Gender Justice

We know the importance of taking time to rest. So that's what we are doing! For the first two weeks of July, Gender Justice staff is away and the office is closed. We will return to office on July 15th, 2024. In the meantime, our website is here for you with information on our work, resources and job listings: www.genderjustice.us We hope you have a great holiday season, and we'll be back soon!

"We still enjoy the right to make our own reproductive decisions in Minnesota, at least for now," says Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Laura Hermer. "But our rights will not be secure without the passage of something like the Equal Rights Amendment, which once again failed in the last legislative session."

NEW PODCAST EPISODE JUST DROPPED! "To ensure appropriate medical care, Idaho’s largest provider of emergency services had to airlift pregnant women out of the state roughly every other week, compared to once in all of the prior year." — Justice Elena Kagan. None of that would have been necessary had the Supreme Court permitted the lower court's injunction on Idaho's ban to go forward, which is the action that comes out of yesterday's decision (while the Court cynically delays until another election takes place.) On the podcast, Jess Braverman and Erin Maye Quade analyze yesterday's long-awaited ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court's second major abortion case since the fall of Roe. Stay informed and treat yourself to lively conversation while you're at it: listen and subscribe to The Gender Justice Brief, our award-winning podcast!

REMINDER: Please vote for Gender Justice by June 30! If you work or volunteer for one of the 2,200+ Minnesota nonprofits in the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, you are eligible to cast a ballot — we've been nominated for a mission award for our advocacy work!

Erin Maye Quade, Tana Hargest, and Megan Peterson traveled from Minnesota to D.C. this week, and they have a message from the South Lawn of the White House for the 2024 WNBA Commissioner's Cup champions, the unrivaled Minnesota Lynx. When the Lynx selected Gender Justice as their local social justice beneficiary in the WNBA 2024 Commissioner's Cup, they scored an additional $23,500 for our organization! That's $23,500 to advance gender equity, courtesy of the exemplary Minnesota LYNX! Give it up for the Minnesota Lynx!!! And wish them GOOD LUCK on their game tonight against the Dallas Wings!

Today's Supreme Court ruling was not a win. In fact, it exacerbates a growing public health crisis. Join us today at 4 pm CT for our expert legal and political analysis about the Supreme Court's decision—or lack thereof—on whether or not people in states where abortion is banned are entitled to life-saving abortion care. Register for the Zoom link and bring your questions!

"People don't want to acknowledge intersex people exist. Because if they understand sex is a spectrum as well, then they would have to acknowledge there might be more than two genders." — Ly Baumgardt, with TIGERRS (Trans Intersex Gender-Expansive Revolutionary Resources & Services) 💚 🏳️⚧️ 💚

CONGRATULATIONS to the Minnesota Lynx — winners of the 2024 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup!!! Not only do our beloved hometown champs receive a much-deserved bonus — because the righteous Minnesota Lynx selected Gender Justice as their local social justice beneficiary, they scored an additional $23,500 for us. That's $23,500 to advance gender equity, courtesy of the exemplary Minnesota LYNX! Whose house? OUR HOUSE!!!

We're so honored to be a finalist for a Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Mission Award for our advocacy work! If you work, serve on the board, or volunteer for one of the 2,200+ Minnesota Council of Nonprofits member organizations, you are eligible to VOTE for Gender Justice to win this award. Please vote today — and tell your friends! Here's the link to cast your vote: https://lnkd.in/gzwPy2hi

"It’s all too easy to imagine this Supreme Court overruling Obergefell in a few years and citing Barrett’s decision in this case," says Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about the decision in last week's immigration case, Department of State v. Muñoz. "I think all three liberals are ringing this alarm so everyone can see that overturning marriage equality is very much on the table at this Supreme Court."