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Category: Gender

Illustration of woman behind bars, eyes closed and hands raised.
Posted inCriminal Legal System

The increasing indignities for incarcerated Muslim women

by Tasmiha Khan July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

Rampant discrimination and mistreatment in prisons curtails their ability to live faithfully — or safely.

Posted inHistories

How a disabled Black trans woman left her mark on 19th-century Memphis

by Justin A. Davis, MLK50 June 13, 2024July 23, 2024
Woman in blue hijab looks at woman with long grey hair and white lab coat. Papers on desk in front of them.
Posted inHealth equity

For Muslim women to get the health care they deserve, doctors need to listen

by Tasmiha Khan March 28, 2024April 3, 2024
Wendy Williams wearing a green top holding a microphone, looks to the left.
Posted inMovies & TV

‘Where is Wendy Williams?’ reveals the uncomfortable truth about Black women and chronic illness

by Marissa Evans March 9, 2024April 3, 2024
Dr. Claudine Gay, now ex-President of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2023.
Posted inEducation

Claudine Gay and the Black girlboss paradox

by Kimberly Bryant January 9, 2024May 7, 2024
Serena Williams walks onto center court ahead of her Ladies' Singles First Round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus during Day Two of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, June 29, 2021 in London, England.
Posted inGender

Black women don’t owe you likability

by Katrina Gipson October 11, 2023September 26, 2024
David Stamps with his father, David Stamps, Sr., and son, Carter Stamps.
Posted inGender

Black men, let’s hug it out

by David Stamps June 15, 2023February 26, 2024
Transgender community members and their supporters hold a rally and march to Los Angeles City Hall on Nov. 2, 2018 before the midterm elections to protest against attacks from the Trump administration.
Posted inGender

The irony of the trans ‘villain’

by V. Jo Hsu September 15, 2022February 27, 2024
A Black man is seen wearing a rainbow flag over his head during the 24th Belgian Pride parade in Brussels in 2019.
Posted inGender

What’s beyond Pride Month? Black Pride.

by Derrick Clifton July 4, 2022February 27, 2024
Abortion rights activists yell during a protest in the wake of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health overturned the landmark 50-year-old Roe v. Wade case and erased a federal right to an abortion.
Posted inHealth equity

Law professor: ‘There’s not one law that you can think of that controls a man’s body’

by Deborah D. Douglas and Melissa Clavijo June 25, 2022July 29, 2024

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