Gender and Sexuality

Tennessee governor Bill Haslam grants Cyntoia Brown clemency after serving 15 years

After shooting threats, lawsuits, & many celebrities refusing to appear, Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ premieres

NYC to allow people to change gender or choose gender-neutral option on birth certificates

Organizers of California Women’s March cancel event over concerns that it’s ‘too white’

To force Muslims to assimilate, Denmark requires all to shake hands in citizenship ceremonies

Pope Francis accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of child sexual abuse

Detroit pastor charged with murder of Black trans activist Kelly Stough

Legislators will take on financial liability for sexual misconduct instead of taxpayers in new bill

Tennessee Governor will give answer on Cyntoia Brown’s clemency before he leaves office

U.S. incidence rates of uterine cancer on the rise, with the heaviest toll on Black women

After viral video of NYPD snatching baby from her arms as she waited for a child care voucher, Jazmine Headley has charges dropped

U.S. Supreme Court secures a surprise win for Planned Parenthood… for now

A Black woman-led Philly non-profit hopes to revolutionize how we teach sex ed to girls

Mexico City’s first female mayor will dissolve anti-protest police force

Actress Amber Brenner is suing director/producer Salim Akil for breach of contract & domestic violence

Trans woman immigrant who died in ICE custody was abused, family says

“Home is the most dangerous place for women” worldwide, says UN. And in the US, Black women are most likely to killed by partners

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

ER doctor killed by ex-fiancé in shooting at Mercy Hospital in Chicago that left three dead

Ahead of upcoming HBO documentary on Sandra Bland, her sisters reveal new details of the case

Stacey Abrams & Andrew Gillum officially withdraw from historic races shaped by voter suppression, racism

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti arrested on domestic abuse charges in Los Angelos

Indigenous women sue Canada & its health authorities over forced sterilizations as recent as 2017

How my mother made me a liar and forced me into the closet

Alyssa Milano demands Women’s March leaders condemn Farrakhan—or step down

How anti-Blackness fuels my eating disorder

Google employees stage mass walkout over sexual harassment and other workplace issues

On being too queer and not queer enough: Finding space for my asexuality

New recording seems to show XXXTentacion admitting to battery charges against pregnant girlfriend

In response to Trump administration’s memo define gender to exclude transgender people, organizers, activists say we #WontBeErased

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