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Most Black women don't have access to abortion, and they're going to impact the elections

Out of the 11.8 million Black women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the U.S., 57 percent live in areas that restrict access to abortion.

Ivanka Trump Proves Once Again She's No Champion for Women in the Workplace

The first daughter backed the Trump administration's halting of a rule for transparency on equal pay. 

We Won't Be Censored by Trump, the CDC, or Anyone

Politicians and religious leaders have tried to erase LGBT people for centuries. We're not going away, writes the Task Force's Megan Maury.

Obamas Power Gays

Two years after Dobbs, the White House warns of Republican assaults on Americans' bodily autonomy

Democrats are reminding Americans that Republicans and the conservative U.S. Supreme Court stripped them of their previously held rights to reproductive access. Now other bodily autonomy rights could be next.

Women’s World Cup to Permit Armbands Highlighting “Range of Social Causes”

FIFA penalized similar armbands at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

Israel Set to Grant Gay Men Adoption Tax Benefits

A vote in the Israeli Knesset will reveal whether the Jewish state is ready to recognize some rights for same-sex couples.

The Queer Tax on LGBTQ+ Women Who Partner With Women

Fighting back against the added living expenses queer women are forced to endure.

Seattle Reign Is First Pro Female Team to Join You Can Play Project

The new women's professional soccer team -- including out Olympian Megan Rapinoe -- is the first women's team to join the campaign.

Luke Evans and Welsh National Opera Perform Queen Classic for Pride

The Alienist star helped celebrate Pride in Wales with a stirring rendition of "Who Wants to Live Forever." 

Episcopal Conservative Groups Planning North American Partnership

A leading Episcopal conservative announced plans for a partnership Friday that aims to create an alternative to the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church. Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh (pictured), whose diocese is considering breaking away from the national denomination, said the group will be called the Common Cause Partnership.

Intersectional Women's Organization Aims to Mobilize the Majority

"Women are mad as hell, we are ready to take action, and we refuse to go backward," says Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza, cofounder of the new group Supermajority.

Female Couple Is First to Wed After Austria Gets Marriage Equality

Marriage equality became the law of the land as of January 1 in Austria, and a couple of women took advantage and wed just after midnight.
 

Was James Buchanan the First Gay President?

Writer Thomas J. Balcerski on the 15th president and his very close male friend. 

Danish Priest Apologizes After Refusing to Perform Lesbian's Funeral

The priest's actions did not go over well in liberal Denmark.

Gambian Officials Prize Homophobia Over Foreign Aid

Gambian president Yahya Jammeh is relishing his newfound recognition as Africa's most antigay head of state, taking a pass on millions in foreign aid in order to keep his new 'jail the gays' law.