We got ourselves a bad bitch
Today is the birthday of Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, first woman and first Italian-American to hold the position, 100% that bitch.
The most appropriate tribune I can think of seems… logistically challenging, you know, given pandemic and federal weapons laws.
But I could probably pull of a pint of Jeni’s.
Abortion
HuffPost | Lawmakers Renew Fight To Reverse 'Anti-Choice,' 'Blatantly Racist' Hyde Amendment | Alanna Vagianos
Ms. | EACH Act Would End Hyde Amendment and Restore Insurance Coverage for Abortion Care | Carrie Baker
Ms. | The EACH Act Ends A Decades-Old Abortion Coverage Ban, Prioritizes Freedom and Justice | Yamani Hernandez
Rolling Stone | QAnon and Planned Parenthood: Anti-Abortion Conspiracy Theories | Sarah Posner
VICE | The Christian Right Is Helping Prescribe Unproven 'Abortion Reversal' Treatments | Ruby Lott-Lavigna
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | Republicans’ Public Registry of Abortions Should Also Include Vasectomies, Erectile Dysfunction | Christy Powell
New Jersey
New Jersey Globe | Reproductive Freedom Act stalls as lawmakers question need | Nikita Biryukov
Wyoming
Wyoming Public Radio | House Passes Anti-Abortion Bills | Catherine Wheeler
LGBTQ
Instinct Magazine | Drive ‘Em Out? Sue To Oblivion? Shop Somewhere Else? Rainbow Cake Woes | Adam Dupuis
LGBTQ Nation | Trans people face four times more violence than cis people | Alex Bollinger
NBC | 'It is bleak': How the pandemic economy has affected LGBTQ people | Jillian Eugenios
New York Times | So you want to 'save women's sports'? | Lindsay Crouse
PRI | Unprecedented number of priests, bishops offer clear condemnation of Vatican’s anti-LGBTQ decree | Bianca Hillier
Reuters | Factbox: Transgender politicians and government officials around the world | Rachel Savage
Vox | The massive Republican push to ban trans athletes, explained | Katelyn Burns
Point of personal privilege: I cannot believe I didn’t include Katelyn’s Vox piece yesterday. I reached out to connect Grace with her. It’s the gold star of my week. You see how distracting a sleepless, grumpy 13yo can be? Lord…
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs law banning transgender women, girls from female sports teams | Rachel Herzog
Arkansas Times | Yes, persecution of transgender kids is bad for business. But it's even worse for children | Max Brantley
Bay Area Reporter | With passage of anti-trans bill, Arkansas to land on California travel ban list | Matthew S. Bajko
More from AP, Arkansas Times, Forbes, RawStory, Sports Illustrated, UPI
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Trio of Iowa Republicans introduce, then withdraw, attempt to ban transgender girls from girls sports | Ian Richardson
Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal | 'I'm not going to let my kid be a statistic': Kansas bill on transgender girls in holding pattern | Andrew Bahl, Rafael Garcia
Rhode Island
Providence Journal | URI embroiled in controversy over professor's comments about transgender individuals | Linda Borg
Boston Globe | URI students, staff: Professor’s essay with ‘anti-transgender perspectives’ signals an ongoing problem | Alexa Gagosz
South Carolina
Metro Weekly | Five years to the date of passing the infamous "bathroom bill," North Carolina lawmakers introduce anti-trans sports bill | John Riley
More from Qnotes
South Dakota
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Senate Leader Says Transgender Sports Bill Not Needed | Lee Strubinger
Political Wire | Kristi Noem Angers Her Base | Taegan Goddard
Washington Post | Kristi Noem provokes conservative ire by not being intolerant enough | Paul Waldman
Tennessee
Lexington Herald-Leader | Tennessee Republican wants to ban LGBTQ content in textbooks | Mike Stunson
More from The Advocate, LGBTQ Nation, Political Wire
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail | WV House passes ban on transgender students playing on sports teams matching their gender identity | Ryan Quinn
West Virginia MetroNews | West Virginia House joins states passing bills on transgender student athletes | Brad McElhinny
Pregnancy & Parenting
Philadelphia Inquirer | Working parents sweep up the broken pieces of a pandemic year as kids return to school full time | Maria Panaritis
Refinery29 | When Will People Who Have Miscarriages Be Given Paid Leave From Work? | Erin Corbett
Florida
WUWF-FM | A House Plan Would Extend Medicaid Coverage Following Childbirth | Regan McCarthy
Reproductive Health & Justice
Forbes | Taking Down The Tampon Tax | Roxanne Bland
California
San Francisco Chronicle | Santa Clara County votes to provide free menstrual products in public bathrooms | Vanessa Arredondo
Illinois
WREX-TV | IL Senate approves Black Caucus healthcare reforms, massive proposal heads to governor's desk | Mike Miletich
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Republicans vote down funding for Medicaid expansion in Missouri | Kurt Erickson
Work & Money
Mashable | How to give equal pay laws power | Chase DiBenedetto
Michigan Advance | Women are society’s invisible infrastructure, but they’re often underpaid and undervalued | Laura Ross
Newsweek | Time for a Gender Parity 'Moonshot' in Tech Boardrooms | Adriana Gascoigne
Newsweek | The Recovery of National GDP Depends on the She-conomy | Cat Woods
Public News Service | Gender Pay Gap has Narrowed but Racial Gaps Persist | Andrea Sears
USA Today | ‘You are strong.’ Vice President Kamala Harris has a message for American women | Suzette Hackney, Nicole Carroll
More, More, More
New York Times | Misogyny Fuels Violence Against Women. Should It Be a Hate Crime? | Alisha Gupta