Today… I’m just luxuriating in the image of him leaving DC. Exhaling.
And amusing myself with this Inauguration Day playlist from Biden/Harris. I’m trying to identify which ones our incoming president personally knows and could have selected. My criteria? Foolproof: would this have played in my dad’s truck.
I see you, Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan…
(But can you imagine Doobie in your funk?)
Biden
Day One
BuzzFeed | Joe Biden Is Starting His Presidency With Tons Of Orders To Undo Trump | Adolfo Flores, Nidhi Prakash
NBC | After Trump 'onslaught': What LGBTQ advocates want from Biden's first 100 days | Jo Yurcaba
USA Today | Day 1 agenda: Joe Biden plans to swiftly reverse Trump's 'most egregious moves' on first day in White House | Joey Garrison, Courtney Subramanian
Defense
The Hill | Biden Pentagon pick supports lifting transgender military ban | Rebecca Kheel
Fox | Biden’s pick for defense secretary supports overturning Trump’s military transgender ban | Brittany De Lea
Washington Blade | 'I support the plan to overturn' the transgender military ban | Chris Johnson
Gender Policy Council
The 19th | Biden will form a council dedicated to policy that affects women and girls | Mariel Padilla
The Hill | Biden, Harris announce formation of White House Gender Policy Council | Aris Folley The Hill
Glamour | The Biden-Harris White House Plans to “Restore America as a Champion for Women and Girls” | Jenny Singer
Global Gag Rule
The Lily | What Biden’s repeal of the ‘global gag rule’ means for international access to abortion funding | Urooba Jamal
The 19th | Biden is set to undo Trump’s international abortion restrictions. Experts say it isn’t enough. | Shefali Luthra
HHS
Philadelphia Inquirer | After insults and fraught politics in Pa., Rachel Levine’s nomination to Biden administration is a ‘new day for transgender America’ | Anna Orso, Andrew Seidman
Today | ‘LGBTQ people are here’: Pennsylvania’s transgender health secretary on visibility | Meghan Holohan
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State
CNN | Biden's secretary of state pick vows to appoint LGBTI envoy and allow embassies to fly pride flag | Paul LeBlanc, Jennifer Hansler
Treasury
The 19th | In confirmation hearings, Treasury nominee Janet Yellen specifies who she’s fighting for: Women and people of color | Chabeli Carrazana
The 19th | Trump’s toxic interpretation of masculinity defined his presidency | Amanda Becker
RawStory | Trump wielded toxic masculinity as a weapon - and it hurt America | Amanda Becker
Refinery29 | Bye, Don — You Changed The Presidency & Brought Out The Worst In America | Natalie Gontcharova
Abortion
Ms. The Supreme Court’s One-Two Punch Against Women | Ria Tabacco Mar
VICE | YouTube's Fundamentalist Influencers Are Preaching Abstinence and Anti-Abortion | Jessica Phillips
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Anti-abortion constitutional amendment advances through Iowa House subcommittee | Stephen Gruber-Miller
Kansas
AP | Kansas anti-abortion measure clears first legislative hurdle | John Hanna
Mississippi
Newsweek | Mississippi Bill Classifying Abortions as 'Murder' Introduced by GOP Lawmaker Dan Eubanks | Ewan Palmer
WAPT-TV (Jackson, MS) | New bill would outlaw all abortions in Mississippi | Mary Grace Eppes
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Planned Parenthood fights report that Missouri has become first abortion-free state but numbers dwindling | Michele Munz
Montana
AP | Bills to restrict abortion access considered in Montana | Iris Samuels
LGBTQ
Kaiser Health News | Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation | Aneri Pattani
Jezebel | Get Ready For More Legislation Targeting Trans Youth | Esther Wang
The Nation | In Defense of Trans Athletes | Dave Zirin
New York Times | The Stories of Those Who Lost Decades in the Closet | Alisha Gupta
Iowa
WHO-TV | Controversial Bill Deals With Gender Identity Pronoun Use in Iowa Classrooms | Justin Surrency
Maryland
LGBTQ Nation | Maryland bill would ease requirements for trans people to legally change their name | Bil Browning
Montana
Montana Public Radio | Montana Lawmakers Hear Bills Targeting Transgender Hormone Therapy, Sports | Shaylee Ragar
New York
Business Insider | New York just became the biggest city to make LGBT-owned businesses eligible for billions in government contracts for minority entrepreneurs | Juliana Kaplan
NBC | N.Y.C. now largest U.S. city to grant LGBTQ businesses access to minority contracts | Dan Avery
North Carolina
News & Observer | Durham NC bans discrimination for LGBTQ, protected hairstyles | Tammy Grubb, Charlie Innis
WNCN-TV | Durham city leaders pass nondiscrimination ordinance, includes hair | Amy Cutler
WCNC-TV | NC town considering more LGBT protections after moratorium | Meilin Tompkins
Oklahoma
KOKI-TV (Tulsa, OK) | Bill proposed in Oklahoma Senate would exclude transgender girls from women’s sports | Scott Martin
Reproductive Health & Justice
HealthDay | Health Care After COVID: Racial Disparities Laid Bare | Cara Murez
Healthline | How Telehealth Is Making Healthcare More Inclusive | Brian Mastroianni
Law360 | Feds Near Win In Mass. ACA Birth Control Coverage Suit | Dorothy Atkins
Delaware
WDDE-FM | House committee releases free menstrual products, medical student loan grant bills | Roman Battaglia
Texas
Texas Tribune | Low-income Texans struggle to find new doctors as state officials boot Planned Parenthood off Medicaid | Shannon Najmabadi
Wisconsin
The Capital Times | Period poverty is decreasing education access in Madison and beyond | Maggie Di Sanza, Amira Pierotti
Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune | Lawmakers reject repeal of Wyoming's 'tampon tax' | Nick Reynolds
Work & Money
The Academic Times | Paid family leave leaves fewer families hungry | Theo Wayt
American Lawyer | 'My Career Is Basically Over': Working Parents Offer Pleas for Empathy From Law Firms | Whittney Beard, Malini Nangia
Axios | Work-wherever turns to work-whenever | Erica Pandey
Fast Company | In the face of divisive politics, paid family leave should remain a bipartisan priority | Elana Berkowitz, Allyson Felix
MadameNoire | Women Lost 140,000 Jobs In December Due To The Pandemic, And Black Women Were Hit Particularly Hard | Natasha Decker
Nonprofit Quarterly | Fight for $15 Gains Momentum as 20 States Raise Minimum Wage Levels | Karen Kahn
TechRepublic | Report: Women in tech say COVID-19 is holding them back | Hope Reese
Yahoo | COVID-19 expected to leave 150 million more people in extreme poverty worldwide | Tom Belger
Georgia
Reckon | Ga. factory worker, fired after miscarriage scare, sues ex-employer over attendance policy | Anna Claire Vollers
Pennsylvania
The Keystone | Will This be the Year Pennsylvania Increases the Minimum Wage? Many Hope So | Ashley Adams
Texas
KXAN-TV (Austin, TX) | Here’s what a review of Austin police training videos found - and the changes recommended | Jaclyn Ramkissoon
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Milwaukee Common Council approves measure banning discrimination based on hairstyle | Alison Dirr