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Editor’s Note on gender and identity coverage
We are excited to announce a new gender and identity page on washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post
January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022
LAFD was embroiled in allegations of harassment. Now it’s poised to get its first female fire chief.
Kristin Crowley was just nominated to the post
Soo Youn
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022
After a professor’s sexist remarks went viral, a student raised more than $100,000 for a women’s scholarship
The Boise State professor suggested that male students should be prioritized for STEM, medicine and law
Janay Kingsberry
January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022
Michelle Go was pushed to her death on the NYC subway. For many, it highlights failures in public safety for women.
Public spaces, particularly public transit, have long been fraught for women of color and nonbinary people
Anne Branigin
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022
In a memo about body image, a middle school offered shapewear for girls. This mom spoke out.
Ashley Heun hopes the incident offers an opportunity to have what she considers a much-needed conversation about body image
Soo Youn
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
U.S. quarters will feature 5 new women. What happened to other plans to change currency?
News of the program, which makes Maya Angelou the first Black woman to be featured on a quarter-dollar, was met with both cheers and criticism
Janay Kingsberry
January 12, 2022
January 12, 2022
Women are 32% more likely to die post-op if their surgeon is a man, study finds
The new study found that women had much better outcomes with female surgeons
Anne Branigin
January 11, 2022
January 11, 2022
Women hold two-thirds of student debt. These activists say they’ll strike if Biden doesn’t cancel it.
These women say debtors’ willingness to take drastic action is a sign of their desperation
Abigail Higgins
January 7, 2022
January 7, 2022
A hospital reported two new moms for testing positive for drugs. They had eaten poppy seeds, a lawsuit says.
The cases highlight larger problems with nonconsensual drug screening for pregnant people, the patients’ advocates say
Anne Branigin
December 22, 2021
December 22, 2021
Self-managed abortion could be the future — but it’s very hard to talk about
Especially in conservative states, advocates can’t talk openly about abortion methods that exist outside of the formal health-care system
Caroline Kitchener
December 20, 2021
December 20, 2021
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