1. In a major defeat for anti-transgender politics, Shawn Thierry loses her primary to Lauren Ashley Simmons, a queer woman.

Rep Thierry had given a long anti-trans speech before casting one of the few Dem votes against trans care in the US.

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Justice Alito when his wife flies an insurrectionist flag outside their house: “She makes her own decisions, and I have always respected her right to do so.”

Justice Alito when we try to access abortion care: “hehe no.”

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Interviewed the wonderful Soraya Chemaly for The Meteor about her new important book, The Resilience Myth. As someone who considers herself resilient AF, I was good right and ready to discuss. wearethemeteor.com/soraya-chemaly…

Such a great interview between Rebecca Carroll and Soraya Chemaly on how to re-envision the idea of resilience.

Read here: wearethemeteor.com/soraya-chemaly…

'I went public in large part to prevent my abuser from hurting other women. But today, would it be worth it to share my story?'

Tanya Selvaratnam reflects on Diddy and the resurrection of celebrity abusers for The Daily Beast:

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Two things: 1) I think Trump will do whatever the anti-abortion movement wants on birth control

2) I think he answered this way because he didn't know what the word 'contraception' meant x.com/crampell/statu…

I am saddened to report that South Carolina's governor has signed a gender affirming care ban, forced outing policy, and public funding ban on gender affirming care.

This is in violation of a recent 4th Circuit decision, with SC being under their jurisdiction.

“Are there any Indigenous people in newsrooms?”

When Indigenous women tell their own stories, the crisis of violence looks completely different, says Pulitzer-winning Cree journalist Connie Walker.

Read more via Ford Foundation: ourfreefuture.org/stories/what-h…

The fight for reproductive justice is global!

Across Europe, more than 20 million women do not have access to abortion. My Voice My Choice is working to collect 1 million signatures to expand and protect abortion access for all EU citizens.

Sign the petition: eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/s…