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SCOTUS Looks Ready To Gut Voting Rights Act
Just three days after an election in which right-wing efforts to restrict voting access came under increasing scrutiny, the Roberts Court agreed to rule on a challenge to Congress’s power to protect...
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Evidence-Based Advocacy: How Do Abortion Providers Experience Stigma?
Evidence-Based Advocacy is a monthly column seeking to bridge the gap between the research and activist communities by profiling provocative new abortion research that activists may not otherwise be...
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Trans Inclusion: Trust, Verify, Educate
Last week, the pundit-sphere erupted in vicious back-and-forths over the (lack of) space for trans women in mainstream feminism, and how to talk about transgender people to begin with. The comment that...
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TV Recognizes the “Modern Family”—Why Not Governments?
I don’t watch “Modern Family,” the prime-time sitcom depicting “non-traditional”—e.g., same-sex, interracial, and inter-generational—couples. Still, I’m struck by how fast family realities change and...
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Confronting Abortion Stigma
Late last month, a New Mexico state representative introduced a bill that would further punish women who are raped, as if sexual violence isn’t enough of a violation. The original bill was based on the...
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How Do You Prove That Discrimination No Longer Exists?
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which reauthorizes funding for the fight against domestic violence in the United States. The bill...
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‘Man Pregnancy’ and Other Harmful Notions That Prevent Inclusivity
Cross-posted with permission from Choice Words. Remember Thomas Beatie, the pregnant man who appeared on Oprah, claiming to be the first? Well he wasn’t. He was the first post-transition, transgender...
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Discrimination, Doxxing, and That ‘Louie’ Episode: A Q&A With the Filmmakers...
So often in pop culture, fat is used as a symbol of immorality. From Colin Farrell’s fat-hating boss in Horrible Bosses to “Fat Monica” on Friends to Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, fat bodies...
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Insurance Company Denied Coverage to Gay Man Because He Takes HIV Medication
Despite non-discrimination requirements in the Affordable Care Act and other civil rights protections, attorneys with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) claim that the Mutual of Omaha...
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South Carolina Mom Shows Homophobic Sex Education Isn’t a Thing of the Past
This summer, the country made great strides in the fight for LGBTQ rights as the U.S. Supreme Court declared state same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional. Yet as the school year started, one mother in...
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It’s Legal Again to Discriminate Against Houston’s LGBTQ Community
A Houston ordinance that outlawed discrimination against the LGBTQ community was defeated Tuesday after a controversial campaign waged by anti-gay activists and promoted by Gov. Greg Abbott (R). The...
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Indiana Governor: ‘Religious Freedom’ Should Trump Civil Rights
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) renewed his commitment to discriminating against his state’s LGBTQ community Tuesday during his State of the State address. Pence announced that he would side with...
View ArticleGavel Drop: The Supreme Court Might Get Another White Guy on the Bench
Welcome to Gavel Drop, our roundup of legal news, headlines, and head-shaking moments in the courts. We have a Supreme Court nominee! And he’s, well, an old white guy. At Slate, Dahlia Lithwick says we...
View ArticleGeorgia GOP Vows to Override Veto of ‘State-Sanctioned Discrimination’ Bill
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), responding to mounting pressure from corporations threatening to stop conducting business in the state, said Monday that he will veto a so-called religious liberties bill...
View ArticleRaymond Moore May Have Resigned, But His Comments About Women’s Tennis Betray...
Just before the final match of the BNP Paribas Open Tournament in Indian Wells, California, on March 20, tournament director Raymond Moore stunned the tennis world with misguided, sexist comments...
View ArticleMississippi’s Republican Governor Legalizes LGBTQ Discrimination
Public and private businesses in Mississippi can legally refuse service to LGBTQ people based on the business owner’s religious beliefs after Gov. Phil Bryant (R) on Tuesday signed a so-called...
View ArticleFerguson Officials Mull Options for Financing Justice Department Settlement
Residents of Ferguson, Missouri, have voted against one of two proposed tax hikes that would have helped the city finance sweeping reforms required by a settlement with the Department of Justice. The...
View ArticleMoving Forward for LGBTQ Rights, Not Just Fighting Back
There is no justice when many lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender people fear for their lives. With recent legislative attacks nationwide, many Americans see safety and dignity being pushed...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor’s Executive Order Doubles Down on Anti-LGBTQ Law
An executive order signed by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) tweaked parts of the state’s sweeping new anti-LGBTQ law, but still prohibits transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms...
View ArticleAdvocates, Attorneys Demand Answers After Muslim Prisoner’s Attempted Suicide
About 50 people with placards bearing the name Ahmed Ferhani rallied outside the headquarters of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Tuesday evening, demanding a response to the recent...
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