Category: Gender Equality

The Fight Over North Carolina’s Latest Anti-Trans Law Begins 

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It’s been more than a year since North Carolina overturned its anti-trans bathroom law, but activists are going back to court on Monday to fight the law that took its place, the AP reports.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers presented that bill, HB 142, as a compromise after the uproar over HB2, which banned trans people from using bathrooms and public facilities that correspond with their gender identity and overturned and barred local ordinances meant to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Businesses and organizations, including the NCAA, protested the law, costing North Carolina an estimated $525 million in 2017.

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World Cup 2018: Smuggling the Pride flag into Russia – BBC News

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Six LGBT activists have found a way to fly the Pride flag in Russia – by wearing football shirts in the rainbow colours.
The country has had a law banning the spreading of “gay propaganda” among under-18s since 2013.
The Pride flag is a symbol celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, but displaying it in Russia can get you arrested.

via World Cup 2018: Smuggling the Pride flag into Russia – BBC News

Nikki Columbus Says Job at MoMA PS1 Was Rescinded After Baby

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According the New York Times, MoMA PS1 offered a woman the curator of performance position, only to rescind it when she asked, not for maternity leave, but to work from home when starting the role while she recovered from having a baby.

Nikki Columbus had been in talks with the Queens museum over the spring and summer of 2017, and though clearly expecting, she chose not to mention her pregnancy at the advice of friends who had also job hunted while pregnant. (Pregnant women are not legally obligated to disclose their pregnancy, and it’s illegal for an employer to discriminate against them.) Columbus’ decision was further influenced by the ample disdain for the previous working mom in the role, with an interviewer saying that she had been “much less present” after having a baby.

via Nikki Columbus Says Job at MoMA PS1 Was Rescinded After Baby

TRNSMT boss: Festivals have ‘a long way to go’ on gender balance – BBC News

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The organiser of TRNSMT has told Newsbeat there’s “a long way to go” with gender balance across festival line-ups.
Geoff Ellis says most festival promoters have been trying to “redress a balance”.
“We do have strong female representation across the line-up but we’re committed to doing more.”
This year’s TRNSMT includes The Stereophonics, Liam Gallagher and Arctic Monkeys as headliners.

via TRNSMT boss: Festivals have ‘a long way to go’ on gender balance – BBC News

100 Women: ‘Signing a gagging clause set me free’ – BBC News

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For most of my career, my gender was not a problem, but then five years into my last job in that industry, my working environment became intolerable. I felt marginalised in the office – for example, strip clubs were used as “after-dinner entertainment” with clients as well as for pre-drinks before team nights out. When I said I didn’t want to go, it was made clear to me that if I wasn’t going to be part of the team then I shouldn’t be there.

via 100 Women: ‘Signing a gagging clause set me free’ – BBC News

‘Shocking’ level of sexual harassment at music festivals – BBC News

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Nearly half of female festival goers (43%) under 40 say they have faced unwanted sexual behaviour at a music festival, new survey suggests.
Overall, 22% of all festival goers have faced assault or harassment, rising to 30% of women overall.
The most common forms were unwelcome and forceful dancing and verbal sexualised harassment.
YouGov surveyed 1,188 festival goers. The poll also suggested only 2% of such incidents were reported to police.
Earlier this year, separate data released in the Crime Survey for England and Wales in February showed more than 80% of victims of sexual assault did not report it to police.

via ‘Shocking’ level of sexual harassment at music festivals – BBC News

What Is Sexual Harassment? A Glossary of the #MeToo Movement | Glamour

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Either way, the #MeToo era has given these training sessions an added urgency, especially when it comes to a full understanding of the movement’s key terms (and how to use them correctly). While the fact that we’re having more transparent, nuanced conversations about assault and abuses of power than ever before in history is inarguably a good thing, it’s also a dialogue that will ultimately prove more productive if we—men and women alike—are all on the same page about what we’re actually talking about. If our shared goal is more open and consistent conversation about #MeToo and all it entails, it’s crucial to get on the same page with terminology.

via What Is Sexual Harassment? A Glossary of the #MeToo Movement | Glamour

‘It’s Dr, not Ms,’ insists historian – BBC News

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She tweeted after learning that the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail had changed its house style to only refer to medical doctors by their titles. Instead, academics would just be called by their surname and prefix such as Mr, Mrs or Ms.
The BBC style guide also has this rule and both organisations apply it to male and female academics.
“It is outrageous,” Fern told the BBC. “This is our expertise and people need to know when someone is an expert. I am a firm believer that any academic – whether male or female – should have their title used as that is their qualification. That’s what my tweet was about.”

via ‘It’s Dr, not Ms,’ insists historian – BBC News

Chloe Dykstra details emotionally and sexually abusive relationship with nerd-culture mogul

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Dykstra takes care to not explicitly name names in her post, but she does give some big hints, such as “I watched and supported him as he grew from a mildly successful podcaster to a powerhouse CEO of his own company” and saying that the unnamed ex “pressured [me] to take an on-camera job at his company I didn’t want.” She adds, “When cameras were on us? He was a prince. Turn them off, he was a nightmare.” During this time, she writes, her existing struggle with anorexia got worse, and:

via Chloe Dykstra details emotionally and sexually abusive relationship with nerd-culture mogul