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These Trans Women Are Fighting for Insurance Coverage as Trump Unravels Their Right to Care

The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections for transgender patients—leaving them reliant on federal courts and a patchwork of state policies.

[Photo: Five women sit on a panel during the Power Rising Summit.]

At Power Rising, LBTQ Representation Mattered

Zakiya J. Lord

Black women are already pushing through racism and sexism, and some of us are pushing through homophobia and transphobia as well.

[Photo: Rep. Ann Wagner speaks to Congress about H.R. 1865, known as the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” or FOSTA.]

Anti-Trafficking Legislation Shouldn’t Come at a Cost to Victims, Sex Workers

Melissa Petro

Widely supported companion bills in Congress designed to fight online sex trafficking would do more harm than good, advocates say. The bills undermine the rights and safety of sex workers and trafficking victims, and in supporting them Democratic politicians are voting against their constituents' core values.

[Photo: Teen demonstrators hold signs during a 'lie-in' demonstration supporting gun control reform near the White House.]

Parkland Students Join Their Generation Z Peers to Change the Country, Stop Being Killed

Karen Dolan & Grace Dolan-Sandrino

"Our voices are getting louder. Our political power is expanding."

How Black Women Shaped the Law Banning Sex Discrimination in Education

Nnennaya Amuchie

Title IX was the law Pauli Murray envisioned and built off both civil rights legislation and Black women's anti-rape activism.

[Photo: Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a podium with dozens of of Democratic members of the House of Representatives standing behind her.]

Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Christine Grimaldi

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s legislation is unlikely to advance through the GOP-held U.S. House of Representative, but it underscores what advocates for reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality have called a license to discriminate.

[Photo: A nurse checks a female patient's health with a stethoscope.]

Gavel Drop: Nurses May Be the Key to the Abortion Provider Crisis

Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo & Trump’s Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria

Two lawsuits challenge laws that ban nurses from providing abortion care. And in other news, a Texas lesbian couple were told they couldn't adopt a refugee child because they don't "mirror a holy family."

[Photo: A stressed woman sits near a laptop with her eyes closed and her glasses in her hands.]

We’re No ‘Model Minority’: Addressing the Myth Through Equal Pay Day

Sung Yeon Choimorrow & Sarita Gupta

Economic disparities fester behind the façade of the myth about Asian-Americans.

[Photo: The cover of Abby Norman's book,

Abby Norman Wants You to Ask Her About Her Uterus

Danielle Corcione & Trump’s Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria

Frustrated with her own delayed diagnosis of endometriosis, Norman embarked on a journey to better understand the history behind the cultural consequences of misdiagnosing and mistreating women patients.

[photo: Various forms of contraception spread out on a white background.]

Trump’s Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria

Christine Grimaldi

Reproductive health groups were still analyzing the nuances of the 60-page HHS announcement by press time, but some voiced worry.

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