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On October 14, 2021, NWLC, along with our partners The Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center and Women’s Law Project, filed an amicus brief from six organizations committed to gender justice and government accountability to the Montana Supreme Court in support of L.B.…

Are you a sports fan? Yes? Are you a soccer fan? Well, do you watch women’s soccer? Why not?  It’s a question I’ve asked myself a few times over the last two years. Like many people, I started watching women’s soccer in earnest…

Four years ago, #MeToo went viral, lifting up the work of survivor-advocate Tarana Burke. At that time, actors came forward revealing repeated sexual assaults by Harvey Weinstein. Alianza Nacional de Campesinas reached out to the actors with a letter of support that discussed the prevalence of sexual harassment in…

On October 14, 2021, the National Women’s Law Center, along with our law firm partner Hogan Lovells LLP and 34 additional organizations committed to gender justice, submitted an amicus brief to the Second Circuit in Soule v. CIAC in support of trans-inclusive student athletic…

In August 2021, 36.6% of LGBTQ adults were in household that had difficulty paying for household expenses. The LGBTQ community faces greater economic hardship, poverty, unemployment, homelessness, income gaps, and food insecurity compared to the general…

By Sage Carson and Anna Chu   On October 6, 2018, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court, despite being credibly accused by multiple women of sexual assault. In the weeks…

It’s an interesting perspective to have when you’re born into a lineage of people that were the original inhabitants of a land, and growing up you realize everything has been stolen from them.   I’ve always…

There is research on racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but we need consistent and detailed data on a variety of groups to address the health conditions different groups face.   Currently, many surveys and studies fail to provide inclusive categories for race, ethnicity, gender identity…

In the 1950s, doctors prescribed many pregnant people with a sedative drug, thalidomide, which was used to relieve pregnancy-related nausea. Tragically, this drug caused thousands to give birth to babies with severe limb deformities. In the wake of…

I do not recall growing up with the words “Latina” or “Hispanic.” As an adult, I have learned that people think of my hometown as having people who were “Cuban” or “not Cuban.” It is a simplistic binary I…

Every September, the National Women’s Law Center analyzes national wage gap, poverty, and health insurance data from the previous calendar year by gender, race, and ethnicity, among other characteristics. This data comes from the Current Population…

Content warning: this post discusses infertility.  Emma Goidel has reached her limit. In the fall of 2020, she and her partner decided to add to their family through pregnancy. To do so, Emma—a queer woman—needed fertility…