References from Willing Observers’ Posts

(listed in Alphabetical Order, by Post topic/title)

Let’s Talk: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Veterans

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Veterans 

• Introduction to the Americans with Disabilities Act

• The ADA at 30: Beyond the Law’s Promise

• Twenty-Five Years After the ADA: Situating Disability in America’s System of Stratification

• 8 Facts About Americans with Disabilities

• Employment Data for Veterans with Disabilities

• PTSD: National Center for PTSD

• Department of Labor: Veteran Unemployment Rates

• Why Veterans Remain at Greater Risk of Homelessness - Boston University

• Lack of Housing and Mental Health Disabilities Exacerbate One Another

• Everyone Counts in the Effort to End Veteran Homelessness

• 582,462 and Counting

• Ten Tips for Employers: Tapping into the Talents of Veterans with Disabilities

• Veterans Resource Center

• Disability Resources

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Resource Page

• Find Your Representative

Let’s Talk: Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action

• What You Need to Know About Affirmative Action

• Affirmative Action Timeline and ACLU Position Paper

• A Plea For Affirmative Action

• Race, Ethnicity, and College Admissions

Let’s Talk: Allyship

Allyship

• What is Allyship?

• W.O. Communities: Complimentary Resources

• Black History Month and Allyship

Let’s Talk: The Attack on Drag

Attack on Drag

• Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows

• Tennessee law restricting drag is the 1st of many such proposed bills in the U.S.

• Far-right religious groups protest my drag storytime events. Here’s why I won’t stop.

• Tennessee Passed the Nation’s First Law Limiting Drag Shows. Here’s the Status of Anti-Drag Bills Across the U.S.

• The anti-drag bills sweeping the U.S. are straight from history's playbook

• How to Support Drag Queen Story Hour With Community-Led Safety

Action Items

• Love Your Labels: Drag Queen Story Time

• TAKE ACTION: Tell legislators to oppose and vote NO on SB 841/HB 30.

• Drag Story Hour

Let’s Talk: Black History Month

Black History Month, Allyship, and Antiracism

• Antiracism

• Reparations and NAARC Demands

• W.O. Allyship Resources

• Black History Month: Black History Themes

Let’s Talk: Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

• Racial Disparities and Climate Change

• Climate Migration and Equity

• Climate and Environmental Justice

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

MLK Day 2023

• About Martin Luther King Jr.

• The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

• 10 Things You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

Let’s Talk: Native American Heritage Month

Land Acknowledgement

• Native Land is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.

• A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

What is Native American Heritage Month

• Indian Issues: Federal Funding for Non-Federally Recognized Tribes

• Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2023

Native American Representation

• U.S. Senate confirms only 6th Native American ever to federal bench

• U.S. Congress reaches a milestone in Indigenous representations

One Month is Not Enough

• Genocide of Indigenous Peoples

• Native American Rights Fund: Issues & Priorities

How to Support Indigenous Communities

• National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

• Native American Languages are Disappearing. Colleges Could Help Preserve Them.

• Landback

Let’s Talk: The Power of “Happy Holidays”

Why Choose “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings” Over “Merry Christmas”?

• 11 Holidays the World Celebrates in December

Hanukkah

• When is Hanukkah, and How is it Celebrated Around the World?

• When is Hanukkah and Why is it Celebrated?

Kwanzaa

• The History of Kwanzaa

• Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture

The American Religious Landscape in 2020

• The 2020 PRRI Census of American Religion

• The 2020 PRRI Census of American Religion Full Report

The “War on Christmas”

• The War on Christmas

Christian Supremacy within the U.S.

• How the War on Christmas Became America’s Latest Forever War

• The War of Words behind ‘Happy Holidays’

Let’s Talk: Pregnancy & Digital Privacy in a Post Roe America

Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the overturn of Roe

• National Library of Medicine - Abortion Protections Rolled Back

• Six Months Post-Roe, 24 US States Have Banned Abortion or Are Likely to Do So: A Roundup

•  ACLU - Abortion Bans: In the States

•  Digital surveillance in a post-Roe world

• Texas man sues ex-wife's friends for allegedly helping her get abortion pills

• Fertility Apps Bound by Weak Disclosure Rules in Post-Roe World

• Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color

• Women of color will be most impacted by the end of Roe, experts say

• 12 states sue FDA to make abortion pill more accessible

• Texts, web searches about abortion have been used to prosecute women 

• A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion

• Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions

• The War On Abortion Could Turn The US Into A Police State

• Abortion pills now banned in Wyoming after governor signs bill into law

• All the Ways Dobbs Will Harm Pregnant Women, Whether or Not They Want an Abortion

• “It’s not just about abortion:” Overturning Roe could affect miscarriage care

• Confusion post-Roe spurs delays, denials for some lifesaving pregnancy care

• Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Collecting Troves of Data That Could Be Weaponized Against Women

• Kansas lawmakers might direct millions of dollars to anti-abortion counseling centers

• With Roe overturned, criticism of crisis pregnancy centers intensifies

• Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients

Ways You Can Take Action:

• Digital Defense Fund: Keep Your Abortion Private & Secure

• ACLU - Reproductive Freedom & Abortion

• National Network of Abortion Funds

• Planned Parenthood Action Fund

• Plan C

• Shout Your Abortion

• Thank God For Abortion Collective

Let’s Talk: Rainbow Capitalism & Corporate Allyship - June 2023

What It Is

• Library of Congress - LGBTQ+ Pride Month History

• Vox - How LGBTQ Pride Month became a branded holiday

LGBTQ+ Allyship

• Newsweek - Disney CEO Bob Iger Nuked Ron DeSantis as a Threat in Just Six Months

• CNBC - Disney Sues Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Alleges Political Effort to Hurt its Business

Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash

• Bloomberg - Companies Forced to Plan Different for Pride This Year

• New York Times - Brands Embracing Pride Month Confront a Volatile Political Climate

• Newsweek - Target’s Political Donations to Republicans Backfired

• The Guardian - 25 Corporations Marking Pride Donated Over $10m to Anti-LGBTQ+ Politicians - A Study

Allyship Is A Verb

• PBS Newshour - Rainbow Capitalism Raises Questions About Corporate Commitments and Pride Month’s Purpose

• The Washington Post - It’s Pride Month. Here’s How LGBTQ Rights Fared Around the World This Year

• ACLU - Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures

Why It Matters

• Scientific American - How Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric Fuels Violence

• Human Rights Campaign - For the First Time Ever, Human Rights Campaign Officially Declares ‘State of Emergency” for LGBTQ+ Americans; Issues National Warning and Guidebook to Ensure Safety for LGBTQ+ Residents and Travelers

• Associated Press News - Report: At Least 32 Transgender People Killed in US in 2022

Ways You Can Take Action Right Now: As An Individual

• ACLU

• HRC

• U.S. Small Business Association - LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses

Ways You Can Take Action Right Now: As A Corporate Entity 

• GLAAD - Workplace Resources and Giving

• GLAAD - Resources for Media Professionals

• HRC - Corporate Equality Index, Best Places for LGBTQ+ People to Work

• HRC - Professional Resources for Employers

Let’s Talk: Religious Freedom & Christian* Supremacy

*Willing Observers acknowledges that the sentiments in this post do not apply to all sects of Christianity

Religious Freedom

• How the War on Christmas Became America’s Latest Forever War

• About 3/10 U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated

• The Johnson Amendment in Five Questions and Answers

Sustainability & Gender Equality

Sustainability & Gender Equality 

• Bloodhart, Brittany and & Janet Swim. “Sustainability and Consumption: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?”  Journal of Social Issues (2020)

• UN. “How Your Company Can Advance Each of the SDGs”

• UN. “The 17 Goals”

• UN women. “Five Ways to Build Gender Equality & Sustainability” February 28, 2022

• UN Women. “Why Gender Equality Matters Across All SDGS” (2018)

Let’s Talk: Reclaiming Joy in Pride Month

Joy As A Form Of Resistance

• Watchdogs say Fox News is altering AP and Reuters stories to fuel anti-trans sentiment

• States passed a record number of transgender laws. Here’s what they say

• LGBT people nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes

• Audre Lorde

Positives in the Current Congressional Landscape

• 118th Congress breaks records for lesbian, gay and bisexual representation

• Maebe A. Girl seeks to be first openly trans, non-binary member of Congress

• Sarah McBride could be the first out transgender person in Congress

LGBTQ+ Representation in Congress

• 118th Congress breaks records for lesbian, gay and bisexual representation

Notable Firsts: LGB Representation

• 118th Congress breaks records for lesbian, gay and bisexual representation

• LGBT identification ticks up to 7.1%

Positives in the Legal & Judicial Landscape

• Federal judge blocks the country’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

• Federal court blocks Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

• New York appoints one of the first openly trans male judges in U.S. history

• Kolakowski is first transgender elected judge

• Storied career takes transgender attorney to judgeship

Youth Activism & Involvement

• A trans prom on the Capitol lawn

• Trans prom proved: trans youth joy is unstoppable

• Their high school canceled an LGBTQ play. These teens put it on anyway

LGBTQ2SAI+ in Arts & Media

• New York Times hardcover non-fiction best sellers list

• Book Review: Elliot Page, from shame to self-acceptance, in Hollywood’s glare

• Movie Reviews: Trace Lysette’s performance in Monica will go down as one of the best performances of 2023

• Interview with Trace Lysette: I can count on one hand the times I’ve seen a film with a trans person as lead

• J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell make history as first non-binary people to win acting Tonys

Let’s Talk: Thanksgiving and Indigenous Erasure

The History

• American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving

Present Day Encroachment on Indigenous Land

• Indigenous Groups Block Gad Pipeline in Canada and Spark Solidarity Protests

• Indigenous Activist on Why Groups are Protesting the Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota

The Historical Erasure of Indigenous Culture

• The Intergenerational Legacy of Boarding Schools and What We Can Do About It

• Two Years Ago: Wolakota Welcomes First 100 Buffalo

• Current Events in Histroical Perspective: Thanksgiving

The Progress Being Made

• An Acre of Land in Altadena has Been Formally Transferred to L.A.’s First People

• U.S. Congress Reaches a Milestone in Indigenous Representation

Land Acknowledgements

• Rethinking Land Acknowledgements

How to Support Indigenous Communities

• Recovering Voices

• Recovering Voices Outreach

• NDN Collective: Dedicated to Building Indigenous Power

• LANDBACK Movement

Let’s Talk: Title IX: An Overview of Changes and Challenges

The History

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Title IX and Sex Discrimination

Changing & Expanding Protections in 2024

• U.S. Department of Education Releases Final Title IX Regulations

• How the Impact of Bostock v. Clayton County on LGBTQ Rights Continues to Expand

• Students are a Little Safer with Biden’s New Title IX Regulations

Assessing Problems Holistically

• Nine Need-to-Know Changes From the New Title IX Rules

Challenges to 2024 Title IX Changes

• Students are a Little Safer with Biden’s New Title IX Regulations

• AAUW Applauds Updated Title IX Rules from U.S. Department of Education

• States, Conservative Groups Sue to Block New Title IX Rule

• Biden’s Title IX Rules Is Now Blocked in 14 States

How To Support New Title IX Guidance

• Title IX

• Resistbot

• Support California AB 2326 (Alvarez) – Title IX Compliance

• AAUW California Bill Tracking Report - 2024 Legislative Session

• Find Your Representative - U.S. House of Representatives

• Reducing Polarization Through Language

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)

What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?

• Remembering Rita Hester, Who Changed What It Means to Remember Trans Lives

• Transgender Day of Remembrance

Statistics and Remembrances

• Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2023

• Beaten Stabbed and Shot: 320 Trans People Killed in 2023 - New Monitoring Report

What Can You Do? Organizations to Support

• The Marsha P. Johnson Institute

• The TransLatina Coalition

• Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project

• The Trevor Project