Today…
is National Hamburger Day and National Milk Chocolate Day. Yes, please.
in 1868, the 14th Amendment was adopted.
in 1999, the FDA approved Plan B as a prescription-only medication.
is the birthday of Jacqueline Bouvier (1929-1994), photographer, writer, editor and fashion icon who established the White House Historical Association.
Abortion
Florida
Bradenton Herald | Pro-choice activists push back as Manatee County begins to pursue local abortion ban | Ryan Callihan
South Dakota
South Dakota News Watch | Halt to abortions in South Dakota during pandemic led women to get procedure in other states | Danielle Ferguson
Texas
KVUE-TV | VERIFY: 73 million abortions take place around the world each year. 800,000 of them are in the US | Erica Proffer
Rewire News Group | Abortion Is Legal—but Texas Cities Keep Trying to Outlaw It | Paige Alexandria
LGBTQ
The Advocate | Survey: More Americans Know a Trans Person, Yet Acceptance Unchanged | Trudy Ring
More from The 19th, Washington Blade
Chicago Tribune | After decades of invisibility, asexuals are speaking up and gaining ground: ‘I don’t need to be fixed because I’m not broken.’ | Nara Schoenberg
The Nation | The Trouble With the ‘LGBT Community’ | Rasha Younes
USA Today | 'Being transgender is not a medical condition': The meaning of trans broken arm syndrome | David Oliver
Colorado
Colorado Politics | Appeals court upholds Colorado's anti-discrimination act in face of LGBTQ-focused challenge | Michael Karlik
Instinct | Lambda Legal: ‘This Isn’t Really About Cake Or Websites Or Flowers’ | Randy Slovacek
Illinois
Chicago Tribune | Illinois repeals law criminalizing HIV and expands coverage for infertility treatment to LGBTQ couples and single would-be parents | Dan Petrella
Chicago Sun-Times | Pritzker signs laws expanding insurance coverage for infertility treatment for LGBTQ community | Rachel Hinton
North Carolina
WSOC-TV | Charlotte to discuss new nondiscrimination ordinance Aug. 2 | Joe Bruno
Virginia
Courthouse News Service | Virginia judge rejects push to block protections for transgender students | Erika K. Williams
LGBTQ Nation | A Christian group is organizing protests against trans students all over Virginia | Alex Bollinger
Texas
Houston Chronicle | Some Texas families flee 'toxic environment' they say targets their transgender children | Gabrielle Banks
West Virginia
WOWK-TV | Charleston officials vote in favor to ban conversion therapy | Ashley Haycraft
Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune | Casper LGTBQ committee recommends non-discrimination ordinance, safe place program participation | Ellen Gerst
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Takeaway | What Sexual Health Can Teach Us About COVID-19 | Melissa Harris-Perry
Michigan
Detroit Free Press | ACLU intervenes after pregnant Oakland County woman is denied tubal ligation | Kristen Jordan Shamus
Work & Money
ABA Journal | How pandemic practice left lawyer-moms on the verge | Liane Jackson
Slate | Activision Blizzard faces a sexual harassment lawsuit from California over its "frat boy" work culture and worse. | Aaron Mak
More from Ars Technica, Business Insider, CNET, CNN, Paste, UPROXX, The Verge, VICE
Jezebel | The Girls and Gays Are Dominating Hip Hop, But Where Is the Respect? | Ashley Reese
Ms. | Female Cadets at VMI Still Experience Male Hostility, Harassment and Racism Over 20 Years After Coeducation | Juliet Schulman-Hall, Carrie Baker
New York Times | An Obsession With Secrets | Shira Ovide
Salon | Inside the media debate between using “sexual assault” and “rape” | Kylie Cheung
Olympics
Bitch Media | It’s Time for the Olympics to Start Respecting Black Women Athletes | Njera Perkins
Ebony | Black Female Athletes Continue to Carry the Torch for Change | A. Sherrod Blakely
The Independent | Simone Biles dared to prioritize herself. For a Black female athlete, that’s a powerful choice to make | Victoria Gagliardo-Silver
Cosmopolitan | We Should Celebrate Simone Biles for Prioritizing Her Mental Health | Danielle Campoamor
Chicago Tribune | Simone Biles made a decision to allow herself some breathing space. The world should pay attention. | Darcel Rockett
Salon | The German gymnastics team's unitard is just the latest example of fighting sexism in sports | Kylie Cheung
CNN | Elite male athletes play in shorts and tank tops, women basically in bikinis | Jill Filipovic
AP | LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave | John Leicester
Changing America | Olympics have already smashed LGBTQ+ record | Anagha Srikanth
NPR | Openly LGBTQ Olympians Would Rank 14th In Medal Wins If They Were A Country | Vanessa Romo