2 of my friends are on the Gender Justice podcast this week talking about the Gender Affirming Care Act they helped write & pass this session! Annie w Family Tree Clinic & Ash w Rainbow Health 💜 Listen to hear about some of the amazing work they’re doing! genderjustice.us/podcast/foster…

Anyone who falls outside the mainstream of traditional gender presentations, regardless of whether they happen to also be queer, now faces heightened scrutiny thanks to a patchwork of laws across the country rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/06/17/how…

On this anniversary of the Dobbs decision, look to the helpers. This episode of our podcast is about Upper Midwest abortion funds doing what they can to ferry people to Minnesota (and within Minnesota) to get abortions—it's a great episode! genderjustice.us/podcast/roe-v-…

In the 2024 Supreme Court term, the nine justices—a third of them appointed by Trump—will weigh in on Tennessee's law discriminating against transgender children tennesseelookout.com/2024/06/24/u-s…

Exciting news: Gender Justice — our organizational home and one of the dozens of UnRestrict Minnesota coalition partners — is a finalist for the Advocacy Award from Minnesota Council of Nonprofits! If you volunteer, work for, or serve on the board of one of these 2,200+ orgs, please vote!!!

"I think all three liberals are ringing this alarm so everyone can see that overturning marriage equality is very much on the table at this Supreme Court," says Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about the decision in last week's immigration case, Dept of State v. Muñoz slate.com/news-and-polit…

Ideally, the onus for knowing what rights pregnant or pumping workers have at work would be on employers. But we have guides for employees—updated to reflect Minnesota's expanded protections. Know your rights: genderjustice.us/resource/pregn…

GO, LYNX! In tomorrow's WNBA Commissioner's Cup game against the New York Liberty, the Minnesota Lynx have designated Gender Justice as the beneficiary of some of the earnings! 💚💰 🏆 💰 💚 startribune.com/lynx-liberty-w…

"For the doctors we represent, not being able to provide abortion care under EMTALA is destroying them," says attorney Rupali Sharma. "Their conscientious belief is to help a person in need." As we await this ruling, brush up on the case on our podcast! genderjustice.us/podcast/emerge…

In vast swaths of the U.S., people are now forced to leave their state to get an abortion—a violation of their human rights. And for those who are imprisoned or on parole, it's much more complicated. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/06/1…

We're so honored to be a finalist for a Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Mission Award for our advocacy work! If you work, serve on the board, or volunteer for one of the 2,200+ Minnesota Council of Nonprofits member organizations, you are eligible to VOTE! minnesotanonprofits.org/about/awards-p…

"People don't want to acknowledge intersex people exist. Because if they understand sex is a spectrum as well, then they would have to acknowledge there might be more than two genders." — Ly Baumgardt, with TIGERRS 💚 🏳️‍⚧️ 💚 startribune.com/intersex-advoc…

2024 COMMISSIONER’S CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆

Tonight’s Commissioner’s Cup victory is a win both on and off the court. With this win, the Minnesota Lynx secured a $23,000 donation to Gender Justice 💚

A much deserved bonus for our beloved hometown champs — and because the righteous Minnesota Lynx selected us as their local social justice beneficiary, they scored an additional $23,500 to advance gender equity. Whose house? OUR HOUSE!!! usatoday.com/story/sports/w…

Let's be clear: today's Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortion care is not a win. Rather, it's a politically-motivated decision that exacerbates a public health crisis. Join us today at 4 pm CT for our expert legal and political analysis. genderjustice.us/scotus/?ms=Twi…

"The organization recently announced a lawsuit on behalf of three North Dakota families and a pediatrician to block North Dakota’s ban on essential healthcare for transgender youth." Gender Justice Need a primer on gender-affirming care? Read the rest: ow.ly/9OQb50SkgkY

The two rulings on abortion cases at the Supreme Court this term resolved almost nothing. However. "The antiabortion movement took big swings with these cases and missed in both,” as law professor David Cohen observes. nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/…

"To ensure appropriate medical care, Idaho’s largest provider of emergency services had to airlift pregnant women out of the state roughly every other week, compared to once in all of the prior year." NEW EPISODE of the podcast! genderjustice.us/podcast/scotus…