Don't be afraid
Today…
in 1969, the patrons at the Stonewall Inn said done. Enough.
in 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. Again.
is the birthday of Gilda Radner (1946-too soon). <3
kicks off a short week of being in DC sans children. Nap, drink, clean, stare at the walls?
Abortion
AP | AP-NORC poll: Most say restrict abortion after 1st trimester | David Crary, Hannah Fingerhut
Ms. | Restrictive Laws Don’t Prevent Abortion | Marjorie Newman-Williams
NBC | 'Two Americas': Aid groups prepare for more women needing to cross state lines for abortions | Adam Edelman
Refinery29 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Is As Wrong About Plan B As She Is About Everything Else | Danielle Campoamor
Washington Post | Catholic bishops, after controversy about Biden, abortion and communion, say there will be no national policy to withhold | Michelle Boorstein
New York Times | The Bishops Are Wrong About Biden — and Abortion | Garry Wills
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Public Radio | Democrats, Providers Criticize New Abortion Restrictions In N.H. | Todd Bookman
North Carolina
AP | Cooper vetoes NC bill banning Down syndrome abortions | Bryan Anderson
More from News & Observer, Winston-Salem Journal, WRAL-TV, WSPA-TV
LGBTQ
The Hill | LGBT advocates press Biden to build on early wins | Rebecca Beitsch, Lauren Vella
LGBTQ Nation | What LGBTQ Americans have (and haven’t) gained since the recognition of marriage equality | Juwan Holmes
POLITICO | Six Years After Same-Sex Marriage, Now What? | Sasha Issenberg
LGBTQ Nation | President Biden establishes an initiative that will protect LGBTQ federal employees | Juwan Holmes
MSNBC | Pride was originally a protest against police violence | Zach Stafford
The New Republic | The Republican Plot to Ban LGBTQ History in Public Schools | Gabriel Arana
NPR | Biden Signs A Law To Memorialize Victims Of The Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting | Alana Wise
More from The Advocate, The Hill, New York Times, PAPER, Reuters, UPI, USA Today, Washington Post
Alabama
AL.com | Kay Ivey’s discrimination is harmful for trans kids | Joseph Goodman
Kansas
Wichita Eagle | After flaws surface, Wichita rewrites an anti-discrimination ordinance passed two weeks ago | Dion Lefler
Michigan
Michigan Advance | How a West Michigan student-led LGBTQ club became the latest culture war flashpoint | Allison Donahue
Pregnancy & Parenting
Bloomberg | Women Did Three Times as Much Unpaid Child Care as Men During Covid Pandemic | Shera S. Avi-Yonah
Fast Company | Remote, hybrid, or on-site, the time for parents to advocate for better working conditions is now | Susan R. Vroman, Tiffany Danko
Harvard Business Review | What Pandemic Parenting Can Teach Us About Leadership | Sanyin Siang, Ron Carucci
Reproductive Health & Justice
Becker's Hospital Review | 60% of women in the US have a need for contraception, CDC finds | Erica Carbajal
New York Times | Women Are Having Fewer Babies Because They Have More Choices | Jill Filipovic
NPR | Britney Spears' Forced Contraception Revelation Sheds Light On Reproductive Justice In The U.S. | Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Rewire News Group | How the #FreeBritney Movement Is a Disability Rights Issue | Imani Gandy
Vogue | The History of Coercion Dressed Up As Care Is a Long One | Elinor Cleghorn
Missouri
Kansas City Star | Missouri Senate abandons plan for Medicaid limits on birth control, renews crucial tax | Jonathan Shorman
More from The Hill, Missouri Independent, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Work & Money
CNN | Striking an infrastructure deal without investing in child and elder care is a huge mistake | Fatima Goss Graves, Sean McGarvey
Daily Kos | Women working in local TV news say harassment from viewers gets out of hand | Carolyn Copeland
Fast Company | A one-size-fits-all approach to benefits and healthcare doesn’t work for queer employees | Colin Quinn
New York Times | Women and Social Security: How to Get the Biggest Check | Susan B. Garland
New York Times | An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired. | Tracey Tully
San Diego Union-Tribune | A better workplace for LGBTQIA+ workers means a better world for all workers | Fernando Lopez
truthout | Child Care Should Be Universal and Well-Paid -- Not Just Affordable | Michelle Chen
Tribune Democrat | Expanding availability, affordability of child care would have a far-reaching positive impact | Editorial
California
Sacramento Bee | Is the state treasurer always a ‘he’? A bill to strip gendered language is now on Newsom’s desk | Andrew Sheeler
Colorado
Colorado Politics | Equal pay dodge unfair to Colorado workers, say those who worked on Colorado's law | Marianne Goodland
Michigan
WJIM-FM | Bill On Tax Credits For Unborn Fetuses Passes in Michigan House | Maitlynn Mossolle
New York Daily News
New York | NYC Council poised to have a majority of women members | Michael Gartland