by Beth Holmes | Jul 28, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Transgender
The federal judges of two states have now blocked laws that would have prevented trans youth from seeking gender-confirming treatments and playing sports. In Arkansas, U.S. District Judge Jay Moody temporarily blocked a new law that would have gone into effect July...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 9, 2021 | Feminism, Health, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Science, Women's Rights
Reparations are in the works for California’s surviving victims of eugenics. Up to $25,000 each for approximately 600 of the thousands of people sterilized in state hospitals and prisons, some of them only children. It would be nice to report that these...
by admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured, Health
New Zealand is unquestionably a first-world country, similar in income and GDP to the United States. Despite this, education officials estimate that one in twelve students miss school occasionally due to lack of access to period products. “I would see so many young...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexuality, Education, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Health, International, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
“Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people...
by admin | May 13, 2020 | Articles, Gender, Health, Human Rights, International
(CONTENT WARNING: Contains brief but explicit description of violence done to young girls.) Sudan has seen a lot of changes in the very recent past, after massive violent protests led to a coup, a democratic transition, the ousting of the former self-appointed...
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Equality, Featured, Health
A recent study using rhesus monkeys has proven that those at the bottom of the social hierarchy suffer additional stress that translates to their immune systems functioning differently than higher-ranking members of the same group. When introduced to pathogens,...
