“North Carolina’s governor was just voted out of office because of his support for a discriminatory law that took an immediate and devastating toll on his state’s economy,” said Matt McTighe, executive director of Freedom for All Americans.
After being reprimanded for kissing her girlfriend in a campus parking lot, Kimberly Hively tried in vain to get full-time employment at the college where she worked. She never received an interview, and in 2014, the college failed to renew her part-time position.
The AMAZE video series on sex education for younger adolescents has short, snappy information that kids can use and also comes with resources for parents and educators.
“Eliminating this dangerous provision from the final bill is a victory, but let us be clear: the fight against bigotry, intolerance, and discrimination does not end with the Russell Amendment,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said in a statement.
Debra L. Ness, president of National Partnership for Women & Families, encouraged the U.S. Senate “to refuse to confirm a nominee who poses such a significant threat to the health and well-being of women and families.”
It's been a hard year for many of us, and I think we have harder times ahead. But it's time to be thankful for the many things that we have to celebrate.
Recently, a parent in Minnesota filed a lawsuit seeking to block her transgender daughter from receiving further gender-affirming medical service. This is an assault on the rights of trans youth and minors who may need abortion care.
Pennsylvania spent $248.2 million on unintended pregnancies in 2010, in addition to the $478.6 million spent by the federal government. More than half of pregnancies in the state that year were classified as “unintended.”
Liberty University, an ultra-conservative school in Virginia, threatens students with punishment should they receive or help someone receive abortion care. The school also warns women students to be wary of the length of their dresses and fiercely opposes LGBTQ rights.
I can feel already the pressure to be more conventionally womanly than I am. To be quieter. To be more accommodating. To smile at men I don’t know. I can feel already that women who look like me will try to stick out less. To look more “American”; to abandon our bindis, our hijabs, our salwaar kameez; to be safe and survive.
