Gender & Sexuality

Prison. Long shot of prison cells with bars.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Dec 11, 2019 12:44PM EST

170 Incarcerated Transgender Women Sue Colorado Corrections for Discrimination

Attorney Paula Greisen: “These women are targets and they’re being treated as chattel.”
Latinx teen lies on a bed and uses a laptop.
Ayana Byrd  Nov 26, 2019 4:23PM EST

This Planned Parenthood Bot Teaches Teens About Sex

The bot, named Roo, is a direct response to the Trump administration’s push for abstinence-only sex education.
Anita Hill. Older Black woman with gray hair and glasses holding microphone.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Nov 21, 2019 4:05PM EST

Anita Hill's Hollywood Commission Launches Harassment Survey

The industry-wide survey will ask people working in the entertainment industry to anonymously share their experiences dealing with sexual harassment and abuse.
“We Never Asked Permission.” Illustration of Black woman braiding hair of another.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Nov 20, 2019 2:48PM EST

Trans Day of Resilience Celebrates Beauty and Resistance of Trans People of Color

Forward Together’s annual project features 10 transgender and gender nonconforming artists who created art around their visions for trans freedom.
Mo'Nique. Black woman with brown hair shoulder length. wearing black.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Nov 15, 2019 10:56AM EST

Mo'Nique Sues Netflix For Racial and Gender Discrimination

Alleges the suit: “It perpetuated the pay gap suffered by Black women.” 
exterior of a McDonald's fast food restaurant
Ayana Byrd  Nov 13, 2019 11:13AM EST

McDonald's Hit With Another Lawsuit For Sexual Harassment

Hundreds of the company’s Michigan-based employees are preparing to strike in response to its handling of gender-based discrimination allegations.
Mj Rodriguez. Latinx woman wearing yellow embellished dress with straight dark dark chin-length hair.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Nov 12, 2019 11:55AM EST

Mj Rodriguez is Newest Face of Olay

“A lot of girls like myself—trans women—we don’t get the opportunity to have open dialogue, let alone be in partnership with organizations like this.”
two boys playing on a swing with a man in a hat
Ayana Byrd  Nov 4, 2019 1:12PM EST

It Could Soon Be Legal to Prevent LGBTQ+ Couples From Adopting

The Trump administration is scrapping an Obama-era regulation that protected same sex couples from discrimination.
Tina Tchen. Laughing Asian woman with clasped hands.
Ayana Byrd  Nov 1, 2019 8:00AM EDT

Q&A With Tina Tchen, The New President of Time's Up

An attorney and former chief of staff for Michelle Obama, Tchen centers women of color in the fight for workplace equity.
women in support of abortion rights holding pink, purple and white protest signs on Capitol Hill
Ayana Byrd  Oct 30, 2019 2:58PM EDT

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama's Restrictive Abortion Law

If it had gone into effect, abortion would have been illegal from the moment of conception.
Transgender rally. Lots of people and two flags.
Ayana Byrd  Oct 29, 2019 10:00AM EDT

LIVESTREAM: Congressional Hearing on Housing Protections for Transgender People

The National Center for Transgender Equality will testify before the House Committee on Financial Services about the growing housing crisis.
Young Black person with long braids and rainbow glitter face makeup.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Oct 23, 2019 12:26PM EDT

LGBTQ+ People of Color More Likely to Live In Poverty Than Whites

A study from the Williams Institute study also shows that LGBTQ+ people who suffer from economic insecurity are more likely to be young people of color who identify as bisexual or transgender and are experiencing a disability.
Black person in hospital gown standing in front of chemotherapy station
Ayana Byrd  Oct 22, 2019 11:35AM EDT

Why Is Endometrial Cancer Killing Black Women?

“We are not going to help women, and we are not going to solve this problem, if we don’t deal with the problem of race and racism.”
Two Black hands with one holding a blue pill
Ayana Byrd  Oct 9, 2019 2:21PM EDT

ICYMI: FDA Approves HIV Prevention Drug That Isn't Safety Tested for All

The Food and Drug Administration says that safety trials for Descovy primarily tested White cisgender men.
Rainbow pride flag flies in front of brick building and blue sky
Ayana Byrd  Oct 8, 2019 12:29PM EDT

Supreme Court To Decide If Employers Can Discriminate Against LGBTQ+ Community

SCOTUS to consider three cases that cite the protections afforded by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Protesters hold signs in support of abortion rights outside of Supreme Court.
Ayana Byrd  Oct 7, 2019 1:32PM EDT

SCOTUS To Hear Case That Could Dismantle Roe v. Wade

“Access to abortion is hanging by a thread in this country, and this case is what could snap that thread.”
Pink and white sign in support of abortion rights held outside Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri
Ayana Byrd  Oct 2, 2019 5:43PM EDT

Planned Parenthood Covertly Opens Clinic to Provide Care for Missourians

The 18,000-square foot facility is located in Illinois—just 13 miles from Missouri’s lone abortion clinic, which is currently under fire.
Transgender rally. Lots of people and two flags.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Oct 2, 2019 4:00PM EDT

Nearly 100 Trans Advocates Pen Open Letter to Human Rights Campaign

“We do not need a cisgender-led $40 million organization to copy our work and brand it as new.”
Signs in support of abortion rights hang on a metal fence
Ayana Byrd  Oct 1, 2019 1:42PM EDT

New Poll Shows Most Americans Back Federal Funding of Abortion

Support is highest among women of color and people who live in abortion battleground states.
Dominique Jackson. Black woman with long reddish brown hair wearing dark dress.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Sep 30, 2019 1:56PM EDT

WATCH: Dominique Jackson Delivers Powerful Speech On Trans Women of Color

The “Pose” star at the Human Rights Campaign’s National Dinner: “You do not have the power to accept or tolerate me; I take that from you. You will respect me.”