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LMM sang this at the March For Our Lives last year, and I choked up at “tomorrow there’ll be more of us” every. time.
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away
No matter what they tell you
Abortion
Abortion Clinics May Not Survive COVID-19 Without Bolder Action
Halley Bondy | Shadow Proof
The Abortion Care Network, an organization of 125 independent clinics across the country, said 92% of their member clinics are in financial straits. Three out of five abortions are currently performed at independent clinics, and the majority of them are in danger of shuttering.
Ohio
Ohio State Research Finds Abortion Restrictions Hit Rural Areas Harder
Clare Roth | WOSU-FM (Columbus, OH)
A study recently published by OSU researchers found significant disparities emerging in Ohio's abortion rates over the last decade. From 2010-2018, the Statehouse passed more than a dozen abortion regulations. Dr. Alison Norris, a professor of epidemiology and co-author of the study, says that appears to have had an impact on who obtained the procedure in Ohio.
LGBTQ
Trump Admin Fights to Support Anti-Gay Discrimination In Court
Donald Padgett | Out Magazine
The Trump Administration is filing a brief before the Supreme Court supporting anti-gay discrimination by adoption agencies that receive government funding. It’s part of the lawsuit Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that is before the court.
LGBTQ Nation | Trump administration asks Supreme Court to make it legal to ban same-sex couples from adopting
Metro Weekly | Trump administration says foster care agencies should be allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples
Washington Blade | Trump admin to Supreme Court: Let adoption agencies reject LGBTQ families
“Will There Be Cops?": LGBTQ+ People Voice Concern for LA Pride’s Black Solidarity March
Michelle Kim | them.
LA Pride 2020 is going to be a protest. Christopher Street West (CSW), the organization that produces LA Pride, announced Wednesday that they will be holding a march “in response to racial injustice, systemic racism, and all forms of oppression.” It will act in place of the city’s annual Pride parade and festival, which are both canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LGBTQ Nation | LA Pride announces Black Lives Matter protest march will replace Pride parade
NBC | LGBTQ activists in NYC, LA reimagine pride marches as solidarity protests
How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance
Christobel Hastings | CNN
The multicolored flag has united the LGBTQ community for over 40 years, and though it remains a universal symbol of pride, liberation didn't always come in vibrant technicolor. In fact lavender – a subtle hue that shifts between light pinkish purples, and gray and blueish tones – has had, despite its whimsical nature, its own historical significance in representing resistance and power.
A $15,000 Mental Health Recovery Fund Launched for Black Trans People
N. Jamiyla Chisolm | Colorlines
To honor “the many Black Trans people who [have] been murdered by state-sanctioned violence”—including Nina Pop (28) and Tony McDade (38)—the grassroots Okra Project will dedicate $15,000 to create the Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund and the Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Fund.
Pride Month Underscores The Need For Strong Anti-Discrimination Protections For LGBTQ Employees
Eric Bachman | Forbes
Encouraging progress is underway, as shown by anti-discrimination laws passed by states, counties, and cities. But the promise of equality in the workplace for LGBTQ people remains unfulfilled in too many places, including federal employment laws.
Why LGBTQ Diversity At Firms Must Mean Leadership Roles
Xiumei Dong | Law360
While the legal industry has improved in terms of making the law firm a welcoming place for LGBTQ attorneys, a group of in-house lawyers from that community said there is still more that firms can do, including making sure that diverse attorneys are in leadership roles and "calling the shots."
Nonprofit founder provides financial support to black trans Southerners
Julie Compton | NBC News
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition founder Carter Brown is taking steps to ensure black transgender people don’t get pushed further to the margins.
How LGBTQ+ Owned Hair Salons Are Making It Through COVID-19, and How You Can Help
Carrie Carrollo | POPSUGAR
Queer, genderless, and LGBTQ+ owned salons and barbershops play crucial roles in the industry. They're inclusive to all, fairly priced (i.e. gender-neutral services), and create open, affirming, and judgment-free spaces. And like any other salons right now, they're trying to navigate the fallout of the last two-plus months of closures.
Young Homeless People Are Struggling to Say Safe During the Pandemic
Lauren Young | Teen Vogue
Across the country, Black, Latinx, LGBTQ and pregnant or parenting youth are disproportionately at higher risk for homelessness. Stay-at-home orders have upended people’s lives and livelihoods across the United States and around the world. But for homeless youth, these orders mean something entirely different.
North Carolina
First Residents Move Into North Carolina LGBTQ Cohousing Community
Laura Pellicer | Here & Now
Pat McAuley and Margaret Roesch founded Village Hearth Cohousing. It’s believed to be the first cohousing community in the nation built specifically for LGBTQ seniors and their allies.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's governor signs a new civil code eliminating LGBTQ protections
John Riley | Metro Weekly
Earlier this week, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez signed a new civil code that overhauls a series of laws regulating various rights, including abortion and LGBTQ rights. Among the 130 amendments were provisions that eliminate the ability of transgender individuals to change the name and gender marker on their birth certificates, and removes legal protections for LGBTQ people that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
I don’t speak Spanish – I know, don’t start – but I followed this person’s link and found more amazing pictures, and a site Google Translate doesn’t completely mangle.
Orgullo homosexual tras las rejas (Gay pride behind bars)
Luis Arturo Salmerón | Relatos e Historias
[T]he detainees smile, pose to scandalize those who made them prisoners; they look proud before the cameras of the society that represses them. Why do they do it? I want to believe – and the images seem to confirm it – that it is their way of resisting, of challenging the society that oppresses and locks them up, but, as their faces shout at us from the distance of the years, they cannot change them.
Reproductive Health & Justice
Racism a 'public health crisis,' black and Latino leaders warn
Justin Murphy | Democrat and Chronicle
Pulling together the two major issues facing the nation, a group of Rochester's black and Latino community leaders Wednesday declared racism a public health crisis and urged communities of color to remain vigilant regarding the spread of COVID-19.
Indigenous populations: left behind in the COVID-19 response
Kaitlin Curtice, Esther K. Choo | The Lancet
Scholar Annie Belcourt described Native American populations in the USA as having lives that are “challenging and short”. Globally, Indigenous peoples face a greater burden of disease than non-Indigenous peoples, including cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and have higher infant and maternal mortality and lower life expectancy.
Pandemic Constitutional Rights: Not an All-Or-Nothing Proposition
Michele Goodwin | Newsweek
Protecting the public's health and safety during COVID-19 requires prioritizing the public's health while safeguarding civil liberties.
Suddenly, Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More than Social Distance
Dan Diamond | POLITICO
For months, public health experts have urged Americans to take every precaution to stop the spread of Covid-19—stay at home, steer clear of friends and extended family, and absolutely avoid large gatherings. Now some of those experts are broadcasting a new message: It’s time to get out of the house and join the mass protests against racism.
Birth Control
Illinois top court says out-of-state women can't sue Bayer over Essure
Nate Raymond | Reuters
Illinois’ top court on Thursday ruled that 160 out-of-state women could not pursue lawsuits in the state alleging Bayer AG failed to warn of the dangers associated with its Essure birth control device.
Long-term birth control use nearly 3 times higher in states that expanded Medicaid
Brian P. Dunleavy | United Press International (UPI)
Medicaid expansion under the ACA increased access to long-term birth control methods for women beneficiaries, according to a study published Thursday. In states that expanded Medicaid, 6% of women were using long-acting reversible contraceptives – including injections and IUDs – in 2016, compared to 2.4% of women in non-Medicaid expansion states.
Work & Money
Why Journalists Are Walking Out of Newsrooms in Protest
Mary Emily O'Hara | Adweek
On Thursday, employees at two major newspapers—The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer—took the day off in protest of the way their newsrooms have chosen to cover the inflamed racial justice protests currently taking place.
Reporters, editors and other media folks have been calling out shitty employers left and right this week, and I am HERE. FOR. IT.
As America reopens, we need to offer caregivers a lot more support
Heather Williams, Bobbi Thomason | CNN
As some workplaces start to reopen and work-from-home guidelines relax, corporate leaders may hope things will quickly get back to normal. But for employees who are also caregivers, that's likely not going to be the case.
I’m a gay CEO, and this is why parental leave will promote gender equality
Jonathan A. Finkelstein | Fast Company
The founder of Credly reflects on becoming a father and upending the archaic maternity-leave playbook, which has perpetuated bias against women in the workplace and permitted men to operate under lower expectations.
Why Equal Pay Day For Moms Will Be Later Next Year
Rebekah Bastian | Forbes
While the gender gap has lessened over time, the pace at which it moves is painfully slow - the World Economic Forum estimates that we won’t reach pay equality for another 257 years at the current pace. However, it looks like this will be a year in which we take several steps backward in pay equity - particularly for working mothers.
Forget Work-Life Balance: What Companies Need To Know Now About Work-Life Effectiveness
Aram Lulla | Forbes
Work-life effectiveness is about aligning personal and professional priorities in a way that’s energizing and brings greater clarity and focus to both.
Why The USWNT’s Equal Pay Claims Should Be Going To Trial
Douglas Wigdor | Forbes
Judge Klausner’s failure to account for success when comparing two performance-based pay structures is fundamentally flawed and sets a dangerous precedent. It essentially legalizes employment contracts that force women to work harder and vastly outperform their male counterparts if they want comparable pay. Such logic runs afoul of the laws requiring equal pay for equal work.
How to build an actively anti-racist workplace
Jenni Avins | Quartz
In the days of protest following George Floyd’s killing, brands have been showing up on social media proclaiming that Black Lives Matter and pledging their support for racial equality. But what might that corporate support look like, exactly? And how can it move beyond an Instagram post and a donation to create meaningful change?
Why the Pay Gap for Working Mom is a Race Issue Too
Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Time Magazine
It is tempting to let this Mom’s Equal Pay Day — a day that comes in the midst of unspeakable tragedy and turmoil in our country — pass without remark. As we reel, not just from the 100,000 lives lost to COVID-19 and millions of people out of work, but from how this all compounds with decades of discrimination and racism now boiling at the surface, moments like these help us recognize that disparities don’t just evolve out of nowhere.
Colorado
We need an equitable recovery
Councilmember Robin Kniech | Colorado Community Media
There is no question our economy will have to be rebuilt following the disruption caused by COVID-19. The question is, how? Do we try to replicate the way it was before, or do we seek to reshape and rebuild in new ways? The social, racial and economic disparities facing Denver and our country have been vividly illuminated by the toll that COVID-19 has wrought.
Maryland
Legislature Passes Hairstyle Anti-Discrimination, Retaliation and Equal Pay Laws
Robert R. Niccolini, Patrick Wilson | JD Supra
COVID-19 has certainly not slowed down legislators in Annapolis. Far from sitting idle, the Maryland General Assembly recently passed a broad array of workplace legislation without the governor’s signature.
Minnesota
MN Supreme Court Upholds “Severe or Pervasive” Standard in Sexual Harassment Claims
Mark Girouard, Andrew Peterson, Ellen Brinkman | JD Supra
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Kenneh vs. Homeward Bound, Inc., upholding the “severe or pervasive” standard applied to sexual harassment claims due to hostile work environment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
I did some work on this ↑↑↑ last year. Long story short, this is not the result we wanted.
Utah
Utah’s all-male slate of candidates for governor support state wage gap survey
Taylor Stevens | Salt Lake Tribune
There’s likely a “major wage gap” between women and the men they work alongside at all levels of state government in the Beehive State, says Utah Valley University professor Susan Madsen, director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project. “We just don’t know how that looks exactly,” she said.
More, More, More
They Marched For Breonna Taylor And Repeated A Powerful Message: “Black Women Are Not An Afterthought”
Ema O'Connor, Clarissa-Jan Lim | BuzzFeed News
Breonna Taylor was killed during the height of fears over the coronavirus, and there was no video footage of the incident to rocket across social media, two factors that may have contributed to the delayed outrage over her death. Protesters who spoke to BuzzFeed News have another reason why Taylor’s case didn’t receive much attention: She’s a Black woman.
Why Are Black Women and Girls Still an Afterthought in Our Outrage Over Police Violence?
Brittney Cooper | Time Magazine
Why does it remain so difficult for outrage over the killing of Black women to be the tipping point for national protests challenging state violence?
Why Washington’s Streets Have Filled With Troops the Mayor Did Not Want
Emily Badger, Katie Benner | New York Times
Because it’s not a state, the District of Columbia is at a disadvantage in any clash with federal authorities. Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, has had few options this week to hold back the overwhelming show of federal force in her city: the national guardsmen from outside D.C. whom she did not request, the Bureau of Prisons and Border Patrol officers the city rarely works with, the troops in unmarked uniforms who have upset local residents.
To give you some idea of where federal forces have been spreading across much of DC’s NW quadrant...
Detroit anti-police brutality protests led by women on 2 pivotal days
Kristen Jordan Shamus | Detroit Free Press
Nakia-Renne Wallace can't rest as long as she lives in a country where she could be killed at the hands of the authorities sworn to protect her. She is one of several women leaders in the multi-faceted Detroit movement that has marched through downtown,Southwest Detroit, and the far East Side to advocate for justice and social change.
‘A Moment of Disruption’: Women Gained the Vote 100 Years Ago - as a Pandemic Raged
Noreen O'Donnell | WNBC-TV (New York, NY)
No vaccine, no treatment, no way to halt a virus’ deadly spread but quarantines and bans on public gatherings. Suffragists fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago found themselves hemmed in by the Spanish flu of 1918, their rallies and other gatherings canceled as they tried to convince lawmakers of their cause.
P.S. You ever wonder why some days I’m super-late getting this out? You think it’s because there’s so much news? There is, but likely as not I’m making an Auntie Mame gif, or in a photo app flipping over a map of Vichy France just to be an asshole. #Priorities