Time to make the doughnuts
Today…
watching for Supreme Court opinions at 10am ET.
in 1896, the Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” was constitutional in Plessy v Ferguson, and we’re not even close to repairing the damage.
is National Cheese Souffle Day. I’m into it. I have amounts of cheese in this kitchen, I can’t even tell you.
And, uh… yeah. I got nothin’. It’s very Monday.
Too Monday for stories.
Abortion
Abortion funds see an increase in calls during the coronavirus pandemic
Alexandra Svokos | ABC News
As the novel coronavirus continues to impact most aspects of American life, including health care, abortion funds across the country are reporting that calls for assistance have increased.
Trump assault on women's choice continues despite pandemic
Bridget Kelly | The Hill
The Trump administration and its political allies may be letting up on COVID-19 restrictions, but it’s still full speed ahead when it comes to their attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights. They’re using every means at their disposal — legislative, regulatory, budgetary — to curb access to reproductive health services.
Alabama
Group buys Alabama abortion clinic to keep it from closing
Kim Chandler | AP
An Alabama-based abortion rights group used a flood of donations that poured in from across the country after the ban to purchase the state’s busiest abortion clinic to ensure it stays open. Yellowhammer Fund announced the purchase of West Alabama Women’s Center on Friday, the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Alabama ban.
al.com: Reproductive justice non-profit buys Alabama abortion clinic
Montgomery Advertiser: Tuscaloosa-based Yellowhammer Fund buys only abortion clinic in west Alabama
New York Daily News: Alabama abortion-rights group uses donations to buy state’s busiest clinic
Time: Alabama Reproductive Rights Nonprofit Buys One of the State's Few Abortion Clinics to Keep It Open
Virginia
As Black Women Leaders, We Are Tearing Abortion Restrictions Down in Virginia
Jennifer McClellan & Charniele Herring | Rewire.News
As legislators, women of color, and Virginians, we have fiercely fought anti-choice laws in the Virginia General Assembly. Now, Virginia is turning the page.
LGBTQ
Top Trump campaign aide pushed anti-gay positions, said legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality and pedophilia
Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck | CNN
A top adviser and lawyer for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has a history of pushing anti-gay positions, including linking the legalization of same-sex marriage to bestiality and pedophilia.
The New Civil Rights Movement: Trump's top re-election advisor compares gays to child & animal rapists, supports criminalizing homosexuality
Map Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease
Jamie Wareham | Forbes
It's still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality” was declassified as a disease.
News sites backtrack after 'deadnaming' transgender woman in obituary
Tim Fitzsimons | NBC News
The New York Times and The Associated Press published the birth name of trans woman Aimee Stephens, igniting swift and fierce criticism from LGBTQ advocates.
For Some LGBTQ College Students, Sheltering At Home With Family Can Be Traumatic
Patti Neighmond | NPR
Staying home and sheltering in place can be stressful for everyone. But for some college students who identify as LGBTQ, returning to family environments can be very difficult and even psychologically damaging, psychologists say.
The ‘gender critical’ feminist movement is a cult that grooms, controls and abuses, according to a lesbian who managed to escape
Vic Parsons | PinkNews
“TERF is hate speech and it’s time to condemn it,” gender-critical writer Amy Dyess announced in October 2018 – words she now regrets. Back then, Amy was connected to an international network of powerful lesbians. Looking back on her time in the “gender critical” feminist movement, she is unequivocal: it’s a cult.
'Providing care today; face dismissal tomorrow': LGBTQ workers on the front lines as Supreme Court weighs job protections
Susan Miller | USA Today
But an uneasy reality haunts these LGBTQ health care workers on the front lines in the coronavirus pandemic: They are employed in states where they could be fired for their sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Navy grants the first exception to Trump’s transgender military ban
Katelyn Burns | Vox
A transgender naval officer who is suing the Trump administration over a ban on service by openly trans military personnel was granted a waiver — the first ever — allowing her to serve in the US military according to her gender identity.
LGBTQ Nation: Navy grants waiver to transgender officer who sued Trump administration
Metro Weekly: U.S. Navy grants waiver to transgender military member
Military.com: Navy Grants First Service Waiver to Transgender Officer
NBC: Navy grants waiver allowing transgender sailor to serve openly
Missouri
For 22nd year in a row, push to outlaw anti-LGBTQ discrimination fizzles in Missouri
Jason Hancock | Kansas City Star
In the final days of the 2020 session, Reps. Razer and Hannegan wanted to take a moment to remind colleagues that under Missouri law a person can legally be fired from a job, evicted from an apartment or kicked out of a restaurant for being gay or simply perceived to be gay. And that the bills they sponsored to change that didn’t even get assigned to a committee — marking the 22nd year that the idea of outlawing anti-LGBTQ discrimination failed to gain any traction in the Missouri House.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico would take an axe to LGBTQ rights as part of a sketchy political deal
Daniel Villarreal | LGBTQ Nation
This week, legislators in Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives and the Senate rushed through changes in the country’s 600-page Civil Code, reportedly approving “controversial amendments” in “less than 10 minutes” without any debate. Even now, the changes aren’t publicly available for citizens to review.
Pregnancy & Parenting
'Good signs': Louisiana makes improvements to stop women from dying in childbirth
Emily Woodruff | The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate
In 2016, about 1 in 10 women who had a problem with losing blood also experienced an unexpected outcome, like kidney problems, a hysterectomy or an ICU admission. But after the formation of the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the number of people experiencing severe problems linked to blood loss dropped by almost 40%, according to a new analysis by the state Department of Health.
The Mental Load Has Always Fallen Disproportionately On Moms — Now It’s A Million Times Worse
Katie Bingham-Smith | Scary Mommy
The mental load has always fallen more heavily on us and the support to deal with it doesn’t exist. We are told to stop freaking out, to let things slide, to live in the moment, to leave it until tomorrow.
To “stop being a martyr.” Yep, still mad.
Reproductive Health & Justice
New York City Has Handed Out Nearly 14 Million Meals During Outbreak, Adding Tampons And Pads To Distribution Sites After Push
Sophia Chang | Gothamist
The city has distributed a total of 13.8 million grab-and-go meals since the public school system went remote in mid-March, and started distributing free pads and tampons at about half the meal hub sites this week after pressure from two high school students working on a project about period poverty.
My Birth Control Experience Is Why I’m Fighting to Ensure Access for Everyone
Kimya Forouzan | truthout.org
The issue of birth control is particularly important to me as a woman of color from an immigrant community in Pennsylvania. Beyond my own experience, I also understand the difficulties other marginalized communities face in obtaining this essential health care.
Work & Money
Women are getting less research done than men during this coronavirus pandemic
Megan Fredrickson | The Conversation
I downloaded submission data from two preprint servers that cover mainly biology, math, physics and computer science, [and] found that the number of male preprint authors is currently growing faster than the number of female preprint authors. In other words, on average, women are not advancing their research as much as men during the pandemic.
The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming.
Emily Friedlander Peck | HuffPost
According to one estimate, half of licensed operators won’t make it through the pandemic; another survey found that only 11% of child care providers believe they can survive indefinitely without help. And help is not where it should be, say advocates and child care providers.
A 'full-blown she-cession': How COVID-19 is economically hurting women, minorities the most
Joanne Lipman | NBC News
As the country braces for yet another brutal week of job losses, it’s increasingly clear that the pain — like the coronavirus itself — is spreading unequally, with women disproportionately slammed.
How leave provided by the coronavirus relief bill is saving my sanity while we shelter in place
Marissa Korbel | Washington Post
Taking leave doesn’t bring me closer to gender equality, but it does help me breathe. I don’t want to fight with my only adult companion right now; the battle for gender equity at home will be here long after covid-19 has gone. The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act offered me a lifeboat, and I’ve chosen to climb aboard.
Hawaii
Column: Child care is essential to Hawaii’s economic recovery
Lauren Moriguchi, Cathy Betts | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
As we reopen Hawaii’s economy, child care must be at the forefront of every conversation. When we discuss employees returning to their places of business, those leading these conversations must always ask, Who is caring for their kids and will those children be safe and healthy?
More, More, More
'Mrs. America''s version of the past makes me afraid for the future (opinion)
Rebecca Bodenheimer | CNN
What has struck me and filled me with dread while watching the FX/Hulu show "Mrs. America" is realizing how little progress we've made since the 1970s in achieving gender equality.
Houston Chronicle: How accurate is ‘Mrs. America’s’ portrayal of Republican women?
“Believe All Women” is Right-Wing Trap
Susan Faludi | New York Times
In fact, “Believe All Women” does have an asterisk: *It’s never been feminist “boilerplate.” What we are witnessing is another instance of the right decrying what it imagines the American women’s movement to be.
As the Supreme Court term wraps up, there is a lot of news on the way, so now’s a perfect time to let friends and colleagues know where to sign up for a daily wrap of headlines from the world of abortion rights, workplace equity, reproductive and gender justice, all the things.