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Title VII and LGBTQ equality take center stage at the Supreme Court.

Rapid Reaction — Supreme Court Protects LGBTQ Employees

A big Supreme Court decision just arrived, and it's comprehensively awesome. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court confirmed that "an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law." In this emergency episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo react to the decision — written by Neil Gorsuch, of all people — and the extremely salty dissent.

[Photo: A split-screen image of a baby onesie (L) that reads 'Baby Lives Matter' in red, and President Trump (R).]

Power

Trump’s ‘Baby Lives Matter’ Onesies Are Grotesque and All Too Familiar

Imani Gandy

Trump doesn’t care about babies. Trump cares about Trump. And his campaign's racist onesies are just another stunt.

Power

Meet the Trump Judge Who’s OK With Cops Shooting Unarmed People in the Back

Lisa Needham

A Trump appointee, Judge Jonathan Kobes, said an Arkansas police officer was justified in shooting a man in the back, even after a pat-down revealed the suspect was unarmed.

[Photo: A Black man holds his fist up at a police brutality protest, a sign in the background says 'NYPD KILLS'.']

Power

What We Mean When We Say Abolish the Police

K Agbebiyi

The movement to abolish police is just another step in our long-game goal of dismantling the entire prison industrial complex.

[Photo: A person holds a book by J.K. Rowling up against a bookstand with a myriad of other J.K. Rowling books. The book title is edited to say 'J.K. Rowling is a TERF in magenta letters.]

Sex

I Used to Thank JK Rowling for My Survival. Her Transphobia Has Put Me in Danger.

Serena Daniari

Denying the existence of trans people, as Rowling has repeatedly done, is not only dangerous but also futile.

[Photo: A group of young Black women wearing masks participate in a protest. One holds a sign that reads 'No Justice, No Peace. Defund the Police.']

Power

What We Mean When We Say Defund the Police

K Agbebiyi

As an abolitionist organizer working to end policing, incarceration, and surveillance, I know that “defund the police” is not just a slogan.

Power

How to Defund the Police

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Jess and Imani break down what defunding the police actually means.

[Photo: A young woman of color wears a mask and looks at the camera sadly. She is illuminated by lights of purple and red hues.]

Power

Advocates Fear Another Devastating Impact of COVID-19: More Forced Pregnancies and Reproductive Control

Jallicia Jolly

Black, brown, Indigenous, disabled, and low-income people have historically been victim to state-sanctioned forced sterilizations and reproductive coercion.

Sex

Why Biden’s LGBTQ Platform Is Good—but Not Nearly Good Enough

Ray Levy-Uyeda

Joe Biden says he would restore LGBTQ rights lost under President Trump, but a truly transformative queer and trans political agenda isn’t merely about building protections onto an existing political structure.

[Photo: Two Black moms wearing facemasks hold their babies while they participate in a Black Lives Matter event.]

Parenthood

Tear Gas, Miscarriages, and Breastfeeding: Is It Safe to Protest While Pregnant?

Gina Martínez

The question of whether to show up to protests because of the potential risk is not a consideration that anyone should have to make—there is no reason that peaceful protesters should ever be attacked with chemicals.

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