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If Republicans Can Take My Rights Away Today, They’ll Take Yours Tomorrow

December 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Most days in my depraved, transsexual lifestyle start the same: I wake up at 5:15 a.m. to pet my cat, have some coffee, and journal a little before I get out the door. Meanwhile, Republicans are warming up for their bigger goals. If they can wipe away two decades of progress for trans people in a few short months, they’ll have playbook for overturning gay marriage by the end of the year.

Hearts and Rainbows v. Satan and Lies as LGBTQ Advocates and Opponents Hold Neighboring Demonstrations

February 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Some of this evening's demonstrators for LGBTQ rights and protections in schools, from left, Jonas Winter, a 10th grader at Matanzas High School, Elliott Bertrand, a 10t grader at Flagler Palm Coast High School, Dmitri Marve, 12th grader at Matanzas, Lylia Demais, 7th grader at Buddy Taylor Middle School, and Takota Kokoun, 23, in college, formerly of Flagler schools. (© FlaglerLive)

The two demonstrations by advocates and opponents of LGBTQ rights outside the Government Services Building in Bunnell preceded the Flagler County School Board meeting Tuesday night, which again was dominated by transgender rights issues.

Laws Restricting Abortion Betray a Judgment: Women’s Sexuality Is Not Equal to Men’s

May 29, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Men regulating women’s bodies through restrictive abortion laws is the tip of an iceberg in which women’s sexuality is stigmatized, de-legitimized, silenced, controlled, and misunderstood, even by women themselves.

The Most Dangerous Time For Women’s Rights in Decades

May 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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More than 250 bills restricting abortions have been filed in 41 states this year. At least a third have successfully passed 20-week abortion bans, based on the unfounded assertion that a fetus can feel pain 20 weeks after fertilization. 

The Cruelty of the GOP’s Kavanaugh Charade

September 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

A few of us posted about sexual assault in general or about our own past assaults on our Facebook pages. Then the private messages began. The details are painful to talk about.

Domestic Violence’s Overlooked Damage: Concussion And Brain Injury

June 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Survivors of domestic violence may be suffering largely in silence from the same traumatic brain injuries, memory loss and PTSD seen in veterans and athletes. (EP)

Survivors of domestic violence may be suffering largely in silence from the same traumatic brain injuries, memory loss and PTSD seen in veterans and athletes.

Want to Attract Women? Try Not Hating Us.

May 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The recent attack in Toronto by a man who identifies as an “incel” has called attention to the disturbing and flourishing online incel community.

What You Should Know About Trump’s Rollback Of Contraception Coverage

October 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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The rules will make sweeping changes to the law’s requirement that most employers provide coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket costs to women.

Republicans’ Women Problem

July 27, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

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Long before Donald Trump the Republican Party has been relentlessly pushing policies aimed at curtailing women’s reproductive rights, economic freedom, access to health care, and autonomy.

Scrubbing Sexism: Scott Signs Bill Awarding Big Raise to Supervisors of Election

March 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The long-overdue raises, averaging 18 percent, redress salaries traditionally kept low because most supervisors were, and still are, women.

Two Sweeping Supreme Court Cases Set to Redefine Abortion and Contraceptive Rights

January 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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As devastating to abortion rights as 2015 proved to be in state legislatures, 2016 is shaping up to be even more turbulent — perhaps the most momentous year for reproductive issues in a generation.

State Targets Two More Abortion Clinics as Scott Tightens Vise on Women’s Health

September 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The latest clinics to be fined for allegedly performing 2nd trimester abortions, including Bread and Roses in Gainesville, aren’t affiliated with Planned Parenthood but are cited on similar grounds.

“Defunding” Planned Parenthood: Beyond GOP Posturing, It Wouldn’t Be Easy To Do

August 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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Jeb Bush claims he defunded Planned Parenthood while governor in Florida. Other GOP presidential candidates make similar claims or promises. They’re being dishonest.

Judge Considering Temporary Block of Florida’s New 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period

June 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A judge is considering halting the law from going in effect July 1 while a constitutional challenge goes forward. The challenge was filed by the Florida ACLU.

The War on Women, Cont’d: Enough with Mandatory Vaginal Exams, Florida

June 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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It’s not enough that in 2011 our Legislature passed a draconian law forcing women to schedule, pay for, and look at an ultrasound of their fetus if they choose to exercise their right to an abortion.

Why Malala Yousafzai Should Have
Won The Nobel Peace Prize

October 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Malala Yousafzai is the 17-year-old Pakistani girl and activist for girls’ education who in 2012 was shot in the head by a shaking, demented terrorist whose allegiance to the Taliban tells us all we need to know about the lethality of religious fundamentalism. Any kind of fundamentalism, really.

Domestic Violence: Challenges Go Beyond A Brute’s Fists or White, Middle-Class Women

September 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The sheriff's office has made its domestic violence initiative a priority since 2017.

Because the movement to help battered women largely has been driven by white, middle-class women, the attention has generally been on generic domestic violence, with absent attention to the nuances of race and class.

Blame The Victim, Sports Fans: It’s Going To Be An Exciting Season for Misogyny

September 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Following video showing Ray Rice slugging his then-fiancee, there were scores of comments along the lines of “She slapped him! He had every right to hit her,” and the bizarre “Don’t start a fight you don’t intend to finish!” Diane Roberts isn’t taking it.

The Painting You Will Not See in Hollingsworth Gallery’s ‘Monster of Bigotry’ Show, and Why

August 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Constance Payne’s “Will You Take Me Seriously Now” was top be part of the new “Monster of Bigotry” show at Palm Coast’s Hollingsworth Gallery, but only if Payne agreed to have it draped, because of its explicit content. She refused, calling it censorship. Gallery owner JJ Graham defends the decision on several grounds.

Morning-After Victory on Women’s Reproductive Rights, But Testosterone Policies Persist

June 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reproductive rights advocates are celebrating the Obama administration’s surrender on the morning-after pill, empowering all women to make their own decisions regarding their own bodies. It’s about damn time, argues Kathleen Joyce, but she warns: don’t let your guard down just yet.

Title IX Lets Girls Be Both Quarterback and Homecoming Queen

December 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Erin DiMeglio made history as the first female in Florida to play quarterback in a varsity high school game, and was elected South Plantation High’s homecoming queen. That wouldn’t have happened without Title IX, the landmark legislation assuring females the same opportunities as boys at both the high school and college levels.

In Juvenile Detention for Girls, Health Care Is Shoddy, Absent or Geared Only to Boys

November 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Incarcerated girls are “one of the most vulnerable and unfortunately invisible populations in the country,” and up to 90 percent have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, yet the health care provided to children, and girls in particular, in juvenile detention is often ill-equipped to deal with their complex health needs.

Breastfeeding Frenzy

May 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Time magazine’s cover featuring 26-year-old Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son is the latest revival of the old fervors and prejudices surrounding breastfeeding including, unfortunately, the sexualization of an asexual act.

The GOP’s War on Women: Electoral Bombs From Komen to Rush to Virginia’s Vaginal Probes

March 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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The Republican war on women, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker writes, is “a perfect storm of stupefying proportions” that may have ruinous consequences for the GOP at election time. But it was a collapse foretold.

Florida House Passes Sweeping Abortion Restrictions, Including 24-Hour Waiting Period

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The bill requires all abortion clinics to be owned and operated by a doctor (only one of Florida’s 68 clinics fits the bill) and presumes, with little scientific evidence, that pain for the fetus begins at 20 weeks.

The Pill, the President, the Policy: a Primer

February 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The Obama administration is revising contraceptive-pill insurance regulations so that religious-affiliated groups don’t have to pay for the coverage. A primer on the controversy and the policy.

Roe Back: Florida Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks and Require 24-Hr Waiting Periods

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A Republican-dominated House subcommittee approved three anti-abortion bills in party-line votes Tuesday, after testimony and debate that reflected the country’s deep divide over abortion.

Co-Pay Interruptus: Catholic Bishops Will Sue Feds Over Contraception and Insurance Rules

January 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services, including birth control, without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or deductible.

Coming To: A Woman Re-Imagined
And the Making of a First Novel

October 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Caren Umbarger, the artistic director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra, describes how she came to write Coming To, her first novel, which would resonate with “anyone who has struggled out of oppression to make a better life for themselves.”

Republican Candidates’ Women Problems

September 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Although none of the GOP presidential candidates dares utter the W word — unless it’s part of the phrase “our men and women in uniform” — it’s pretty easy to see what their views are on issues concerning the sex that comprises a majority of voters, argues Martha Burk.

Florida Legislature Redrawing Abortion Rules, Targeting Women, Physicians and US Law

April 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The House approved a slew of bills that would force women to submit to ultrasounds before an abortion, broaden parental notification when minors are seeking an abortion, and require physicians to own abortion clinics, among other bills.

Florida Legislators’ Creepy Uterus Obsession

April 1, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 17 Comments

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Florida lawmakers want to force women seeking an abortion in the second trimester to watch an ultrasound of their fetus first. It’s a back-alley assault on women’s privacy and abortion rights.

Florida’s Abortion Follies:
When Lawmakers Are Sexual Predators

May 16, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 9 Comments

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Florida’s latest anti-abortion legislation shows that sexual predators aren’t just the monsters who assault and rape. They can also be men who control women and girls by subordinating them their moral assumptions, which usually have immoral results.

Unveiling Stereotypes at Stetson University

February 14, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 1 Comment

Undergraduates not used to wearing their religion on their sleeve, at least not Islam, wore one not even their own around their face–Islam’s most explosive symbol.

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