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On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill 25 into law, barring trans youth participating on sports teams from playing on the team that matches their gender. The bill is set to go into effect in January of 2022.
With the bill’s passage, LGBTQ+ advocates in the state are increasingly worried about the safety of trans youth.
Just halfway through the year, 2021 is already the worst year in history when it comes to legislative attacks on trans rights. But advocates aren’t giving up hope.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will avoid the arrest or detainment of individuals who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing, according to new guidance released on July 1.
In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in in this biweekly round-up.
This week: abortion restrictions skyrocket in 2021; Olympic policies disproportionately target Black women; Supreme Court rules in favor of free speech and gender expression; state legislatures endanger voting rights; and more.
This week in Keeping Score: activists and DOJ defend trans rights; Senate recognizes Juneteenth as federal holiday; New York will offer gender-neutral IDs; Biden judicial nominees include a record number of women; and more.
Lavender Book aims to help Black queer travelers find safe and welcoming spaces.
“My hope is that people all over the country, no matter if it’s an urban, suburban or rural community, can find places that feel like home,” said Victoria Smith, deputy director of the National Black Justice Coalition.
Coming out as my authentic self while in a violent maximum security prison for men was my only option.
I witnessed the worst misogynistic actions and attitudes of my fellow prisoners, but none of that mattered, because Patricia had to be set free to experience true freedom for the first time in her life.
State legislators’ efforts to exclude transgender athletes AND the NCAA’s recent blunders regarding women’s workout facilities both indicate a failure to understand the insidiousness of our reductive and stereotypical beliefs about women and gender.
Millions of people now recognize March 31 as a day to celebrate transgender people worldwide.
“I wanted a day that we can celebrate the living, and I wanted a day that all over the world we could be all together,” said Rachel Crandall-Crocker, the creator of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
The threat to women in sports is not transgender athletes. It is misogyny, and an attendant unwillingness to cede that women not only deserve equal opportunities to compete, but that their athletic efforts are worthy of our collective attention.
