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Today…
in 2003, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a constitutional right to privacy in Lawrence v Texas, striking down laws that had criminalized sexual activity between same-sex partners.
in 2015, the Supreme Court upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry in Obergefell v Hodges. Get married and get it today.
Why so late on a relatively quiet morning? Because the 12yo woke up at 6am, and has had so many things to tell me about YouTube advertising, Roblox, internet culture… so many things…
Abortion
Judge Likely to Toss Feds' 'Burdensome' Abortion Coverage Rules
Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service
A rule that critics say imposes onerous restrictions on health insurance plans that cover abortion will likely be struck down, a federal judge signaled Thursday after finding the Trump administration lacks an adequate justification for the new requirements.
Missouri's only abortion clinic gets license
AP
Missouri’s health department on Thursday issued another license to the state’s only abortion clinic following a yearlong legal battle over whether the Planned Parenthood center could stay open.
LGBTQ
Senator Gillibrand introduces amendment to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military
WHCU-FM
U.S. Senator Kirstin Gillibrand has introduced an amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act that would grant anti-discrimination protections to transgender service members.
The Hill | Overnight Defense
I knew it wasn’t her time in terms of the primary, but I’m still a fan of Gillibrand. She does some amazing work.
How To Create Change For The Transgender And LGBTQ+ Community In The Workplace
Jennifer Palumbo | Forbes
I had the tremendous honor to speak with three successful LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, opinion leaders, and advocates to get their perspective and actionable advice.
The Future Sounds Like Raquel Willis
Saeed Jones | GQ
Saeed Jones speaks with the writer and activist about Black trans power, the limitations of “objective” media, and why the revolution will not be timestamped.
Zillow listings will now show whether LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination in that city
Bil Browning | LGBTQ Nation
The company will now show you the details on where LGBTQ people are protected so you can buy your dream home - and feel comfortable living in it.
LGBTQ people are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic
John Riley | Metro Weekly
A recent report published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation finds that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence than their cisgender counterparts, and that LGBTQ youth of color are more likely to be victims than their non-LGBTQ white peers.
On Pride's 50th anniversary, the 'revolution' may have finally arrived
Tim Fitzsimons | NBC News
Some LGBTQ historians and leaders say the renewed focus on police brutality on the anniversary of the first Pride march shows that LGBTQ activism, and the event of Pride itself, is becoming more like it was 50 years ago.
If I'm Not Gay Enough, & I'm Not Straight Enough, Then What Am I?
Lauren Patten | Refinery29
The problem with bisexual+ erasure, and why it is so imperative that we directly acknowledge it, is that demeaning bisexuality ultimately serves to confirm and uphold patriarchy. Female bisexuality is both encouraged and trivialized by patriarchal culture.
"The Future of Trans" Documentary Shows the World Transgender People Deserve
Imara Jones | Teen Vogue
“The future is one without gender conformity or the need to perform gender roles.”
Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling turns 5: Acceptance, advancement, but opposition remains
Richard Wolf | USA Today
Despite gains in legal rights, economic status, public acceptance and emotional well-being, the LGBTQ community faces continued challenges from the Trump administration and religious groups in areas ranging from adoption and foster care to the rights of transgender people to join the military or use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
🠲 June’s rallies for black transgender lives can change attitudes and policies. Here’s how.
Chaya Crowder | Washington Post
Protests for either racial justice or for LGBTQ rights rarely prioritize black transgender people. That has consequences. My research suggests that when people are aware of and concerned about the challenges faced by black transgender people, and by others marginalized at the intersection of more than one form of discrimination, they are more likely to support policies that benefit these groups.
Bostock
The Supreme Court Rulings On LGBTQ Rights And DACA Are Really Popular, Poll Finds
Ariel Edwards-Levy | HuffPost
The Supreme Court’s recent decisions on protecting LGBTQ people in the workplace and maintaining the DACA program are both popular with the American public, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds.
"Surprising" Supreme Court Win for Gay and Transgender Employees Isn't Ultimately Surprising- And That's the Point
Glenn Smith | JURIST
Glenn C. Smith, a professor of law at California Western School of Law in San Diego, discusses recent Supreme Court decision expanding the protections included in Title VII.
Bostock’s bisexual erasure
Nancy Marcus | Los Angeles Blade
My initial response to the news was pure elation. But as I read the opinion, the joy was quickly tempered by the disappointing realization that, yet again, bisexuals have been erased from the latest historic Supreme Court LGBT-rights opinion.
Indiana
Policy may bar transgender students from Catholic schools in central and southern Indiana
Arika Herron | USA Today
Transgender students may be barred from attending Catholic schools in central and southern Indiana, according to a new policy from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Texas
Fort Worth-area school board won’t add LGBTQ language to its nondiscrimination policy
Elizabeth Campbell | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Although parents, students and teachers pushed for changes to the Mansfield school district’s policy to add protection language for the LGBTQ community, the school board voted unanimously not to add specific wording to the policy.
West Virginia
'I've been so unapologetic, people had no choice but to work with me': first transgender elected official in WV
Jade Scipioni | CNBC
"It's been a whirlwind, to say the least," says Rosemary Ketchum. Ketchum, 26, became the first openly transgender elected official in West Virginia when she won a city council seat in Wheeling on June 9.
I’m totally smitten. She’s born in East Liverpool, living in Wheeling, she stayed home and made change. (While some of us bailed as fast as our 1988 Ford Escort hatchbacks could take us.) I’ll be home in July and am seriously considering ways to meet her to explore ways I can be helpful.
Pregnancy & Parenting
Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe COVID-19, CDC says
Anna Edney | Boston Globe
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are at higher risk for being hospitalized and ending up in an intensive-care unit than women who aren’t pregnant, the CDC said. The CDC is adding pregnancy to the list of health conditions that make COVID-19 patients more likely to suffer severe complications.
COVID-19 is more likely to lead to a baby bust than a baby boom, report says
Susan Perry | MinnPost
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to lead to a “large, lasting baby bust” in the United States, primarily because of the economic recession that the pandemic has triggered, according to a new report from economists at the Brookings Institution.
Mothers are More Committed to Breastfeeding Since COVID-19
Heather Marcoux | Motherly
For nursing mamas, the silver lining of working from home due to COVID-19 is the freedom to pump and feed as needed, and without worrying about what colleagues think or whether someone is going to walk in on you mid-pump.
A lack of child care is keeping women on unemployment rolls
Megan Cassella, Eleanor Mueller | POLITICO
A lack of safe and affordable child care amid the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many working parents from returning to the office as more companies call employees back to their jobs — threatening to extend the economic crisis and erode decades of gains for women in the workplace.
Georgia
Budget proposal fully funds legislation to curb maternal mortality
Riley Bunch | Suwannee Democrat
The Georgia General Assembly passed legislation Wednesday that extends Medicaid coverage for new mothers to six months in an effort to curb the state’s high maternal mortality rates. After uncertainty on whether Fiscal Year 2021 budget – upended by COVID-19 – would be able to fund it, the final budget proposal includes the full six-month coverage extension as well as dollars for lactation care.
Georgia Public Broadcasting | Senate Approves Budget With Deep Cuts But Avoids Furloughs
Louisiana
Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families distributes 255,000 infant and feminine hygiene products
Victoria Cristina | WGNO-TV (New Orleans, LA)
On Thursday, the Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families announced the success of its recently developed “Mom and Baby” initiative.
Reproductive Health & Justice
🠲🠲🠲 Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare
Ariane de Vogue, Tami Luhby, Sarah Mucha | CNN
In the midst of a global pandemic with the presidential election just months away, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care law that enabled millions of Americans to get insurance coverage and that remains in effect despite the pending legal challenge.
AP | Despite pandemic, Trump administration urges end to ACA
NPR | Obamacare Must 'Fall,' Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court
Officials Seek To Shift Resources Away From Policing To Address Black ‘Public Health Crisis’
Anna Almendrala | Kaiser Health News
Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, as well as the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, cities and counties are calling for more funding for health care and other public services, sometimes at the expense of the police budget.
These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future
Jessica Bennett | The New York Times
Teen girls have long been at the forefront of social progress. So have Black women. Black women led early movements for voting rights and have organized some of the most successful campaigns for civil rights. These teenagers are stepping up to continue that legacy.
Work & Money
My Job Is Talking About Race, And Yet I Dread Talking About It At Work. Here's Why.
Jodi Savage | HuffPost
I’ve learned that most white people are not interested in having honest conversations about race, white supremacy or white privilege.
'He Broke Me': Inside the Toxic Workplace at Groundbreaking Latinx Culture Site Remezcla
Emily Alford | Jezebel
While Remezcla has been and remains an important source of cutting-edge writing and content focused on Latinx culture, its success is largely due to the unacknowledged labor of a woman-heavy staff who report that their experiences working with Herrera too often left them drained and scarred, with years of job-related trauma to work through.
Why Did It Take the Coronavirus to Show How Much Unpaid Work Women Do?
Diane Coyle | New York Times
Cleaning the house and taking care of children has real economic value, and women have been doing it for free for too long.
California
Research Roundup: Latinas Only Make Up 3.3% of California Corporate Boards
Olivia Riggio | DiversityInc
SB 826 mandated that public companies headquartered in California have at least one woman on their boards by the end of 2019, and a minimum of three women on boards of six directors or more by 2022. However, one group of women is being left out of the equation as companies work to fill their boards.
Illinois
Chicago companies preach diversity and inclusion, but there’s plenty of work to do. ‘Lip service is not going to hold water.’
Robert Channick | Chicago Tribune
A suddenly woke C-suite may have its work cut out to end decades of racial inequality.
More, More, More
🠲 How to Cover an Uprising (Without Causing Harm)
Cynthia R. Greenlee | The Nation
As working members of the press, we have to recognize that doing our jobs can mean doing harm—and that part of our jobs should be editorial harm reduction, at least trying to lessen negative consequences for the people we publicize.
Dr. Greenlee could write a grocery list on an old CVS receipt and I’d recommend it.
Let’s Review—Again—What Emotional Labor Is And Why It’s Heavy For Marginalized Folks
Amber Leventry | Scary Mommy
No one should make it their job to manage someone’s emotions for free, especially if it comes at a cost to themselves. While the use of “emotional labor” to describe these situations isn’t wrong, it’s not the full story, nor completely reflective of its original meaning. I want to be sure folks know the full meaning of the term so that they can understand why emotional labor is heavy work for marginalized folks.