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Republicans Forge Ahead with ACA Repeal, Promise to Definitely Figure Out Replacement Later

Republicans haven’t been able to figure out what they think should replace the Affordable Care Act since it was introduced in 2010, and repealing it now will leave millions of Americans uninsured, but they’re not letting that stop them! They say they’re going to try to move forward on a repeal by the end of the week.

By Rachel| January 9, 2017 | 13 Comments
Politics + Activism The Resistance

Be the Change: 5 Ways to Stand Up to Trump’s Tyranny Right Now

Let’s start a discussion about what we can do as activists, right now in this moment, in the wake of the apocalypse/election.

By KaeLyn| November 14, 2016 | 87 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Planned Parenthood, Darkwing Duck, and Other Stories for Your Week

Trans actress Alexis Arquette has died, there’s an inflatable moon in Korea, Duck universe news is upsetting and quite frankly bonkers, TransGriot honored by GLAAD, bread talk, Catholic schools in Arkansas are fucked, and so much more!

By Laneia| September 12, 2016 | 17 Comments
Daily Fix

Ted Cruz Makes an Anti-Gay Gamble in Iowa as Trump Sits This One Out

Ted Cruz reassures voters in Iowa that he’s still very uncomfortable with LGBT people, Donald Trump says he’s boycotting tonight’s debate, a bisexual Nigerian woman denied asylum in Ireland, and more.

By Rachel| January 28, 2016 | 7 Comments
Daily Fix

US Marine Found Guilty in Jennifer Laude’s Death but Not of Murder, Given Short Sentence

Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted for the death of transgender woman Jennifer Laude, the New York Times uses the gender-neutral honorific Mx., Canada welcomes LGBT Syrian refugees and more news!

By Yvonne| December 1, 2015 | 18 Comments
Daily Fix

Black High School Student Assaulted by School Cop, Bystander Who Filmed It Gets Arrested

Texas health investigators raided Planned Parenthoods across the state and obtained patient record information, a school district outside Chicago could lose up to $6 million in federal funding for not allowing a teen trans girl to use the correct locker room, Hillary Clinton will stop accepting money from private prison companies and more news stories.

By Yvonne| October 27, 2015 | 20 Comments
Daily Fix

Paul Ryan Is In (the Running for House Speaker), Joe Biden Is Out (of the Presidential Race)

Joe Biden won’t run for President, the IHS will provide better access to emergency contraception for Native women, Kim Davis’s emails released, and more.

By Rachel| October 22, 2015 | 6 Comments
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What Planned Parenthood Means to LGBT Women: The Roundtable

Autostraddle and A-Camp staff and family members are here to talk about what PP means to us as LGBT folks, and why we need it to be around for a very, very long time.

By Carmen| October 14, 2015 | 13 Comments
News + Politics

9 Lies They’re Spreading about Planned Parenthood (and the Facts to Fight Them With)

You’ve probably heard a lot of alarming claims made about Planned Parenthood over the past few months — now here are the facts that prove them wrong.

By Rachel| October 1, 2015 | 14 Comments
News + Politics

There Won’t Be A Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood (Yet)

A Planned Parenthood government shutdown is stalled for now, Memories Pizza just catered a gay wedding, new report on bisexual visibility at work, and more.

By Rachel| October 1, 2015 | 12 Comments
Daily Fix News + Politics

Daily Fix: House Passes Two Anti-Choice Bills, Really Really Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood and More News

Planned Parenthood created a new video series about consent, an infographic on the issues bisexuals face, a mother and daughter were assaulted in an anti-gay attack, Shadi Petosky, a trans woman, was detained by TSA at an Orlando airport and more news stories.

By Yvonne| September 22, 2015 | 27 Comments
News + Politics

Daily Fix: The Season of GOP Debates Is Upon Us and More News

A wedding venue in Missouri that’s legally turning away a lesbian couple, Piper Kerman testifying before Congress about what it’s like for incarcerated women, Charly Keunang’s family is suing, and more.

By Rachel| August 6, 2015 | 18 Comments
News + Politics

Daily Fix: Senate Democrats Blocked a Republican Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood and More News

Six were stabbed, leaving one teen girl dead, at Jerusalem’s Pride parade; an arrest has been made in India Clarke’s murder; a teen lesbian couple was attacked at Six Flags New England and more news stories.

By Yvonne| August 4, 2015 | 6 Comments
News + Politics

Daily Fix: Ray Tensing Is Indicted for Murder of Sam DuBose and More News

Restoring the defaced mural honoring Sandra Bland in Ottawa, an Arizona Republican who wants to protect college students accused of sexual assault, the drive to defund Planned Parenthood, and more.

By Rachel| July 30, 2015 | 8 Comments
News + Politics

Supreme Court Rules “Free Speech” More Important Than Safe Access to Abortions, Healthcare

The Supreme Court has cast out a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot protest-free zone around abortion clinics, citing freedom of speech rights for the protesters.

By Kaitlyn| June 26, 2014 | 9 Comments
News + Politics

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Just Lost: Texas Women Are Down but Not Out

“HB2 outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, shuts down all but five abortion clinics in the state and tightens guidelines when it comes to abortion drugs. It’s a law that undoubtedly affects so many in the state: low-income, working class, people of color.”

By Yvonne| July 18, 2013 | 15 Comments
News + Politics

Obama Supports Planned Parenthood, Trusts Women

“If you really value families, you shouldn’t play politics with women’s health.” — President Barack Obama

By Rachel| March 31, 2012 | 10 Comments
News + Politics

America Now More Pro-Equality, But Not More Pro-Choice: Figuring Out What Gays Did Right In 2011

There were huge strides for the queer community this year, while we lost ground for reproductive rights. What made the difference, and how can we make more progress on both fronts in 2012?

By Rachel| December 27, 2011 | 18 Comments
News + Politics

We Won a Thing: Mississippi Votes Against Classifying All Embryos As People

Mississippi voted against changing the legal definition of “person” to include “every human being from the moment of fertilization.”

By Jamie J. Hagen| November 11, 2011 | 19 Comments
Feminism

Everything You Need to Know About the GOP’s War on Women’s Rights, Reproductive Health

Republicans in various states stepping up the war on women and this matters to you, too. Behold my extensive effort to break it all down for you.

By Carmen| July 2, 2011 | 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

GOP Presidential Candidates Unanimously Ensure Gay Apocalypse, Bachmann Fears Lesbian Attack

A run-down of our prospective Republican Knights of the Apocalypse and a look at Michele Bachmann’s alleged lesbian “assault” and another moment of praise for Gay GOP Candidate Fred Karger.

By Riese| June 15, 2011 | 132 Comments
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