Economic inequality and injustice can affect the human body and lead to negative health outcomes.
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Exam Rooms and Bedrooms: Navigating Queer Sexual Health
I kept emphasizing that I have sex with women, and she kept not answering my questions, dodging them, and responding without directly taking on what I asked her.
What We MUST Learn From the Murders of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson
I know, with certainty, that my father would not murder me.
Love Thy Self Fiercely: How Self-Love Makes for Better Health Care
Two years ago, one of my close friends recommended that I read bell hooks’ All About Love, and it literally changed my life.
Chronic Pain, and the Denial of Care for Black Women
While lupus is a notoriously difficult diagnosis, there is quite a bit of evidence that women are generally taken less seriously, and even treated with suspicion, when they show up in the emergency room with pain as a primary symptom.
Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased
Many in the black community have fought for reproductive justice — but we’re often left out of the story.
It’s Time to Rethink Black History Month
If my friends and I were lucky, sometimes we heard about George Washington Carver, who invented peanut butter, or the Tuskegee Airmen. But one thing was constant: The people we heard about were almost always male.
The Fight to Cover Georgia
Low-income families, people of color, and youth are disproportionately affected by the decision not to expand Medicaid.
Improving health equity in Georgia
Expanding Medicaid to more Georgians at or near the poverty line is not just the right thing to do – it’s what our state and the rest of the deep south wants to do.
On Darrin Manning, and Reproductive Justice for Young Men of Color
When 16-year-old Darrin Manning left basketball practice, he surely did not imagine that the trip home would jeopardize his reproductive future.