Today…
is the birthday of Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), who – I did not know this – was a dancer before going into acting, and performed with Katherine Dunham as Butterfly in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream.”
in 1978, Harvey Milk was sworn into the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay person elected to public office in California.
is National Bubble Bath Day, and lordy, don’t we deserve it. I’m not all that wild about them – why am I taking a bath and coming out no cleaner – but I can definitely do something with English Toffee Day and Argyle Day.
Oh my God I can’t wait to get out this weekend, somewhere, anywhere.
Abortion
Jezebel | West Virginia Politician Who Livestreamed Himself Storming the Capitol Is a Notorious Anti-Abortion Radical | Esther Wang
The Lily | Democrats can now think ‘bigger and bolder’ on abortion. What can we actually expect? | Caroline Kitchener
Rewire News Group | Can a Fetus Bring a Lawsuit? | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
Arkansas
Arkansas | Judge Baker renews order blocking four Arkansas anti-abortion laws | Max Brantley
Jurist | Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Arkansas abortion restrictions | Marie Feyche
Kentucky
Courier-Journal | 8 GOP priority bills on abortion, governor's powers speed through Kentucky legislature | Joe Sonka
WTVQ-TV | Kentucky House approves abortion legislation involving AG | Veronica Jean Seltzer
WKMS-FM | ACLU Says Proposed Anti-Abortion Bill Targets Low-Income Kentuckians | Scottlynn Ballard
LGBTQ
The Advocate | After Coup Attempt, LGBTQ+ Politicians, Orgs. Call for Trump's Removal | Mey Rude
Metro Weekly | LGBTQ advocates call for Trump's removal from office following unrest at U.S. Capitol | John Riley
Metro Weekly | The LGBTQ Task Force calls for the removal of Donald Trump | Randy Shulman
The 19th | Major LGBTQ+ organizations call for Trump’s immediate removal | Kate Sosin
The Advocate | Anti-Trans Betsy DeVos Resigns Amid Fallout From Trump's Capitol Mob | Trudy Ring
New Civil Rights Movement | Betsy DeVos Quits Over Trump's 'Rhetoric' | David Badash
NBC | Donald Trump Jr. slammed transgender athletes at rally before D.C. riots | Dan Avery
LGBTQ Nation | Trump Jr riled up MAGA protest with bizarre rant about trans women before they attacked Congress | Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation | “LGBT for Trump” protestors waved the rainbow flag at the Capitol MAGA riots | Alex Bollinger
Out | 'LGBT for Trump' Wave Flags as Domestic Terrorists Invade Capitol | David Artavia
them. | Gay Trump Supporters Participated in Attempted Coup at U.S. Capitol | Nico Lang
LGBTQ Nation | Gay Republican group remains silent after pro-Trump insurrectionists attack Capitol building | Bil Browning
California
Los Angeles Times | As the pandemic puts strain on LGBTQ youth mental health, here's some advice | María Dávila, Claudia Gutierrez
Florida
JD Supra | Eleventh Circuit Extends Bostock to Protect Transgender Students under Title IX | Kim Pacelli
A new analysis 🠱🠱 but an August decision.
Nevada
LGBTQ Nation | Nevada retroactively recognizes same-sex marriages in lesbian divorce case | Alex Bollinger
New York
LGBTQ Nation | Woman murdered in New York adds to already record-high violent death rate of trans people in 2020 | Juwan Holmes
Out | Alexandria Winchester, Trans Woman Shot, Makes 44 2020 Killings | Donald Padgett
Pregnancy & Parenting
Chicago Tribune | Pregnant or postpartum Black women are 45% more likely to die in the hospital and are at higher risk for heart problems | Alison Bowen
I’ve mentioned before that article headlines are sometimes changed after they’ve been published to RSS; usually the final is shorter, stronger, pithier. But I much prefer this 🠳🠳 to the updated “Parenting While Shocked.”
New York Times | The Challenge of Parenting While Watching a Mob Storm the Capitol | Lisa Damour
In one parent group, someone asked how much folks were telling their kids about it. We would have talked about it regardless, but it also damn near impossible for us to avoid once every device started screaming “Emergency alert: Extreme.”
These two don’t curse (that I’m aware of / in front of me) but they came out of their room with faces that very clearly said, “The fuck is this should we be putting on our shoes now.”
Reproductive Health & Justice
Becker’s Hospital Review | Physician viewpoint: 4 ways to address systemic inequities in healthcare | Iain Carlos
NPR | When Biden Takes Office, Undoing Trump's Health Policies Won't Be Easy | Julie Rovner
California
CALmatters | California needs to repair the damage from its history of systematic sterilizations | Janelli Vallin
Texas
Houston Chronicle | As Texas boots Planned Parenthood, Medicaid clients get 30 days to find new providers | Jeremy Blackman
Work & Money
The 19th | Biden picks Merrick Garland and three women to lead Justice Department | Ko Bragg
The 19th | Biden taps women to serve as commerce secretary and lead the Small Business Administration | Chabeli Carrazana
Prism | The National Lawyers Guild’s outgoing ‘Latina’ president is a white woman | Tina Vasquez
Slate | The Congressional Repeal Act is Democrats' secret weapon against Trump's deregulation blitz. | Mark Joseph Stern
Mississippi
Bloomberg | Hoops Coach Loses Title IX, Privacy Claims Despite Contract Win | Patrick Dorrian
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Piety and pay: Why religious states like Utah have larger gender wage gaps | Becky Jacobs
More, More, More
Cosmopolitan | Trump's Legacy of Toxic Masculinity Was on Display at the Capitol Riot | Laura Bassett
GEN Magazine | Trump Is Leaving, but Toxic Masculinity Isn't Going Anywhere | Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Refinery29 | It Isn't Just The Government That's Under Attack — It's The People Of Washington, D.C. | Natalie Gontcharova