The Gender Justice Brief
by Gender Justice
This is the podcast of Gender Justice. We fight for Gender Equity by dismantling barriers and expanding protections so that all people can thrive regardless of their gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation.We work for: economic justice, reproductive freedom and justice, freedom from gender based violence, and for trans & LGBQ liberation at work, in public, in school, in healthcare, and more. We are facing a historic opportunity to make real change in Minnesota with the first pro-reproductive freedom state legislature. Join us - and stand up to fight for our rights.
Episodes
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SCOTUS Chat: US v Skrmetti (Update)
This SCOTUS Chat is hosted by Erin Maye Quade, Special Projects Advisor at Gender Justice, with Brittany Stewart, Senior Staff Attorney at Gender Justice, and Dr. Kate Gepford, Chief Education Officer at Children's Minnesota. This SCOTUS Chat addresses the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in US v...
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Un)Equal Protection for Girls
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Sara Jane Baldwin, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney Paula Schaefer, Advocate for Minnesota Juvenile Justice Reform Meagan McIntyre, Gender Justice 2024 legal intern In this conversation on The Gender Justice Brief, we shine a...
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SCOTUS Chat: U.S. v. Skrmetti
Guests: Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director Brittany Stewart, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case out of Tennessee called U.S. v. Skrmetti that could determine...
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Protecting Your Identity: Name & Gender Marker Changes Before the New Administration
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guest: Ash Tifa, Community Organizer and Advocate In the wake of the 2024 election results, many people in the trans community and wondering if now is the time to update names and gender markers on key documents such as passports and...
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Post-Election Briefing: Protecting Our Rights in a Dangerous New Reality
With the Trump administration’s harmful policies targeting our fundamental freedoms, our state-based work at Gender Justice has never been more urgent. Post-election, our legal and policy experts discuss the immediate threats we face, what the results mean for the issues Gender Justice covers…
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Evolving Trans Allyship — What It Looks Like to Show Up Now
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Jay Belsito, Gender Justice Organizer, and B. Wilson, BIPOC Educators’ Collective co-founder We all have a role to play in defending trans lives, and today’s conversation aims to engage allies and those who want to be stronger...
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QUEERSPACE Collective: The Power of Community
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guest: Nicki Hangsleben, QUEERSPACE Collective “Your program is saving my kid’s life.” Through mentorship, training and advocacy, Minnesota’s QUEERSPACE Collective creates a space where LGBTQ+ youth can show up as their authentic selves.…
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The right to fertility coverage
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor, and Miraya Gran, Minnesota Building Families Coalition infertility advocate At Gender Justice, we advocate for gender equity under the law. We also subscribe to the...
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North Dakota abortion ban ruled unconstitutional: restoring the right to liberty
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Christina Sambor, Gender Justice North Dakota State Director and Marc Hearron, Center for Reproductive Rights Senior Counsel Victory in North Dakota! On September 12, 2024, a North Dakota state court ruled that the state’s total...
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Gender Inclusive Schools
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Christy Hall, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney, and Dave Edwards, Founder of Gender Inclusive Schools In this back-to-school episode, Christy Hall reviews state and federal laws protecting transgender and gender expansive...
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SCOTUS Chat: Court Reform Edition
SCOTUS Chat: Court Reform Edition Host: Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor Guests: Christy Hall, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney, and Hayley Durudogan, Alliance for Justice Durot Fellow Court reforms proposed by the Biden-Harris administration are popular across the...
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Justice for Reyzl: Standing up to LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination
Justice for Reyzl: Standing up to LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guest: Brittany Stewart, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney In August 2024, Gender Justice and co-counsel Wanta Thome PLC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the…
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SCOTUS Chat: Supreme Court punts decision on emergency abortion care ahead of 2024 election
SCOTUS Chat: Recorded live with Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Idaho v. United States and Moyle et al., or the “EMTALA” (Emergency Medical Treatment and…
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"Fostering joy and health": Minnesota's new gender-affirming care law
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Ash Tifa, Rainbow Health Legal Services Program Coordinator, and Annie Van Avery, Family Tree Clinic Executive Director “No health plan that covers physical or mental health services may be offered, sold, issued, or renewed in…
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SCOTUS Chat: Abortion Win with Troubling Implications
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guest: Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a decision in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, its first abortion case since the Dobbs ruling reversing...
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Helping the helpers: a victory in the fight to fund abortions in Alabama
Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director Guests: Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Paige Suelzle, Litigation Counsel at The Lawyering Project In this episode of The Gender Justice Brief we talk with The Lawyering Project’s Paige Suelzle about a recent victory for...
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Re-release for 10th anniversary of the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA)
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA), which guarantees nursing rights for Minnesota workers, we are re-releasing our 2023 episode on Pregnancy and Pumping Rights. In 2014, Gender Justice helped catapult the life-changing package of…
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SCOTUS Chat: Can states ban emergency abortion care?
Host: Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor Guests: Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Rupali Sharma, Deputy Executive Director for Legal Programs at the Lawyering Project “This case is about our humanity: do we matter?” — Rupali Sharma Gender Justice legal and...
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SCOTUS Chat: The Future of Medication Abortion Access
Host: Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor Guests: Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Amanda Allen, Deputy Executive Director for Legal Programs at The Lawyering Project Gender Justice legal and policy experts and the Lawyering Project’s Deputy Executive…
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Preconceived: Exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This episode of The Gender Justice Brief is a recording of the panel of advocates and researchers featured in the film Preconceived, moderated by Gender Justice Executive Director Megan Peterson at its premiere at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on March 9, 2024. Preconceived…
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Another Victory for Abortion Rights in Minnesota
On February 12, 2024, the Minnesota Court of Appeals denied an anti-abortion group’s request to relitigate the historic 2022 Doe v. Minnesota decision ending restrictions on abortion care in the state, bringing us one step closer to the end of litigation. In this episode, Gender Justice Special...
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Gender Equity in Minnesota: 2024 Legislative Agenda Briefing
Panelists: Megan Peterson, Gender Justice Executive Director and Monica Meyer, Gender Justice Political Director 2023 was truly a banner year for gender equity: from passing the Trans Refuge Bill to ending state funding for crisis pregnancy centers and repealing Minnesota’s unconstitutional and...
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Exposing Fake Clinics: Minnesota’s “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”
Crisis pregnancy centers, or “CPCs,” are anti-abortion organizations that target pregnant people with predatory, deceptive marketing. Their main function is to attract and intercept Black, brown, Indigenous, and low-income people before they access abortion care. Their goal is ideological, not...
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Equality for All: Minnesota’s Equal Rights Amendment
In this episode, Megan Peterson, Executive Director at Gender Justice, and Jess Braverman, Legal Director at Gender Justice, discuss the work leading to the language to revise and secure equal rights in the Minnesota state constitution. Megan and Jess provide an overview of the...
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Roe v. Wade’s Reversal: Impact in the Heartland
In this episode, Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Project Advisor talks with: Shayla Walker, Our Justice Executive Director ShaVunda Brown, Our Justice Communications and Advocacy Director, and Destini Spaeth, Prairie Abortion Fund President Please find the links mentioned in the episode...
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Learning from the Green Wave: Fighting for Abortion Access in Latin America
Megan Peterson, Executive Director of Gender Justice, visiting in Washington, D.C., interviews Paula Ávila-Guillén, Executive Director of the Women's Equality Center. They discuss the Green Wave movement, focusing on abortion rights in Latin America. Paula details the movement's origins, its...
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End of Year Mail Bag: Erin & Jess answer your questions
In this episode, Erin Maye Quade and Jess Braverman, answer you questions related to their work on gender justice, legal challenges, and lawmaking. Erin and Jess delve into controversial issues including the Kate Cox abortion case in Texas, discuss their experiences and challenges in their...
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The Teaser
2023 has almost drawn to a close, and we have one more episode to go. On Saturday, December 30th, Erin Maye Quade and Jess Braverman unpack the "Mailbag", answering the questions you asked us. From all of us at Gender Justice, we wish you Happy Holidays! ### Visit the "Gender Justice" Website…
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A Conversation on Law, Justice and Democracy with Melissa Murray
In this invigorating conversation, Gender Justice Legal Director Jess Braverman and renowned law professor, Melissa Murray, cover an array of controversial legal topics. Murray offers her insights on Democratic deliberation of the Supreme Court, potential court reforms, the impacts of organized...
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Ali v. Sun Country: Justice for a Nursing Mom
In this Zoom-Live briefing, the Gender Justice legal team discuss the importance of protections for breastfeeding, nursing, and pumping moms in the workplace. In particular, we highlight the experiences faced by Hani Ali, a mother who faced discrimination and intimidation at Sun Country Airlines...
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Gender Justice Saved My Kid: One Family's Story
This episode was recorded live, at the annual Gender Justice Brunch. --- Among our amazing guests, we welcomed Helene and MatthewWoods. Helene recounts the challenging journey of Matt, during his transition from elementary to middle school. After Matt came out as transgender, he faced significant...
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SCOTUS Chat: What's at Stake This Term?
In this episode of Gender Justice's podcast, Erin Maye Quade, and the legal team at Gender Justice discuss several important Supreme Court cases. The Gender Justice legal team is represented by attorneys Christy Hall, Sara Jane Baldwin, Grace Moore, and Brittany Stewart The cases cover various...
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How Telemedicine Revolutionized Abortion Access
In this episode of the Gender Justice Brief, the host, Cam Kruger, talks with Terri Ann Thompson, a senior research scientist at IBIS Reproductive Health, and Sara Jane Baldwin, Senior Staff Attorney at Gender Justice, about telehealth and medication abortion. The discussion revolves around the…
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Live from the MN Council of Nonprofits: Ana & Cam Kruger interview Jess Braverman
In this compelling pod-swap episode with the Transgenda Podcast, hosts Ana and her cisgender dad, Cam Kruger, discuss the nuances of gender, trans rights, and societal expectations. Recorded live at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits conference, Ana and Cam emphasize nonprofits' pivotal role in...
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Virtual Briefing: Protecting Transgender Kids in North Dakota
In this episode, Erin Maye Quade is joined by Christina Sambor and Brittany Stewart. The discussion centers on Gender Justice’s expanded work into North Dakota and South Dakota, a region often used as testing grounds for right-wing movements. Gender Justice is challenging discriminatory laws,...
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Medication Abortion Lawsuits Update
In this episode of The Gender Justice Brief podcast, Erin Hart, Communications Director at Gender Justice, hosts a discussion with Jess Braverman, Legal Director at Gender Justice, and Minnesota State Senator Erin Maye Quade, Special Projects Advisor. This episode focuses on the complex topic of...
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North Dakota Health Care Ban Lawsuit
The episode focuses on a recent press conference announcing North Dakota families’ lawsuit against the gender-affirming health care ban for minors, featuring poignant testimonies from affected families. Brittany, as lead counsel, explains the legal arguments challenging the ban's…
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Community Organizing
In this episode Erin Hart welcomes Abena Abraham and Jay Belsito, to discuss the importance of community organizing. Abena serves as the Unrestricted Minnesota Campaign Director, while Jay is an organizer at Gender Justice. This episode emphasizes the significance of direct engagement with...
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Anderson v Thrifty White: Defending the Right to Emergency Contraception
In this episode, Erin Hart welcomes Jess Braverman, the legal director at Gender Justice, and Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor (and rising TikTok star). The team discusses Anderson v. Thrifty White, a lawsuit filed on behalf of Andrea Anderson, who was denied service when...
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Back to school: know your rights
In the episode, Erin Hart and Christy Hall discuss the legal protections for transgender students and their families under federal and state law The Minnesota Human Rights Act ensures rights for transgender students and their families. If you have experienced discrimination, you can report it to...
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Pregnancy and Pumping Rights
In this episode, Erin Hart, Allison Glass and Sara Jane Baldwin discuss rights for pregnant employees and for pumping at work. They cover: Changes in the Minnesota's Women's Economic Security Act (WESA), which include more frequent breaks, seating arrangements, and lifting limits for pregnant...
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Unpacking the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis
In this episode, host Erin Hart speaks with OutFront Minnesota Executive Director Kat Rohn, Gender Justice Legal Director Jess Braverman, and Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor Erin Maye Quade about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis. In their analysis of the ruling…
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One Year Without Roe: Reflections on the Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision
In this episode, Erin Hart, Erin Mae Quade, and Jess Braverman reflect on the anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade Reflections on the one-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned, leading to nationwide upheaval for abortion access and reproductive healthcare...
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North Dakota Update Part Two: Abortion Rights
In this episode, Erin Hart, Christina Sambor (North Dakota State Director of Gender Justice), and Meetra Mehdizadeh (Staff Attorney from the Center for Reproductive Rights) discuss: The legal motion to amend the ongoing abortion rights lawsuit in North Dakota Background on the original lawsuit...
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Transgender Rights in Government Custody: A Landmark Settlement
In this episode, Erin Hart, Jess Braverman, and Phil Duran discuss “Lusk v DOC” "Christina Lusk versus Minnesota Department of Corrections: Transgender Rights in Government Custody" Discussion about the settled lawsuit and its significance for transgender rights in government custody. Christina's...
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Legislative Session 2023 Wrap Up!
Erin Hart discusses major wins and the work ahead after the 2023 legislative session with Senator Erin Maye Quade, Megan Peterson, and Monica Meyer. Reproductive Freedom Legislative Achievements: Beyond Roe Agenda: Repealing restrictions, protecting patients and providers, ensuring affordability....
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The Road to UnRestricting Minnesota
Join Erin Hart and Megan Peterson in this conversation about the history of Gender Justice and the landmark legal victories of the past years. The Coalition's Early Days: Follow Megan Peterson's journey as she uncovers gaps in abortion coverage for low-income individuals and the formation of a...
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Christy Hall: 10 years of success at Gender Justice
In this episode, Erin Hart and Christy Hall reflect on Christy’s 10 years at Gender Justice and big wins for bodily autonomy and transgender rights. They discuss: An update on Doe v. Minnesota, a historic lawsuit that resulted in most of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions being ruled...
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Introducing Monica Meyer, Political Director at Gender Justice
In this episode of the Gender Justice Brief, Political Director Monica Meyer discusses the organization's work on LGBTQ and reproductive rights, highlighting progress made in Minnesota's healthcare benefits and non-discrimination laws. Meyer's experience as Executive Director at Outfront…
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North Dakota Update: Part 1
Erin Hart welcomes Christina Sambor, new North Dakota State Director for Gender Justice, and Megan Peterson, Gender Justice Executive Director, to discuss the political climate in North Dakota and recent legislation and rhetoric targeting the transgender community and LGBTQ rights. A discussion…
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This is the podcast of Gender Justice. We fight for Gender Equity by dismantling barriers and expanding protections so that all people can thrive regardless of their gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation.We work for: economic justice, reproductive freedom and justice, freedom from gender based violence, and for trans & LGBQ liberation at work, in public, in school, in healthcare, and more. We are facing a historic opportunity to make real change in Minnesota with the first pro-reproductive freedom state legislature. Join us - and stand up to fight for our rights.
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