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June 11, 2022

TRANSPHOBIC AND ANTI-ABORTION POLICIES ARE A DIRECT THREAT TO MY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

BY SUSAN FREDERICK-GRAY JUNE 6, 2022 [Are you a UU? Let me know…] The Public Religion Research Institute recently highlighted an important statistic: nearly all Unitarian Universalists (97 percent) support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ people. It’s a similar story for reproductive rights—according to the Pew Research Center, 90 percent of Unitarian Universalists (UUs) support keeping abortion legal in all or…

United States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender marker

By COLLEEN SLEVIN October 27, 2021 DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the…

Membership of the 116th Congress: A Profile

There are 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 5 permanently inhabited territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 116th Congress was 57.6 years; of Senators, 62.9 years. Sen. Dianne Feinstein…