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msmagazine. com > 06/24/2026 > providers-south-abortion-trans-care

What We Learned When We Stayed: What 50 Years of Care in the South Taught Us About Abortion and Trans Rights

9+ hour, 20+ min ago  (901+ words) We've been here before. When Dobbs came for abortion care in our states, we did two things: When Skrmetti came for gender-affirming care, we kept providing that too, because abortion care patients and transgender patients are not separate communities. The…...

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msmagazine. com > 05/31/2026 > war-on-women-report-abortion-access-academic-trans-rights

War on Women Report: Abortion Access, Academic Freedom and Trans Rights Under Fire

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1077+ words) Since our last report " + Texas Tech University has adopted a new university-wide policy that effectively bans the teaching and any research on LGBTQ+ topics in all its academic programs. Critics call these strict prohibitions an attack on women and gender…...

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msmagazine. com > 05/06/2026 > smith-college-women-gender-studies-trump-desantis-florida-college-university

MAGA's Campaign Against Universities, Women's Studies and Liberal Arts

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (608+ words) As a professor at Smith College and chair of the'Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, I have closely followed the Trump administration's attacks on higher education'and on my field in particular. This move is not an isolated…...

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msmagazine. com > 04/14/2026 > black-feminism-beverly-guy-sheftall-bonnie-thornton-dill

Black Feminist Visionary Beverly Guy-Sheftall to Discuss New Book 'Black! Feminist! Free!' @ LA Ms. Mag HQ, April 23

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (237+ words) A leading voice in Black feminist scholarship will take center stage at Ms. magazine headquarters in Los Angeles later this month, as Beverly Guy-Sheftall joins professor and dean emerita Bonnie Thornton Dill for a public conversation on her new book,…...

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msmagazine. com > 04/09/2026 > the-dads-documentary-review-sxsw-fathers-trans-nonbinary-children-gender-affirming-care-trump-supreme-court-skrmetti

These Fathers of Trans Children in the U. S. Are Deconstructing Their Own Masculinity to Become Better Parents

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1020+ words) The Dads, a new feature-length documentary, follows the fathers of trans, nonbinary and gender-expansive children as they weather the rapid escalation of anti-trans legislation in the United States over the past two years. Many may be familiar with the Emmy-Award…...

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msmagazine. com > 04/01/2026 > parental-rights-teen-girls-healthcare-contraception-birth-control-abortion

The Guise of "Parental Rights" Is Denying Young People Critical Care

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (459+ words) Since the fall of Roe, attacks on reproductive freedom haven't stopped at abortion'they have expanded deliberately and strategically to target young people. This is not new. For years, conservative lawmakers have limited young people's ability to engage in medical decisions…...

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msmagazine. com > 04/01/2026 > trump-department-of-education-colleges-universities-sexual-assault-title-ix

Abandoned by the Department of Education, Advocacy Organizations Demand Action on Student Sexual Violence

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (546+ words) They argue that the department "obscures the ongoing real crisis of sexual violence in schools and brings student survivors who have been waiting years for resolution of their complaints no closer to justice'despite this administration positioning itself as being a…...

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msmagazine. com > 03/31/2026 > conversion-therapy-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-dissent-chiles-v-salazar

14 Powerful Lines From Justice Jackson's Dissent on Conversion Therapy: 'Like It or Not, Treatment Standards Exist in America"

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1599+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, ruling the law likely violates the First Amendment'a decision advocates warn will put young people at risk. In a rare and forceful move, Justice Ketanji…...

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msmagazine. com > 03/23/2026 > queer-gay-revolutionary-america-colonial-london

Queer Possibilities in Revolutionary America

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (401+ words) The American Revolution is usually told as a story of founding fathers, political ideals and the birth of a nation. But revolutions do more than topple governments'they shake the social order to its core. They unsettle hierarchies, scramble norms and…...

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msmagazine. com > 02/10/2026 > peri-menopause-midlife-joy-black-queer-women

A Letter to My Future Self: Menopause, Joy and Black Queer Becoming

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (440+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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