Written by Zane McNeill, Civil Rights & Health Equity Legal Fellow at L4GG — reproductive justice and transgender liberation are not separate fights: they share the same core principle of bodily autonomy and face the same coordinated political attacks, making solidarity between movements not just important but essential.
Written by Amy Powell, Litigation Director at L4GG — a firsthand account from inside a Texas detention center holding up to 5,000 people, almost none with legal representation, and the urgent infrastructure L4GG is building through its Detention Bridge Project to change that.
Written by Zane McNeill, Civil Rights & Health Equity Legal Fellow at L4GG — the prosecution of Maria Margarita Rojas, a Houston-area Latina midwife who served uninsured, Spanish-speaking patients, is the first criminal case under Texas's abortion ban and echoes a long history of racialized attacks on midwives of color.
Since 2023, states like Florida and Texas have tried to ban drag performances under the guise of “protecting children from obscenity,” with wildly different results in court. This piece breaks down the legal strategy, the latest rulings (including a split between the Eleventh Circuit and a Texas federal judge), and how advocates are pushing back to defend free expression.
