Here's one you don't compromise
Today…
is Equal Pay Day for 2021, the big’n, the all women to all men Equal Pay Day. Or as my lady lawyers would prefer, the day when the wages for U.S. women working full-time, year-round catch up to the 2020 wages of their male counterparts. See, I do listen.
is National Cocktail Day, to drown our frustrations with gender-based income inequality. I’d say this obligates me to open the bottle of Basil Hayden’s I picked up on super-sale last weekend. I’ve got the fancy cherries, it is on.
You one of my tiny number of male readers? Been enjoying this free labor? Hook it up.
Abortion
West Virginia
Mountain State Spotlight | This bill might keep West Virginians seeking abortions from getting the facts. | Erin Beck
LGBTQ
The Advocate | New Coalition Promotes Passage of Equality Act | Trudy Ring
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Transgender school sports bans making their way across U.S. | Tim Darnell
INSIDER | Oral Roberts' surprising NCAA Tournament run is shining light on the school's troubling history with homophobia | Meredith Cash
Philadelphia Gay News | A Sporting Chance | Dana Rudolph
Political Wire | Majority of Republicans Now Back Same-Sex Marriage | Taegan Goddard
Time | Non-Discrimination Protections Are Hugely Popular — Yet Far From Law | Philip Elliott
Arkansas
KUAR-FM | Bill Barring Transgender Youth From Transition-Related Medical Care Passes Senate Committee | Sarah Kellogg
Colorado
Queerty | Colorado baker sued over refusing service to a transgender woman | David Reddish
New York Daily News | Colorado cake baker back in court over alleged anti-LGBTQ discrimination | Muri Assunção
Minnesota
Star Tribune | Anoka-Hennepin school district settles transgender bias case over student locker-room access | Anthony Lonetree
The Advocate Magazine | Notorious School District to Pay Trans Youth $300K to Settle Suit | Trudy Ring*
More from AP, BringMeTheNews, HometownSource, KMSP-TV, KSTP-TV, LGBTQ Nation, Pioneer Press, WCCO-TV
*Yes, this sent me down a Duran Duran rabbit hole for hours last night.
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Journal | NC bill would ban transgender girls from women's sports teams | Lisa O’Donnell
South Dakota
Newsweek | South Dakota's Kristi Noem Denies Caving in to NCAA on Girls' Sports Transgender Bill | Brendan Cole
Pregnancy & Parenting
Gainesville Sun | Bridge disparity gaps in maternal, infant health | Kendra Hairston
UPI | U.S. birth rate falls 1%, continuing six-year decline | Brian P. Dunleavy
Washington Post | A forgotten slice of the Asian American success story: Struggling single mothers | Samantha Schmidt, Rebecca Tan
Reproductive Health & Justice
Violence Against Women
Chicago Tribune | ‘What if the next victim is me?’: For Asian American women, Atlanta massacre resurfaces painful memories of racism and misogyny. | Alice Yin
Houston Chronicle | US has a long history of violence against Asian women | Karen Y. Kuo, Karen Leong
New York Times | How Many Women Have to Die to End ‘Temptation’? | Jessica Valenti
Truthout | Attacks on Asian Women Are Fueled by Criminalization, War and Economic Injustice | Rachel Kuo, Salonee Bhaman
Work & Money
Equal Pay Day
Clarion-Ledger | National Equal Pay Day is everybody’s business | Charmaine Davis
CNBC | Equal Pay Day: Single moms are hit the hardest by the gender pay gap — and custody arrangements can matter | Sharon Epperson, Michelle Fox
NBC | It's 2021 and women STILL make 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man | Renee Morad
USA Today | 'Inequality still exists': Congresswoman to hold hearing on pay gap on Equal Pay Day | Savannah Behrmann
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ABC | Over 200 businesses urge congressional leaders on federal paid family leave program | MaryAlice Parks
CNN | Levi Strauss CEO: Too many companies don't have paid family leave. America can do better | Chip Bergh
More from Bloomberg, Fast Company, The Hill, Inc., Scary Mommy
CNN | We can't let women get set back for a generation | Kathy Hochul
Common Dreams | Report Reveals Subminimum Wage 'Keeps Incomes Low and Harassment High' | Jessica Corbett
The Courier-Journal | Losing ground: Pandemic deals setbacks in women's fight for economic equity and justice | Marsha Weinstein, Jessica Loving
Fast Company | Report: Women still aren’t asking for raises, even though the pandemic hit them hard | Lydia Dishman
Ms. | Leading the Way: How the U.S. Government Can Normalize Women in Leadership Roles | Maura Reilly
Michigan
WDET-FM | Michigan Legislature's Family Leave Policies Fall Behind Rest of State | Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher