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Category Archives: National News
A “Cindarella Moment” for Marriage Equality?
William Eskridge, Jr., Professor of Law at Yale University and expert on same-sex marriage and the law, gave SBAI’s inaugural Rainbow Lecture in April 2012. Earlier this week, he commented on “Marriage Equality’s Cindarella Moment” at the SCOTUS blog. The … Continue reading
Revisions to the DSM and What It Means for Transgender Individuals
Last week the Associated Press reported that the Board of Trustees for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) approved revisions to the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Revisions include the replacement of Gender Identity Disorder with Gender … Continue reading
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Tagged #apa, #dsm, #health, #language, #LGBT, #mentalhealth, #policy, #trans, #transgender
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Where to From Here?: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2012
Today is the fourteenth annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). Even with the gains of LGBT individuals this year, there is a startling lack of protection and defense for the basic human rights of trans* individuals in America — … Continue reading
Posted in Community, National News, News
Tagged #civilrights, #genda, #gendernonconforming, #LGBT, #tdor, #trans, #transgender
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Vote! Said the Lady with the Alligator Purse
“With the ballot in her hand woman becomes a vital force—declaring her will for herself.” – Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony, the champion of the women’s rights movement and women’s suffrage, was recognized across the country for her red … Continue reading
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Tagged #anthony, #election2012, #SusanBAnthony, #vote, #women'sleadership, #womenvoters
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Record Year for Number of Women Running for Congress
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, announced that this year marks a record year in the number of women running for congress. This information comes from CAWP’s campaign to track … Continue reading
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Tagged #campaign, #election2012, #politics, #vote, #women'sleadership, #womeninpolitics
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First Woman in 20 Years to Moderate Presidential Debate
For the first time in 20 years, a woman will moderate the general election presidential debates. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced yesterday that Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent for CNN, will host the second debate between President Barack Obama … Continue reading
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Tagged #candycrowley, #CNN, #presidentialdebate, #womeninnews
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If You Have a Uterus and Health Insurance, President’s Obama’s Reform Law Effects You!
President Obama’s health care reform law requires health insurance companies to provide no co-pay (in other words: free) contraception as of August 1, 2012. Besides contraception, the Affordable Care Act includes coverage for other services including annual well woman visits, … Continue reading