The comprehensive sex ed bill is headed to hearing at 1pm on Friday, April 8! (Here’s the FB page with more details on that.) Turn out and show your support! Here’s some info: AB314 is a bill that would create a comprehensive, sexual education curriculum. The curriculum would be standardized for use state-wide. We need…
A couple of good bills are making their way through the Legislature. Both align with progressive values and we should all do what we can — contact legislators, attend hearings, etc. — to show our support. SB331 would revise the public accommodations law to include gender expression. Like AB211, which would amend Employment Non-Discrimination Act…
What’s going on in the non-profit community in Nevada these days? There are just too many tales to ignore how much things are going off the rails at certain organizations these days. From bullies to money issues to, worst of all, negligence in serving the community the organization was created to protect — things are…
A proposed state senate bill, SB230, seeks to ban the sale of foods containing trans fats at Nevada’s public schools. If passed, this bill would put Nevada on a growing list of states, cities and even countries banning the substance (in some way) from being sold. According to the Mayo Clinic, trans fats raise your…
There will be a hearing on Friday for AB211, which would amend the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to include gender identity and expression. In Nevada and across the country ENDA laws prohibits discrimination of workers based on their sexuality and gender identity. It is time these workplace protections extended to gender identity for Nevadans. Hearing:…
If you’ve been waiting for me to inter the fray on the ridiculous budget crisis facing Nevada’s schools and the even more ludicrous budget cuts proposed — your wait is over. I admit, I’ve hung back a little because I was so busy being pissed at the all-out War on Women being waged on the…
For Women’s History Month, I knew just who I wanted to talk about: The Westside Mothers of Las Vegas. To me, they embody the power of women and grassroots organizing. Even as Rat Pack names twinkled in the lights of the 1960s Las Vegas Strip, blacks were segregated into a section of town called the…
Nevada Women’s Lobby’s Grassroots Lobby Days is coming up, March 14-16! During GLD there are a host of great workshops to better understand how bills become law and how to lobby your representatives. Another great part of GLD is the great speakers lined up! One of those speakers is acclaimed, feminist, prochoice, activist Shelby Knox!…
This comes from Planned Parenthood CEO Vicki Cowart: Senators: Women and their families are counting on you Four months ago, the public elected a new conservative leadership to the House of Representatives to create jobs, jump start the economy and reduce debt. Instead, the anti-choice House is eliminating family planning programs, hurting women and their…
SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE EXPIRES THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 4 AT 5PM. REGISTER EARLY. REGISTRATION FEE INCREASES MARCH 14. Stand OUT For Equality Campaign is organizing the 2011 Equality Days in Carson City, Nevada on March 28-29 with our member organizations of the Nevada LGBTQ Leadership Coalition. Equality Days events will include lobby training and issue orientation at…
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