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Iowa is one of Midwest's worst states for LGBTQ+ equality, a report for employers finds
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoLast summer, a sweeping education law known as Senate File 496 went into effect, which bans instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation through the sixth grade..
Bill to guarantee access to contraception fails in the Senate
Scripps News via AOL· 23 hours agoA bill to establish federal protections for access to contraceptives has failed in the Senate. The...
Senate to vote on bill that would protect access to contraceptives
AOL· 3 days agoSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said a Senate vote will be held Wednesday on a bill that would...
The False—and Potentially Misleading—Promise of Restoring Roe
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe fact that they have managed to convince so many voters that it’s a possibility is an...
Why Ohio ranks poorly when it comes to safety for LGBTQ+ people
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThe Ohio Fairness Act, which has been introduced for the 11th time last year by Sen. Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood...materials with sexually explicit content. The bill passed ...
Nancy Pelosi, perhaps the greatest LGBTQ+ ally in history, reflects on the meaning of Pride...
The Advocate· 3 days agoIs there a bigger LGBTQ+ ally than Nancy Pelosi? Since then, she rose through the ranks of the U.S....
100 years later: A congressional act that didn’t ensure equal justice
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHer grandfather was born in 1910, before Native people were even considered American citizens. Her...
Does Hochul see plastic packaging bill as balm for angry environmentalists?
Newsday· 1 hour agoThe measure was first proposed five years ago, and environmentalists and industry representatives...
Swifties want Taylor Swift to speak out on Gaza. 3 times her advocacy led to change and why it...
Birmingham News· 6 days agoThe latest Israeli air strikes on an encampment for displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday and...
Puerto Rico is next civil rights battleground
Las Vegas Sun· 6 days agoFor 107 years, Puerto Ricans have lived as second-class U.S. citizens. Just over a month ago, the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights’ Puerto Rico Advisory Committee released a memorandum highlighting ...