You take the good, you take the bad
Today…
is the start of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month.
is a very sleepy Monday after a very busy weekend. I haven’t mentioned here yet (have I? no. have I?) that we’re moving in a few weeks. It’s just a few miles, but leaving an apartment we’ve lived in for ten years, in a neighborhood we love, for a better space in a less fun area.
Abortion
CNN | Poorest Americans could see biggest impact of reversing Roe v. Wade | Ariane de Vogue
Kaiser Health News | Why is the South the Epicenter of Anti-Abortion Fervor? | Sarah Varney
NBC | Women seeking medication abortions face increasing state restrictions as FDA weighs action | Rebecca Shabad
Newsweek | Public Abortion Coverage Helps My Patients | Mai Fleming
Pew | Abortion, Race, Gender: State Republicans Wage Culture Wars | Elaine Povich
Louisiana
AP | New Louisiana abortion, policing, marijuana laws take effect | Melinda Deslatte
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Advocates urge Biden to declare national emergency over killings of trans people | Casey Quinlan
CNN | Nearly 1,000 US elected officials identify as LGBTQ, but equitable representation is still a ways off, report finds | Scottie Andrew
More from The Hill, Metro Weekly, Washington Blade
Inside Higher Ed | 31 Science Groups Partner on Transgender Name-Change Requests | Colleen Flaherty
LGBTQ Nation | The New York Times is insisting on using the deadnames of trans journalists | Juwan Holmes
NBC Sports | How can sports be more inclusive of trans and non-binary athletes? | Alex Azzi
Business Insider | What you've heard about testosterone helping trans and intersex athletes win at sports is wrong | Canela Lopez
Olympics
New York Times | Olympics’ First Openly Transgender Woman Stokes Debate on Fairness | Tariq Panja, Ken Belson
More from The Advocate, Axios, Deadspin, Reuters
LGBTQ Nation | Another woman with “too high” natural testosterone is disqualified at the Olympics | Juwan Holmes
Connecticut
Danbury News-Times | CT vets discharged for being LGBT will now get their state benefits | Kendra Baker
Florida
LGBTQ Nation | Anti-LGBTQ megachurch loses lawsuit to get people to stop calling them a hate group | Alex Bollinger
Metro Weekly | Appeals court rejects anti-LGBTQ group's lawsuit challenging "hate group" label | John Riley
Virginia
USA Today | Virginia high school transgender student just wants to use the bathroom — and feel safe | Patrick Hite
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Charleston City Council will consider conversion therapy bill Monday | Lori Kersey
Pregnancy & Parenting
Forbes | U.S. Maternal And Infant Mortality: More Signs Of Public Health Neglect | Joshua Cohen
Morning Consult | How Much America's Lack of Child Care Infrastructure Is Costing Women | Liuba Grechen Shirley
SELF | 2 Major Health Groups Now ‘Strongly Recommend’ Pregnant People Get a COVID-19 Vaccine | Sarah Jacoby
New Jersey
NJ.com | Home visitation program for new moms will save lives. Bravo, Jersey | Editorial
Reproductive Health & Justice
San Francisco Chronicle | Simone Biles isn't alone: Olympic athletes face a mental health crisis | Ann Killion
Missouri
The American Independent | Missouri continues to fail new mothers as it focuses on ending abortion rights | Lisa Needham
South Carolina
The State | Racial disparities in health care continue to affect SC residents | State Sen. Darrell Jackson
Work & Money
AP | US men ask appeals court to reinstate women's wage suit
Business Insider | Department for Veterans Affairs 'accidentally' changes its motto to the gender-neutral alternative | Bethany Dawson
BuzzFeed | A Key Senate Democrat Says Passing Universal Paid Parental Leave This Fall Is A Top Priority | Paul McLeod
BuzzFeed | The Justice Department Is Revisiting Its Sexual Harassment Policies | Zoe Tillman
The Conversation | The Activision Blizzard lawsuit shows gamer culture still has a long way to go: 5 essential reads about sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming | Eric Smalley
Jezebel | The Post Banned One Reporter From Covering Sexual Assault, But Let an Accused Harasser Keep Working | Marie Solis
California
Ms. | California Effort to Increase Number of Women on Corporate Boards Suffers Setback | Carrie Baker
North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer | Hair means freedom: How a new Charlotte law would empower people with natural hair | Devna Bose
Washington, DC
Washington Post | D.C. has the widest wage gap for Black women. This 72-year-old doesn’t need data to know that. | Theresa Vargas
More, More, More
Axios | New poll shows women of color highly motivated to vote | Shawna Chen
Salon | Michael Che and the "edgy," male comedian's obsession with rape jokes | Kylie Cheung