Today…
in 1972, Ziggy Stardust and that God-given ass made first contact in a long-demolished English pub.
is National Teddy Day. I had a few, of course, since passed down to the 11yo. Cigus, named for a five-time Jeopardy champion, and Adragon, named for a kid around my age who was making headlines in the 1980s for being a child genius. My bears silently judged me. They weren’t mad, just… disappointed.
Abortion
Blavity | Anti-Abortion Ideology And White Supremacy Have Always Been Entangled | Renee Bracey Sherman
Cosmopolitan | Inside the Dems' New Fight to Increase Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Danielle Campoamor
Ms. | How Trumpism Fostered Anti-Choice Violence | Carol Mason
POLITICO | Democratic lawmakers push FDA to lift restrictions on abortion pill | Alice Ollstein
Scalawag | Biden still poses challenges to abortion funders in the South | Clare Busch
Florida
WMFE-FM | Activists Push Back On Bill Banning Most Abortions After 20 Weeks | Regan McCarthy, Danielle Prieur
Montana
Montana Free Press | Senate Judiciary votes to forward anti-abortion bills | Mara Silvers
New Hampshire
WHDH-TV | Bills would criminalize abortion, prohibit late-term ones in NH | Brynne Connolly
New Mexico
NM Political Report | Once denied a necessary abortion, Indigenous Women Rising co-founder speaks out | Susan Dunlap
New York
AP | NY attorney general sues 2 anti-abortion protesters
The Hill | New York AG sues anti-abortion activists for harassing Planned Parenthood staff, patients | Harper Neidig
New York Daily News | AG James sues notorious protesters for harassing women at NYC Planned Parenthood | Stephen Brown
Oklahoma
KOCO-TV | Protesters not wearing masks at state Capitol show support for outlawing abortion in all cases | Dillon Richards
South Carolina
AP | S. Carolina House committee approves ban on most abortions | Jeffrey Collins
Post and Courier | SC abortion ban critics prepare for legal fight as bill nears final passage | Jamie Lovegrove
The State | SC heartbeat abortion ban bill heads to House floor, after Democrats fail to slow it down | Emily Bohatch
Tennessee
WBIR-TV | FBI helping KPD investigate shotgun shooting at Planned Parenthood clinic | John North
Washington
The Pathway | Wash U could face stiff penalties for abortion ties | Don Hinkle
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | Nikki Haley blasts Joe Biden for protecting transgender students from discrimination | Alex Bollinger
The Advocate | Nikki Haley Calls Trans Inclusion in Sports 'Attack on Women's Rights' | Trudy Ring
Refinery29 | Nikki Haley Says Biden Is "Attacking Women's Rights" By Supporting Trans Athletes | Sarah Midkiff
The Mary Sue | Jen Psaki Shut Down Fox News' Pointless Question About Trans Girls in School Sports | Vivian Kane
Mediaite | Jen Psaki Shuts Down Fox Reporter's Question About Trans Girls Competing in High School Sports: 'Trans Rights are Human Rights' | Tommy Christopher
Washington Blade | White House defends trans kids in sports: ‘Trans rights are human rights’ | Chris Johnson
NBC | Covid crisis is exacerbating LGBTQ alcohol abuse, studies find | Finbarr Toesland
The 19th | CDC report signals work on LGBTQ+ health will resume, advocates say | Kate Sosin
Texas Public Radio | Despite Biden's Order, Transgender Recruits Still Wait To Join The Military | Carson Frame
Alabama
The American Independent | Alabama bill would force schools to out trans students to their families | Casey Quinlan
California
The Mercury News | San Jose: Police modernize duty manual to be inclusive of transgender people | Robert Salonga
Florida
Bay News 9 | State Agency Grants Protection Against Discrimination for LGBTQ Floridians | Mitch Perry
Georgia
AP | Changes likely in bill to ban trans girls from boys' sports | Jeff Amy
Decaturish | Georgia parents of transgender athletes react to new ‘female-only sports’ bill | Lily Oppenheimer
Georgia Recorder | Bill to exclude transgender girls from sports called cruel, maybe illegal | Ross Williams
Project Q Atlanta | Anti-trans bill ‘has wheels’ with anti-LGBTQ lawmakers in Georgia | Matt Hennie
Illinois
Courthouse News Service | Catholic Church Argues for Exception to Worker Rights at Seventh Circuit | Lisa Klein
Rockford Advocate | Motion denied in federal transgender prison lawsuit | Raymon Troncoso
Iowa
Metro Weekly | Iowa bills would bar schools from teaching gender identity or portraying it in a positive light | John Riley
Mississippi
Metro Weekly | Mississippi trans woman's slaying leads to calls for LGBTQ hate crime protections | John Riley
Nebraska
KFOR-AM | Council Members Heard Testimony On Pension Ordinance and Banning Conversion Therapy For Minors | Jeff Motz
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | City Council confirms 17 members to Pittsburgh's new LGBTQIA+ Commission | Ashley Murray
South Carolina
WPDE-TV | Senator reintroduces bill to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports | McKenzie Stauffer
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee Republicans advance ban on transgender athletes | Kimberlee Kruesi
WTVC-TV | Controversial transgender athletics bill moves forward in Tennessee House | John Madewell
Virginia
The Virginia Mercury | Lawmakers weigh how far to go in changing a decades-old law criminalizing HIV | Kate Masters
West Virginia
Herald Dispatch | Mandt’s statements show need for LGBTQ+ protections in state law, lawmakers say | Lacie Pierson
West Virginia Public Broadcasting | LGBTQ Rights Advocates Respond To Huntington Delegate’s Comments, Continue Push For Fairness Act | Dave Mistich
WOWK-TV | Community leaders condemn delegate’s opposition to Fairness Act | Jessica Patterson
WV News | West Virginia LGBTQ advocates condemn Mandt remarks, call for passage of Fairness Act | Charles Young
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Borgen Magazine | Addressing Time Poverty Around the World | Lynsey Alexander
Washington Post | We need to enroll pregnant women in clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccines | Stacey D. Stewart
Reproductive Health & Justice
Blavity | Lauren Underwood, Cory Booker Introduce Bill To Address Devastating Black Maternal Mortality Crisis - Blavity | Jon Greig
Al Dia | The Black Maternal Momnibus Act of 2021 is out to tackle a “national shame” of maternal mortality | Brittany Valentine
Essence | The U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Demands Action-From All Of Us | Charli Penn
Motherly | Congress introduces massive bill to improve mothers' health: 'This crisis demands urgent attention' | Jamie Orsini
California
San Francisco Chronicle | San Mateo County approves $20,000 grant to expand access to menstrual products | Vanessa Arredondo
Kentucky
The Courier-Journal | House Democrats file resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in Kentucky | Joe Sonka
Utah
Daily Utah Chronicle | Kincart: Utah Needs to Do Something about Systemic Sexism | Sydney Kincart
Work & Money
Business Insider | 275,000 more women left the labor force in January | Juliana Kaplan
New York Times | The Radically Simple New Approach to Helping Families: Send Parents Money | Claire Cain Miller, Neil Irwin
Bloomberg | U.S. Child-Poverty Crisis Spurs Stepped-Up Efforts in Congress | Laura Davison, Catarina Saraiva
CNN | Child tax credit: Democrats' $3,000 idea is about lifting 4 million kids out of poverty | Tami Luhby
McClatchy | Democrat COVID-19 tax plan: Send monthly payments to parents | David Lightman
Federal News Network | ‘They are not cogs in a wheel;’ Congressional panel to focus on humanizing issues regarding troops in 2021 | Scott Maucione
Ms. | "Women's Work": How the Devaluation of Care Work Hurts Women and the Economy | Susanna Rosenbaum
Scary Mommy | Women Who Had Straight A's In High School Have Same Leadership Prospects As Men Who Failed | Christina Marfice
Connecticut
Hartford Courant | Connecticut lawmakers seek to pass CROWN Act that would ban discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles associated with race | Michael Hamad
Indiana
Indianapolis Business Journal | House panel advances pregnancy accommodations bill with virtually no mandates | Lindsey Erdody
WVPE-FM | Pregnant Worker Bill Passes Committee, But Not What Advocates Hoped For | Justin Hicks
WXIN-TV | Indiana committee passes optional pregnant worker accommodations | Kayla Sullivan
New York
The Appeal | New York Moves A Step Closer To Decriminalizing Sex Work | Bryce Covert
Pennsylvania
WESB-FM | Casey Introduces Bill to Expand Child Care Tax Credit | Anne Holliday
Wisconsin
AP | Gov. Evers proposes creating $500 caregiver tax credit | Scott Bauer
More, More, More
Pitt News | Your penis still isn’t God | Genna Edwards
And a good morning to you too, Pitt News.
Scary Mommy | There’s A Strong Link Between Gender Stereotypes And Sexual Assault — Let’s Talk About It | Amber Leventry