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A California state board deciding reparations for women sterilized against their will in the state's prisons rejected most applications. Advocates are now racing against a January 1st deadline for victims to appeal.
For Survivors of Forced Sterilization in California Prisons, a Rushed Shot at Justice
A state board deciding reparations for women sterilized against their will rejected most applications. Advocates are now racing against a January deadline for victims to appeal.
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Indigenous Man Shot and Killed by Police in North Dakota open.substack.com/pub/stopline...
Anishinaabe Man Killed by Police in North Dakota
A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Jordan Parisien, was fatally shot by a police officer on the morning of Sunday, December 29th
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Carrie Ann Lucas, Disability Rights Activist and Attorney, Dies Following Denial From Insurance Company
Carrie Ann Lucas, Disability Rights Activist and Attorney, Dies Following Denial From Insurance Company
Carrie Ann Lucas was instrumental in getting the Colorado legislature to pass the “Family Preservation for Parents with Disability Act,” which aims to ensure that parents with disabilities are not dis...
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I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more. But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so. You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
South Korea: Democracy Under Siege Protest works, and here's how. open.substack.com/pub/pdxright...
South Korea: Democracy Under Siege
Protest works, and here's how.
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“Belgium made history on Sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension.” www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections
The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment.
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Native Women’s Deaths Often Misclassified, Obscuring Epidemic of Violence pdxrightwatch.substack.com/p/native-wom...
Native Women’s Deaths Often Misclassified, Obscuring Epidemic of Violence
“The deaths of Native women are too often categorized in ways that make them invisible" -Abigail Echo-Hawk
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Portland Protest for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - Dec 1st 2pm pioneer square
The ACLU of Ohio said the bill “ignores the material reality that transgender people endure higher rates of violence and assaults, particularly while using public restrooms, than people who are not trans" www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...
Gov. DeWine signs Ohio ‘anti-trans’ bathroom bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that will ban Ohio’s students from using school restrooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth. De…
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In "Wacced Out Murals" Kendrick Lamar uses a racial slur against Inuit & Arctic Indigenous peoples. Language matters. Respect Indigenous communities and calls for change.
Claiming “everyone” is descended from enslaved peoples and slave owners erases the ongoing impacts of slavery on black and indigenous communities. This statement flattens history, ignores systemic oppression, and dismisses the specific accountability of colonial powers. Context matters.
A new settlement nullifies Tennessee’s sex offender enhancement for sex workers with HIV, removing “aggravated prostitution” from the list of “violent sexual offenses." www.them.us/story/tennes...
Tennessee Will Remove Sex Workers With HIV From the State’s Sex Offender Registry
A new settlement nullifies Tennessee’s sex offender enhancement for sex workers with HIV, removing “aggravated prostitution” from the list of “violent sexual offenses.”
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NEW SUBSTACK: The New York Times’ Troubling Role in Amplifying Transphobia pdxrightwatch.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times’ Troubling Role in Amplifying Transphobia
The NYT recent article on Trans Activism raises serious concerns about journalistic ethics, editorial oversight, and the harmful impact of the NYT's reporting.
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Articles like this frame trans advocacy as “extreme” while downplaying the systemic violence we face. Centering cis discomfort over trans survival perpetuates harm. Trans rights aren’t negotiable or up for debate. We’re fighting for our lives. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Transphobia
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Seattle Police Investigating Assault on Gay Man After Election in Capitol Hill
Seattle Police are investigating an assault on a gay man in Capitol Hill in the early morning hours of November 6, immediately following the presidential election. According to the police report, two...
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My latest with LGBTQ Nation - covering four doctors who will be arguing against trans rights in Skrmetti. They are... all not qualified for this. Read more at: www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/cons...
"Conspiratorial" and "biased" doctors will argue against gender-affirming care to the Supreme Court - LGBTQ Nation
Their opinions may affect transgender rights for decades to come.
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New Substack: Behind the Curtain: ICE'S "Citizen Academy" Exposed as Propaganda and Vigilantism pdxrightwatch.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Behind the Curtain: ICE’s “Citizens Academy” Exposed as Propaganda and Vigilantism
Leaked documents reveal a taxpayer-funded program training civilians in firearms and anti-immigrant enforcement tactics under the guise of community outreach.
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Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people. www.erininthemorning.com/p/nancy-mace...
Nancy Mace's Federal Trans Bathroom Ban Would Apply To Major Airports, Hindering Travel
Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people.
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Find your people, organize, and take care of each other. It's going to be a long fight.
Transgender Day of Remembrance TDOR Community Vigil - Portland OR Pioneer Courthouse Square Nov 20th - 7pm
A good litmus tear for how informed you are about trans athletes is whether or not you previously knew that no sports governing body has ever produced a study of actual trans bodies to justify banning trans women from sports.
Ku Klux Klan flyers found throughout northern Indiana communities calling for mass deportation www.wane.com/top-stories/...
Ku Klux Klan flyers found throughout northern Indiana communities calling for mass deportation
Some Indiana neighborhoods were met with eye opening flyers Monday morning and Sunday night.
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It's not going to stop with bathrooms. The Republicans are going to try and dictate what gendered honorifics Sarah McBride can use on the floor to misgender her along with enforcing a gendered dress code to force her to wear men's clothes on the floor.
Before it was Mall 205, it was Morningside Hospital. Here is our look into Portland's own dark past.
Uncovering the Forgotten Lives and Graves of Indigenous Peoples at Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, OR - On March 9th, relatives and allies gathered in Portland to honor the ancestors who died at Morningside Hospital, a psychiatric institution nearly 1,700 miles away from their homelands.
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Odessa, Texas - The existing ordinance, which offers a $10,000 reward for identifying trans individuals in what the city deems the “wrong” bathroom, has now been amended to include private facilities. pdxrightwatch.substack.com/p/odessa-tex...
Odessa, Texas, Escalates Anti-Trans Bathroom Policy with New Restrictions
Odessa, Texas, has intensified its efforts to police transgender individuals, making an already discriminatory ordinance even harsher.
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Every American flag is a warning sign. A reminder of stolen land, broken treaties, and ongoing violence against Indigenous, Black, and marginalized communities. It signals allegiance to systems built on oppression. Don’t ignore the message it sends. #Decolonize #LandBack
