In a peaceful gathering quite different from the recent Promise Keepers rally, pagans are coming to D.C. to clean up litter, donate to food banks, and give blood. The event, scheduled from October 31 to November 1, will celebrate Samhain, the pagan New Year. Opening ceremonies will include a drumming circle at Jefferson Memorial and […]
By a vote of 296-192, the House of Representatives passed a bill banning D&X abortions. President Clinton will likely veto the measure because it does not contain any exceptions to allow the prodecure to save a woman’s life or health. Because D&X abortions are often done only when the woman’s health is at risk for […]
The Army says it will court-martial Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney on 20 counts of sexual harassment, including adultery, indecent assault, soliciting sex, and threatening a female soldier. If convicted, he will face up to 50 years in prison, and receive a dishonorable discharge. McKinney, the Army’s top elisted man and an African-American, has denied the […]
Joined by special guests U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Miklulski and Jay Leno, the Feminist Majority Foundation will celebrate our 10th anniversary with a major event in Los Angeles on October 13. The celebration is a salute to Peg Yorkin, Chair of the Board and co-founder of the Feminist Majority. In 1991, […]
Longtime activist Jane Fonda is leading a campaign against abstinence-only sex education in schools. She told “Good Morning America” that “Abstinence until marriage is based on a world that isn’t out there.” She said she is stunned that the government is giving $50 million a year for five years to schools to teach abstinence-only sex […]
By a vote of 296-192, the House of Representatives passed a bill banning D&X abortions. President Clinton will likely veto the measure because it does not contain any exceptions to allow the prodecure to save a woman’s life or health. Because D&X abortions are often done only when the woman’s health is at risk for […]
The Army says it will court-martial Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney on 20 counts of sexual harassment, including adultery, indecent assault, soliciting sex, and threatening a female soldier. If convicted, he will face up to 50 years in prison, and receive a dishonorable discharge. McKinney, the Army’s top elisted man and an African-American, has denied the […]
Longtime activist Jane Fonda is leading a campaign against abstinence-only sex education in schools. She told “Good Morning America” that “Abstinence until marriage is based on a world that isn’t out there.” She said she is stunned that the government is giving $50 million a year for five years to schools to teach abstinence-only sex […]
Nineteen women from the Americas, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Panamanian first lady Dora Boyd de Perez, met with representatives of the World Bank and the United Nations today in Panama City for a summit on the problems facing women and children in the Americas. Each first lady will address the summit on issues such […]
A Labour party spokesman said that Labour officials are listening to recordings of all parliament debates since last May’s elections, and are drawing up a list of Conservative party members who make sexist and snide remarks to the women. They plan on taking the names of the guilty men to house speaker Betty Boothroyd. The […]
Final passage of a measure outlawing certain late-term D&X abortions is expected to pass in the House today. It will then go to President Clinton, who vetoed a similar bill last year because it did not contain an exception for women whose health or lives were in danger. Since the current bill still does not […]
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb extended the temporary restraining order on an abortion waiting-period law in Wisconsin on Friday. She said the state must prepare materials for the abortion providers to distribute before the law can be enforced. The law has had the restraining order on it since April 1996, when Gov. Thompson signed it […]
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for Paul Hill, who was convicted of murdering an abortion doctor and a volunteer clinic escort in 1994. A Connecticut lawyer had appealed on the grounds that Hill should not have been permitted to act as his own trial lawyer. The Supreme Court said Hill, who did […]
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb extended the temporary restraining order on an abortion waiting-period law in Wisconsin on Friday. She said the state must prepare materials for the abortion providers to distribute before the law can be enforced. The law has had the restraining order on it since April 1996, when Gov. Thompson signed it […]
Clinton’s administration announced on Oct. 1 that longtime lesbian activist Virginia Apuzzo had been appointed to one of 18 Assistant to the President positions, making her the highest-ranking openly gay or lesbian person ever in the government. Apuzzo will work in Management and Administration, directing White House management and administrative functions and overseeing all Executive […]
Tired of being grabbed and fondled on Tokyo subways, Japanese women are speaking out and asking police for help in stopping “chikan,” or subway molesters. Police have asked the train companies to consider single-sex cars for women and children, a scenario not seen in 40 years. Subway molestation has been a well-known problem for years, […]
Many gays and lesbians are worried about the Washington Blade’s New York counterpart, set to debut later this month. An employee-owned production in D.C., the Blade in New York will split ownership 50-50 between Blade employees and a large corporation. “There is a concern any time a corporation comes in with big money … this […]
Several hundred feminists, gays and lesbians, atheists, and liberal activists challenged the Promise Keepers during a protest on Saturday, carrying signs and chanting. A press conference was held by the protesters, featuring Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority, Patricia Ireland of the National Organization for Women, Al Ross of the Center for Democracy Studies, Pamela […]
Christina Odenberg officially became Sweden’s first Lutheran Bishop on Sunday, six months after being elected by the Lund diocese, a diocese where 36% of vicars are women. The ceremony was attended by notable women such as Barbara Harris, the first female American Episcopalian bishop, Marita Ulvsko, Sweden’s minister of cultural and religious affairs, and Birgitta […]
The U.S. Supreme Court began their 1997-98 term today, which will run from October to June. In January, the Supreme Court will look at a case where affirmative action was used to increase diversity. The case concerns Sharon Taxman, a white teacher in New Jersey who was laid off while an equally qualified black teacher […]
