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[Photo: Kathryn Goldston smiles as she takes a picture of herself in uniform.]

‘I Would Like to Say It’s Ignorance’: Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Throws Careers Into Flux

Serena Sonoma

Transgender service members are unsure of their fate after this week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to ban trans people from serving in the armed forces.

[Photo: To the left, Gov. Janet Mills looks at the camera defiantly. To the right, Paul LePage gives a concerned look as he listens at a meeting.]

Medicaid Work Requirements Rejected by Maine’s New Governor

Auditi Guha & Medicaid Work Requirements Rejected by Maine’s New Governor

The Trump administration in December gave the green light to former Gov. Paul LePage's request to make Medicaid less accessible.

[Photo: Valerie Huber speaks into a microphone during a radio talk show.]

Valerie Huber’s New Role at HHS Could Bring Abstinence-Only Agenda to Global Policy

Jo Yurcaba & This Week in Sex: Hands-Free Vibrator Gets Award, Then Dissed at Vegas Electronics Show

Huber spearheaded the rebranding of abstinence-only sex-ed as “sexual risk avoidance”—and then brought that language into government health policy.

[Photo: Pro-choice advocates rally outside of the Supreme Court.]

46 Years After ‘Roe’ and We’re Still Fighting. We Must Do Better.

Andrew Jenkins

Rather than continue to feel helpless about the situation we now find ourselves in, here are seven clear steps those of us working in the reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice movement can take to strengthen our tactics and organizing.

[Photo: Black and white image of a queer couple holding each other. The person on the left has their face cropped, the person on the right is smiling.]

Ask a Queer Chick: Help! My Parents Won’t Let Me Talk to My Online Girlfriend.

Lindsay King-Miller

Also: Should I break up with my boyfriend and date my lesbian co-worker instead?

[Photo: A close-up of a brown woman's eye.]

An Abortion Provider—and Formerly Undocumented Immigrant—Tells Her Story

Tina Vasquez

"I think I gravitated toward family planning because even as a little kid in Colombia, I saw how unplanned pregnancies derailed people’s lives."

[Photo: Young, woman of color looking worriedly into the distance.]

North Carolina Domestic Violence Laws Don’t Protect People in Same-Sex Relationships

Lisa Needham

When one woman tried to obtain an order of protection against her ex-girlfriend, the court turned her down—noting that if she were dating a man, there would be no issue.

Comfort Levels: The Story of My Medical Transition

B Hayward

Artist B Hayward reflects on her trials and tribulations navigating a health-care system that is only now becoming trans-aware.

[Photo: Governor Gretchen Whitmer dons a serious look as she speaks to the press.]

Will Michigan Governor End State Funding for Anti-Choice Clinic Network? (Updated)

Dennis Carter

Michigan Republicans have pumped millions into Real Alternatives, which has used taxpayer money to pay for "ineffective advertising and pay increases for its executives," according to a watchdog organization.

[Photo: Evie Smith of Lora DiCarlo promotes sexual stimulator, Osé.]

This Week in Sex: Hands-Free Vibrator Gets Award, Then Dissed at Vegas Electronics Show

Martha Kempner

Organizers suggested the new sex toy was indecent. Last year's voluptuous sex robot Solana didn't seem to bother them.

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