perry
More from Los Angeles Blade, Portland Tribune
Pennsylvania
The Patriot | School board meeting gets heated at times Tuesday over transgender policy, equity plan | Mike Williams
Texas
Houston Public Media | The Human Toll Of Legislation Affecting Transgender Youth | Michael Hagerty
Pregnancy & Parenting
PBS NewsHour | How the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way Americans think about pregnancy | Courtney Vinopal
Providence Journal | 'In our DNA': Police violence, racism plague Black maternal health | Hadley Barndollar
Reproductive Health & Justice
Becker's Hospital Review | AMA acknowledges harmful past, launches road map to propel health equity | Hannah Mitchell
Healthline | How COVID-19 Is Impacting People of Color Differently | Cathy Cassata
Arizona
AZCentral.com | Revived bill to limit sex ed and discussions about sexuality in Arizona schools clears hurdle in Legislature | Mary Jo Pitzl
Arizona Daily Star | GOP makes new run at Arizona sex-ed restrictions | Howard Fischer
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | Bill Providing Contraceptives to Undocumented Immigrants Passes Colorado Senate | Madeleine Schmidt
Denver Post | Free menstrual products for certain Colorado schools possible under new bill | Saja Hindi
Work & Money
Axios | Women prefer remote work more than men | Erica Pandey
The Mercury News | The change women need. Reforms power path to equality | Cynthia Terrell, Tiffany Gardner
WHTM-TV | Pandemic erases decades of growth for women in the workforce | Janel Knight