Leading Voices

Unpacking a Bag Full of STI Stigma

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

April 25, 2011 - 10:10am (Print)

Feeling awful about having contracted a sexually transmitted infection? Here's the nitty-gritty on the stigmatization of STIs and people with them and how to deal.

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How to Become an Expatriate of "Ow"-ville

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

April 8, 2011 - 6:16am (Print)

Does vaginal intercourse hurt? Feel like you're the only one in the whole wide world who doesn't think it's the best thing ever? Here's a reality check and some places to get started to ditch sexual pain and find pleasure instead.

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Do These Pants Make Me (Look) Trans?

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

March 25, 2011 - 8:42am (Print)

Gender and gender identity are complex and diverse: there's not just one way of being a girl, being trans gender, and those also aren't your only choices. So how do you figure out where you're at when the little boxes don't seem to fit?

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Remembering Cy Romney: The Lifetime of a Pioneer Supporter of Reproductive Rights

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by Jodi Magee

September 8, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Cy Romney, prominent Ob/Gyn, founder of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, advocate for legal abortion, believed every pregnancy should be a wanted pregnancy.

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Maternal Health: Accountability and Behavior Change

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by Calyn Ostrowski, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars

September 3, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Four days ago a young woman died giving birth in a bustling marketplace in New Delhi, just steps away from Parliament, and at the beginning of an international conference on maternal health. This is not acceptable.

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Reproductive Rights in the 21st Century: The Effects of the Hyde Amendment

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by Dr. LeRoy Carhart

September 2, 2010 - 9:10am (Print)

The Hyde amendment puts women in the most dire of situations.  They have to choose between paying their rent or being pregnant, feeding their children or being pregnant, pawning their car or being pregnant.

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Locked Up, Pregnant, and Shackled: Governor Schwarzenegger Can Unchain Them

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by LeaJay Harper, Center for Young Women’s Development

September 2, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

In California’s prisons, pregnant Black women, brown women, and Asian-Pacific Islander women are chained together in a barbaric throwback to another time. But it’s here and now.

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The Faux Feminism of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

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by Steph Sterling

August 20, 2010 - 9:40am (Print)

Richard Doerfinger of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops calls contraception "dismissive of women." Thanks for your concern, Richard, but we can make that decision for ourselves.

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Taking the Pulse: What Public Opinion Reveals About the Reproductive Justice Agenda

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by Juhu Thukral

August 20, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

An analysis of U.S. public opinion research on core reproductive justice values and issues reveals conflicting attitudes on gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and the rights of LGBTQ persons.

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Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

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by Catherine Traywick

August 19, 2010 - 1:30pm (Print)

After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is drawing fire from immigration reform advocates and anti-immigrant conservatives alike.

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