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Tiffany Hayes of the Connecticut Sun during Game Two of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs semifinals at Barclays Center on Sept. 26, 2023 in Brooklyn. (Sarah Stier / Getty Images)

BY JODI BONDI NORGAARD | Wednesday, Feb. 7, marks the 38th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, started by the Women’s Sports Foundation to honor the achievements and unlock the limitless potential of girls and women in sports. Female athletes are making an impact on the court and, with the right opportunities, can make a significant economic impact off the court too. 

Sports fans of all ages are on to something big. The media can no longer bury the lead. Women excel in sports. Now companies and their brands need to see the writing—and the opportunities—on the sports page.

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More Americans than ever are coming out as LGBTQ—but a small number of U.S. students are receiving inclusive sex education. (Hill Street Studios / Getty Images)

BY REGINA DAVIS MOSS | Feb. 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and I want to make sure we are not forgetting Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) youth, particularly Black adolescent girls, young women and gender expansive individuals.

Although awareness and acceptance of Black LGBTQIA+ youth is growing, there is still a lot of work to be done when it comes to equipping them with comprehensive sex education to help them make safe and healthy choices.

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BY KATIE FLEISCHER | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.

This week: E. Jean Carroll wins defamation case; over 64,000 pregnancies from rape in abortion ban states; Taylor Swift targeted by deepfake attack; House passes CTC expansion; states implement anti-trans laws; abortion rates have risen since 2020; Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the first anti-LGBTQ bill of the year into law; more than three in five Americans support Congress passing a law guaranteeing the right to an abortion; and more.

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Listen to United Bodies—a new podcast about the lived experience of health, from Ms. Studios, on Apple Podcasts + Spotify. 

Grief is long, complicated, isolating, and devastating. It’s also something that we will all experience. So then, the question becomes, if so many of us are experiencing such profound loss in our lives, why isn’t it easier to talk about? In this episode, Wanda Irving, Co-Founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, joins to discuss grief and how she’s used it to spark a movement. 

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