Que sera, que sera
Today… No time to chat. Since Pauly Shore’s apparently not coming to scoop me up anytime soon, I guess I gotta shower.
Bestie test: if I say “Lisa Lisa” and your head goes to either “...and the Cult Jam” or “Lisa Lisa (The One I Adore),” come sit by me.
Abortion
The Cut | The Texas Pastor Preaching About Abortion Rights | Amelia Schonbek
Denver Post | We cannot forget mental health in this nation’s debate about abortions | Allison Herman
California
California Healthline | California Plans for a Post-Roe World as Abortion Access Shrinks Elsewhere | Rachel Bluth
New Mexico
NM Political Report | How Mariposa Fund helps undocumented people access abortions | Susan Dunlap
North Dakota
Rewire News Group | Anti-Abortion Politicians Attack Academic Freedom in North Dakota
LGBTQ
Daily Kos | 2021 is already the deadliest year on record for trans folks in the United States | Marissa Higgins
FiveThirtyEight | Why Some Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Americans Are Loyal To The GOP | Alex Samuels
Prism | COVID-19 is delaying elective surgeries, and transgender patients are suffering | Carolyn Copeland, Orion Rodriguez
Quartz | A McKinsey study underscores how unsafe most trans people feel at work | Cassie Werber
Tampa Bay Times | What happened to America's first LGBTQ retirement community? | Hannah Critchfield
USA Today | Stalled Equality Act leaves LGBTQ community to fend for themselves | Claire Thornton
California
San Diego Union-Tribune | Trans woman beaten after being jailed with men, lawsuit against San Diego Sheriff's Department alleges | Jeff McDonald
– More from Complex
Louisiana
The Acadiana Advocate | LGBTQ teen book not banned from Lafayette libraries, is moved to adult non-fiction area | Claire Taylor
Missouri
Kansas City Star | Independence MO City Council votes to ban conversion therapy | Lisa Gutierrez
Virginia
WJLA-TV | Loudoun County schools transgender policy case back in court, here's what you need to know | Kristen Powers
– More from WRC-TV, WTOP-FM, WTTG-TV
Washington Post | Loudoun school board reaches settlement with teacher who sued over transgender policy | Hannah Natanson
– More from NewsNation Now, WDVM-TV
Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice
ABC | Premature births continue to rise for Black, Native American mothers | Katie Kindelan
NPR | U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have doubled in the last 30 years | Rhitu Chatterjee
USA Today | US premature births saw a slight decline in 2020 but experts say it's no cause for celebration | Adrianna Rodriguez
Alabama
AL.com | Pregnant woman shouldn’t be prosecuted for refilling pain pills, says Republican Alabama lawmaker | Amy Yurkanin
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Pay Equity Tops EEOC Priorities: Former Commissioner Lipnic | Felicia Davis, Victoria A. Lipnic, Emily R. Pidot
Harvard Business Review | Research: Customers Will Reward Companies for Smaller Gender Pay Gaps | Michael Norton, Bhavya Mohan, Tobias Schlager, Katy DeCelles
High Country News | Breaking: The Park Service buried its own study on harassment | Lyndsey Gilpin
The Lily | With Leahy’s retirement, Vermont could finally send a woman to Congress | Anne Branigin
Washington Post | Should You Know How Much Your Colleagues Are Paid? | Therese Raphael
Paid Leave
Fast Company | Here’s what is happening with national paid leave right now | Pavithra Mohan
– More from AP, The HillCNBC | Fewer than 1 in 5 female employees had access to emergency paid leave during the pandemic | Lorie Konish
MarketWatch | The pandemic changed some small business owners' attitudes about paid family leave | Andrew Keshner
Public News Service | Paid Leave Policies Not Just About Working Moms | Mary Schuermann Kuhlman
Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel | Fort Lauderdale will investigate cops’ complaints of discrimination | Lisa Huriash
– More from AP
Montana
Montana Kaimin | Former UM basketball coach files lawsuit alleging gender discrimination | Mariah Thomas
– More from Daily Montanan