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In Terrifying Health News, Uterine Cancer Treatment Procedure Might Actually Spread Cancer

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This April, the Food and Drug Administration held hearings to evaluate a minimally invasive surgery known as “morcellation” and stated that it should be discouraged.
Morcellation is a method for performing a hysterectomy, which is the removal of the uterus to prevent the spread of cancer. In morcellation, a device (cleverly called a “morcellator”) is used to cut the…

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Wait What Is Even Happening With the Affordable Care Act: A Tale of Two Rulings

The DC Court of Appeals and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals both handed down rulings on health care subsidies today with totally conflicting opinions. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in King v. Burwellthat health care subsidies should be available to all who have purchased insurance on the health care exchange, as the IRS is currently providing. The DC Court of Appeals ruled…

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Obama Signs Executive Order On Federal LGBT Workplace Discrimination; No Religious Exemptions in Sight

President Barack Obama signed an executive order this morning that prohibits discrimination against LGBT employees and potential hires by any company that receives a federal contract. Today’s move affects about 20% of the nation’s workforce— some 28 million people work for companies with government contracts, and over half of those work for companies or in states without such protections.…

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Five Things You Should Know about The U.S.’s Criminalization of HIV

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On July 15th, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division issued a “Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV-Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors” as a measure to encourage state lawmakersto examine laws that target HIV-positive individuals who engage in specific behaviors without first disclosing their HIV-status. The Department…

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Senate Fails to Override Hobby Lobby Decision, So Instead You Get This Clarification

Last week, the Senate tried to vote on a bill that would have banned for-profit companies from being able to opt out of federal law based on their religious beliefs. It would have effectively overridden the Hobby Lobby decision. Wouldn’t that have been something?
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But the Senate is the Senate, and is a giant pain in the butt of the US of A, and while they probably could have…

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“Science” Magazine Runs Transmisogynistic Cover, Editor Tweets ‘Deception’ Tropes When Challenged

One of the best known and most respected publications in science and technology chose to run a sexualized, transmisogynistic photo for its cover this week, and when the editor was challenged on twitter for pandering to the male gaze, he responded that he thought it would be interesting what would happen when those males “find out.”
While the focus of Sciencemagazine’s July 11 issue on combating…

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We Won A Thing: Florida Judge Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Only Applies to Monroe County

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A Florida judge overturned the state’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage on Thursday, allowing same sex couples to marry starting on Tuesday.
Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia‘s decision only applies to Monroe County, which covers the Florida Keys, because “it it was filed in front of a state judge who has jurisdiction only in the county where he sits.” The…

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How Many People Are Queer? Probably More Than Two Percent

In a federal report released on Tuesday, the 2013 National Health Interview Survey found that just 2% of Americans over the age of 18 identify as gay or lesbian — or at least, that’s the factoid making splashy headlines.In fact, gathering accurate statistics on the overall number of LGBT people is a longstanding issue, and a follow up report by the same agency reveals that their 2% estimate on…

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Protests in Murrieta and Oracle Point to the Racism of US Immigration Policies

If you’ve been paying attention to the continued unfolding of the crisis facing immigrant childrenentering the U.S., it’s likely you’ve heard that a bus of detained immigrants being transported by U.S. Border Patrol was stopped by a group of protesters outside of Murrieta, California. The protesters yelled chants at the bus, including, “Go Back Home,” and “U-S-A,” and they held extremely racist…

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When It Comes to Campus Sexual Assault, Administrators Are Failing Their Communities

Anna was new on campus when she headed to a fraternity party at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a pairing of universities in upstate New York surrounding the Finger Lakes. (Men go to Hobart, women to William Smith, although classes and activities are fully integrated.) She was two weeks into her college career and exactly two weeks out from seeing an orientation video on the serious epidemic…

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Incarcerated Trans Girl Jane Doe Transferred to Boys’ Facility; #JusticeforJane Calls for Action

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Over the weekend, the sixteen-year-old girl known as Jane Doe was secretly transferred from a psychiatric center to the Juvenile Training School, the only secure facility for delinquent boys in Connecticut.
The Juvenile Training School via the New Haven Register
Jane is transgender, and has faced constant abuse and discrimination by the Department…

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Scary New Tennessee Law Already Punishing Women for Behavior While Pregnant

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A Tennessee woman was arrested last week after she and her newborn daughter tested positive for amphetamines. She is the first person to be charged since the state’s controversial new law criminalizing the use of narcotics during pregnancy came into effect July 1. Under the law, any woman who uses drugs during pregnancy can be arrested and charged with assault if…

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Even At Highest Level, STEM’s Leaky Pipeline Failing Women and Black People

Among STEM Ph.D. holders, women and black people are leaving the field in disproportionate numbers, finds a new study by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The research uses data from the National Science Foundation’s 2010 Survey of Doctorate Recipients, which includes 400,000 participants who earned doctorate degrees in STEM between 1959 and 2010. The analysis shows that a full 20% of…

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Azealia Banks Released from Interscope in Long Battle to Defend Her “Black Girl Craft”

Badass bisexual rapper Azealia Banks is finally getting out of her record deal with Interscope, as reported by the artist on July 10th. Banks took to twitter last Thursday and announced (in all CAPS), “IM ABOUT TO GET OUT OF MY DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS THE BIG SURPRISE!!!!! (sic).”
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From January of 2014, Azealia Banks has voiced her frustration with Universal, Interscope…

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Quaker School Wins Religious Exemption to Exclude Trans Student From Campus Housing

As if the Hobby Lobby ruling wasn’t enough, news of troubling religious exemptions keeps rolling in. Today, it’s African American trans student Jayce M, who has been refused campus housing at George Fox University, a Quaker school.
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After the Newberg, Oregon university denied Jayce’s repeated appeals for housing, his attorney filed a Title IX Discrimination suit with the…

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