TAG: US

Activists Must Address HIV Advocacy Using a Reproductive Justice Framework

by Melanie Medalle and Nerissa Irizarry December 2, 2014 – 1:33 pm In the United States, approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV. Unfortunately, because of the intersection of multiple systems of oppression, many of these individuals lack access to adequate HIV and AIDS treatment, including testing availability, retention in care, viral suppression, and […]

Signs Special Issue: Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society invites submissions for a special issue titled “Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century,” slated for publication in the Autumn 2016 issue. At the heart of the feminist project is a persistent concern with thinking through the “powers of desire” (Snitow, Stansell, and […]

‘Yes Means Yes’ Is a Bad Coupling of Feminism and the State

by Laurie Essig California’s enacting on Sunday of the “yes means yes” law is a victory for some campus feminist activists but an ill-conceived detour for feminism. The new law guiding how colleges must handle accusations of sexual assault will require “an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity.” In other words, if […]

The Murder of Black Youth Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

If you have followed the aftermath of the August 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, then you have most likely seen the image of his stepfather holding a makeshift cardboard sign that reads, “Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!” You have likely seen the photo of Brown’s mother staring into the camera, her husband […]

The Evidence Is In: Decriminalizing Sex Work Is Critical to Public Health

by Anna Forbes and Sarah Elspeth Patterson August 13, 2014 – 3:54 pm During the 2014 International AIDS conference, The Lancet medical journal released a series of articles focused exclusively on HIV and sex work. One study by Kate Shannon et al., demonstrates that decriminalization of sex work could reduce HIV infections by 33 to 46 […]

Newly Approved LASD Policy Supporting Transgender Employees

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has produced a guide to adress the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming employees. It settles some important issues regarding the use of the names, spaces and dress codes. Click here to read it.

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

The Nation‘s article underlines the gaps between Obama’s administration promises to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs in Uganda and the ongoing financing of anti-gay, anti-choice conservative religious groups. Read it.

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing private companies to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control under the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health provisions designed to greatly expand affordable health care services for all women in the U.S. The decision prompted strong reactions from human rights organizations underlining that it violates women’s […]

Not the ‘Illuminati’: How Fundamentalist Christians Are Infiltrating State and Federal Government

An article from RH Reality Check shows how fundamentalist christians are reaching space on US state and federal governmemt. Read here.

Tennessee Becomes First State to Jail Women for Pregnancy Outcomes

According to Alternet, Tennessee has become the first state in U.S. to pass a law criminalizing women for their pregnancy outcomes. Click here to learn more.

The Gathering: The Religious Right’s Cash Cow

Learn more about “The Gathering”, a secretive group that provides funding for many evangelical causes at US, including the anti-LGBT movements abroad. Here.

Louisiana: Repeal ‘Crime Against Nature’ Laws

According to Human Rights Watch, the Louisiana State House of Representatives voted to repeal a law, enacted in 1805, that punishes and undermines LGBT rights. The law has been supported by Christian groups and is unenforceable since the US Supreme Court struck down, in a landmark decision in 2003, laws against sodomy. Click here to […]