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Sex

If the Government Cared About HIV, PrEP Would Be Free

Tim Forster

If you had the power to potentially stop the HIV epidemic in its tracks, would you use it? Not if you’re the U.S. government—or a multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical giant.

[Photo: Rosemary Ketchum, woman with blond hair wearing a navy blazer, stands outside in front of a building.]

Power

Meet West Virginia’s First Out Trans Lawmaker: Rosemary Ketchum

Jo Yurcaba

“Breaking into a space that wasn’t built for you is incredibly difficult."

[Photo: A lone man stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with a sign that says 'Stop Abortion Now.']

Sex

Mississippi Won’t Stop Begging the Supreme Court to Let It Ban Abortion

Imani Gandy

We get it, Mississippi. You are dying to gut abortion access.

[Photo: An illustration of a queer, femme-presenting couple siting in bed looking at a laptop.]

Sex

Starting a Family Costs More for Queer People Like Me

Taneasha White

Within the pro-choice movement, we often end up focusing on abortion and contraception, and we leave out those facing a different sort of barrier: infertility for queer people.

DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the Supreme Court.

Rapid Reaction — Supreme Court Protects DREAMers

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

For the second time in a week, the Supreme Court came down on the side of justice! On Thursday morning, it blocked the Trump administration's efforts to rescind DACA in a 5-4 decision. In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain the decision, how Justice Sotomayor added an extra dollop of truth, and whether Trump has any hope of finding a workaround.

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Power

5 Anti-Racist Shows Your Kids Can Watch

Dennis Carter

Now more than ever, parents are scrutinizing their children's media and looking for TV shows that don't deal in harmful stereotypes.

Sex

In a Pandemic, Birth Control Is Out of Reach for Many Young People

Maya Eashwaran

"Those who were most marginalized before this are being hit the hardest now."

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Sex

What LGBTQ-Positive Sex Ed Should Look Like

Cassandra Corrado

Sex education should give students the tools to take ownership of their lives and bodies so they can feel empowered. And that includes LGBTQ students.

Power

How Did a Trump-Appointed Justice End Up Protecting LGBTQ Rights?

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The Supreme Court handed LGBTQ employees a historic win Monday. And they have conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch to thank.

[Photo: A group of prison abolition activists gather outside a federal prison.]

Power

What We Mean When We Say Abolish Prisons

K Agbebiyi

The prison industrial complex targets and harms Black people, immigrants, disabled people, sex workers, queer and transgender people, and poor people.

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