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A Fitting Finale To Pride Month: Kataluna Enriquez Becomes First Openly Transgender Miss USA Contestant After Being Crowned Miss Nevada
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(Feminism)
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... these personal designs: a gown covered in rainbow sequins, in honor of Pride. In addition to being a designer, Enriquez also works as a healthcare administrator.
Citing her own struggles with mental ...
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Created on 07 July 2021
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The Supreme Court Declined To Hear The Case Of Gavin Grimm, Securing A Major Win For Trans Rights
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(Feminism)
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... and receive healthcare, expect to see more cases like this in the future. Top Photo Credit: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons More from BUST
Biden Administration Brings Back Obama-Era ...
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Created on 30 June 2021
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The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People to Change Their Gender On Legal Documents
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(Feminism)
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New York lawmakers passed a bill that would make it easier for trans people to change their legal gender. This includes changing their name on legal documents, such as a birth certificate and driver's ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Victoria Moroles Discusses Her New Role In Hulu's "Plan B," Reflecting On Friendship, Sex Ed, And More: BUST Intervi
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(Movies)
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... that you paused and took a second to look that up, because I didn't know about it. I know that there's obstacles to accessibility to reproductive care and sexual healthcare...for women and minorities fo ...
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Created on 04 June 2021
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Texas is Using Private Citizens to Enforce Its New Unprecedented "Heartbeat Bill" That Can Ban Abortions As Early As Six Week
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(Living)
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... local police officers monitoring abortion clinics and women’s healthcare centers, the law says, “Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local government entity in this state,” can ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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NYPD Is Banned From NYC Pride Events Until 2025 In An Effort To "Create Safer Spaces" For LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC Communitie
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(Feminism)
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New York City Pride organizers announced on Saturday, May 22, that NYPD and other law enforcements are banned from participating in the annual pride parade until 2025, NBC reported.
Heritage of Pride, ...
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Created on 19 May 2021
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Biden Administration Brings Back Obama-era Policies, Bans Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Community in Healthcare
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(Feminism)
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On Monday, the Biden administration banned sex discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in healthcare, according to The Guardian. This decision reverses the Trump administration’s narrowing of the ...
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Created on 13 May 2021
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Here's How You Can Help India Amid The Country's Devastating COVID-19 Cris
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(Feminism)
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... are overflowing, PBS reports. Healthcare workers are overwhelmed, trying to treat as many people as they can while the number of cases continue to rise.
Businesses, organizations, and people are coming ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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The COVID-19 Vaccine and Irregular Periods: Is there a Connection?
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(Living)
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... Pain Matters: The Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare
Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Control
COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Gettin ...
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Created on 29 April 2021
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Women’s Pain Matters: The Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare
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(Living)
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A new study has shown that people underestimate the pain women are in. Both men and women believe women exaggerate the pain they are in and are likely to dismiss it.
According to a study written ...
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Created on 15 April 2021
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Johnson & Johnson Shot Pause Shocking Americans, but What Does it Mean for Vaccine Rollout and for Those who Already got the Vaccine?
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(General)
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... healthcare provider.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is less temperamental temperature-wise than its COVID-19 vaccine counterparts, and its single-dose inoculation has been preferable with communities ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Join Artivist Dani Slocki As She Showcases Her Annual Fundraiser Dedicated to Brooklyn Creatives
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(Arts)
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... SLOWKEY states, “To lose these ARTivists we'd lose the vibrancy of our great city. If the government won’t cancel rent, provide healthcare, or increase minimum wages, we have to take care of our neighbors ...
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Created on 24 March 2021
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Self-Advocacy Might Have Saved Influencer Grace F. Victory's Life From A System Working Against He
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(Entertainment)
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... while dealing with biased and neglectful medical staff. The NHS, as well as other national healthcare systems, need to radically address the disparities in the treatment of expecting parents so that more ...
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Created on 18 March 2021
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Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... on his birth certificate, which is something that blows my mind. We were treated respectfully in the healthcare systems, and yet that gives me a great amount of survivor's guilt. I don't know what to do ...
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Created on 12 March 2021
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Roe v. Wade Doesn't Actually Make Abortion Accessible For Everyone. This Short Film Explains Why
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(Movies)
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What is the Hyde Amendment and why is it such an obstruction to reproductive justice?
Hyde impacts nearly 29 million people of reproductive age by preventing government funds from being used to cover ...
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Created on 03 March 2021
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COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Getting An Abortion Wasn't Already Hard Enough in Americ
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(Living)
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... pandemic has ravaged the American (and foreign) healthcare systems, other health issues have taken a backseat in the public consciousness. Providing the best possible care for those suffering from COVID-19 ...
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Created on 23 February 2021
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Biden Re-Entered The United States Into The Paris Climate Agreement On His First Day Of Office, What Next?
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(Living)
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... check (actually, they’re in need of a lot more). Could we perhaps start the ball rolling on universal healthcare, or at least start amending the ACA to make healthcare more accessible? Oh yeah, can we ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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How To Make Your Own Go Bag, In Case of Emergency
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(Living)
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... PPE, we should continue to save the most heavy-duty masks, including N95 particulate masks, for healthcare workers and vulnerable folks. As COVID-19 eventually declines (please, Gods), we hope more protective ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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Joe Biden Appoints Dr. Rachel Levine As Assistant Health Secretary, A Historical First For The Transgender Community
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(Feminism)
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... Levine is informed and can make progress in the state of American healthcare.
Header Image via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Biden-Harris Administration Makes History By Appointing An All-Female ...
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Created on 19 January 2021
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Comedian Catherine Cohen Wants You To Feel Less Alone: BUST Interview
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(Arts)
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... who often face discriminatory barriers when it comes to getting the healthcare they need.
Can you speak about the importance of being so open about your experiences?
It’s very therapeutic for me. I ...
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Created on 30 November 2020
