I had the great opportunity to represent Planned Parenthood New York City at the Women’s Health Matters Day of Action in Albany on Monday. The day of action was sponsored by Family Planning Advocates of New York and took place on the first day of session.
One of the highlights of my day was getting to [...]
Our predecessors risked everything to protect a woman’s right to choose. If we want, we can defeat the Stupak amendment.
I am reading an inspiring book, Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. From free speech rights to the gay rights movement, the book recounts numerous [...]
I love it when I come across organizations and campaigns that I had no idea existed! Women on Waves (WOW) is a new discovery of mine. The organization is based in the Netherlands, but helps provide abortion, education and advocacy for reproductive rights in areas where it is illegal. It does this in part, by [...]
If my life goes according to plan I will be attending the National Equality March this Sunday October 11, 2009 in Washington D.C. If you are in the area or can make it down (I live about six hours away just to give you an idea) please join us. There are a list of activities throughout [...]
When my beautiful sister was little, she thought she was cursed. She had bright, coppery-red hair and many freckles of varying shades. She thought her brown eyes were ordinary and that her small frame just made her easier to push around. Other kids honed in on her red hair and freckles–like kids [...]
On Tuesday I posted Jimmy Carter’s brave op-ed distancing himself from the Southern Baptist Convention on the Moral Courage Project blog. The post prompted some interesting dialog on the site. I was particularly struck by the words of Erin:
Although it seems that disassociating with an organization that discriminates against women is the right thing to [...]
But the single most important thing we can do to ensure that women and girls have access to safe, legal and affordable abortion and family planning services is to refuse to allow the other side to control the way that we debate abortion and choice. We can, indeed, we MUST refuse to talk about “partial-birth abortion” as there is NO SUCH THING. Late term abortions are a reality. The reasons for them are many and varied. But doctors do not cut healthy babies out of healthy women at 8 months gestation because the chick decides she needs to fit into her prom dress.
The following is a cut and paste dialectical discussion about sexism in the LGBT community. The players are me and me, with some borrowed quotations from some fellow dudes for choice. This is part 1. Please, extend the discourse.
Q: In what ways have you seen or experienced sexism in the greater LGBT community?
A: Lots of [...]
My posting intentions this week were seriously sidetracked late last night when I received a startling text message from a friend. The text message included an attached photo [inset] with the simple words: “I don’t know what to do. Should I call the police? I’m scared.”
I was floored. There seems to be a blatant increase [...]
