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Today at Ms. | March 31, 2023
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Cowgirl Boots, Anxious Nights: Transgender Youth and Families Fight Hostile Legislation and Sky-High Suicide Rates [[link removed]]
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A girl holds the Transgender Pride flag during a march on July 9, 2022. A 2020 study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence showed that youth who got gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers or hormones, had 60 percent lower odds of depression and 73 percent lower odds of suicidality by the end of the year, compared with those who weren’t able to access such care. (Luis Soto / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY RACHEL CASSANDRA, MINDSITE NEWS | In states around the U.S., families of transgender youth are battling anti-trans legislation blocking life-saving healthcare and transphobic ideas that permeate into their families and schools, and terrifying mental health statistics of trans youth who do not receive care.
Families share how they’re building safe and affirming homes for their children amidst such barriers.
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Title IX’s Generational Divide: Mother Denied, Daughter Empowered [[link removed]]
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Gwen Jorgensen is a profession triathlete and U.S. Olympian. (Gwen Jorgensen / Instagram)
BY NANCY JORGENSEN | For my daughter Gwen Jorgensen, the benefit of Title IX offered not only a gateway to activities. Gwen’s generation grew up with a belief system—a mindset that young women deserve the same as men.
The impact of Title IX presents a stark generational contrast between my daughter and me. Equal opportunity afforded her the chance to pursue sports in elementary school, high school, college and on the world stage. She grew up believing in herself, her talents and her skills.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Number of Women in Business Leadership on the Decline; Spain’s New Gender Equity Law [[link removed]]
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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: Spain is one of the first countries in Europe to set legally binding quotas on gender representation; women’s advancement in the corporate sector reveals significant backsliding; ranked-choice voting could be coming to Connecticut; and more.
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