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Today…

• is #LatinaEqualPay Day for 2021. There’ll be a Twitterstorm at 11am ET.

• is National Apple Day!

• had to cut it short ‘cause we’re all running late and I’m drowning, so just the abortion and LGBTQ clips below. Based on my metrics, 99.9% of you would never notice if I didn’t tell you. The other sections get little if any notice unless there’s big news – a Title X ruling or something – and I’m seriously considering dropping them on other days. Thoughts?

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Abortion

• Business Insider | Abortion pill providers are fielding high-volume requests from Texans who want to safely terminate their pregnancies | Yelena Dzhanova 

• Ms. The U.S. Faces Unprecedented Threats on Abortion and Contraception Access-But "It's Not All Doom and Gloom" | Meredith Abdelnour

Florida

• Common Dreams | 'This Is Sick': Cable Companies Refuse to Air Ad Criticizing Corporate Donors to Florida's Abortion Opponents | Kenny Stancil

Kentucky

• The Courier-Journal | Ahead of 2022 legislative session, Kentucky lawmakers begin push for more abortion limits | Joe Sonka
  – More from AP, WDRB-TV, WFPL-FM, WHAS-TV, WLEX-TV, WLKY-TV

Montana

• Montana Public Radio | Attorney General will appeal the temporary pause on Montana’s new abortion laws | Freddy Monares
  – More from AP, Daily Montanan, KXLH-TV, Missoula Current, Missoulian

New Jersey

• POLITICO | Co-sponsor of Reproductive Freedom Act expects bill to be pared down | Matt Friedman

Texas

• CBS | Texas abortion providers in limbo as they await word from the Supreme Court on state ban | Melissa Quinn

• Jezebel | Pregnant People Are Fleeing Texas for Abortions | Caitlin Cruz

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Public Radio | GOP abortion bills move forward again, despite likely vetoes from Gov. Tony Evers | Laurel White
  – More from AP, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Urban Milwaukee, Wisconsin Examiner, Wisconsin State Journal, WisPolitics, WISC-TV, WORT-FM

Also this out of Mississippi, too goofy to clip for real but too good not to share:

Big dummy. We’re all taking our cues from Noodles now.

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LGBTQ

• The Hill | Democrats call for State to lift ban on embassies discussing same-sex marriage | Laura Kelly 

• HuffPost | Republicans Turn Judicial Nominee’s Hearing Into Transphobic Spectacle | Jennifer Bendery

  • National Law Journal | 9th Circuit Pick Holly Thomas Defends Past Transgender Rights Advocacy as Republicans Go After Her Record | Jacqueline Thomsen 

• Newsweek | Nearly 40 Percent of US Gen Zs, 30 Percent of Young Christians Identify as LGBTQ, Poll Shows | Paul Bond

• AP | Chappelle special draws critics, boosters to Netflix walkout

  • More from Axios, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, CBS, CNN, , Daily Beast Deadline Hollywood, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, The Hill, Los Angeles Blade, Los Angeles Times, MarketWatch, NBC, New York Daily News, New York Times, Out, Teen Vogue, U.S. News & World Report, Variety, Vulture

North Carolina

• The Progressive Pulse | Raleigh joins Wake County in new non-discrimination protections | Joe Killian
  – More from Los Angeles Blade

Ohio

• Statehouse News Bureau | Bill would ban gender transitioning medical treatments for Ohio children | Jo Ingles
  – More from Spectrum News

Tennessee

• Time | Lawsuit: Federal Foster Program Rejected Woman For Being Gay | Madeleine Carlisle

Texas

• Education Week | ‘Hateful’: White House Blasts Texas’ Pending Restriction on Transgender Student Athletes | Todd J. Gillman 
  – More from KTBC-TV, Spectrum News Austin

• RawStory | Texas Republicans are plotting to pit LGBTQ activists and feminists against one another: analyst | Matthew Chapman

West Virginia

• WV News | With unanimous vote, conversion therapy for minors is now banned by Morgantown City Council; they are second West Virginia city council to enact ban | Chris Slater