What We Missed

Today is Black HIV/AIDs Awareness Day. A good article about what’s behind the HIV/AIDs epidemic in the Black community.

Some advice from Jezebel about preparing for a pelvic exam if you’re a sexual assault survivor.

Republican Congressman thinks Onion story about Planned Parenthood is true.

An article in the Yale Daily News covering my event where I talked about my experiences growing up in a Cuban immigrant family as part of their annual Sex Week events.

Only two days left til the big ol’ fundraiser for the New York Abortion Access Fund. If you’re in NYC, you should really be there. If you’re not, you can still support their super important work.

A 2010 memoir from the founder of the Komen Foundation shows that she supports partnering with Planned Parenthood for the access it gives “rural women, poor women, Native American women, many women of color who were underserved” and that not supporting those centers would be turning “our backs on these women.” Via Colorlines.