WE ARE A NONPROFIT LEGAL & POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO ADDRESSING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER INEQUALITY.

Our mission is broader than women’s rights, standing alone. We fight any discrimination based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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Trump-Pence Administration Issues Proposed Rule Designed to Eliminate Insurance Coverage of Abortion in the ACA Marketplace

Each of us should have coverage for a full range of pregnancy-related care, including abortion. #CoverMyAbortion

The Trump administration is at it again. In trying to force burdensome, confusing regulations on consumers and private insurance companies, Trump and his ideologues are attempting once again to end health insurance coverage for abortion. 

Gender Justice Welcomes Erin Maye Quade as Our New Advocacy Director

As Gender Justice’s new Advocacy Director, Erin Maye Quade will work to advance gender justice through public education, legislative outreach, strategic partnerships and coalition-building.
Hey, We're Hiring for Two NEW Positions: Advocacy Director and Legal Director

We’re so excited to announce two new positions at Gender Justice: Advocacy Director and Legal Director. Click through for the full job descriptions. Apply today!
Gender Justice Complaint Accuses Shane Co. of Discrimination Against Breastfeeding Employee

Gender Justice filed a complaint in Hennepin County State Court behalf of Rachel Pierce, a former sales associate at jeweler Shane Co. in Minnetonka. Pierce alleges that her managers harassed and ultimately forced her to quit by refusing to provide reasonable time and space for her to pump breast milk for her infant daughter.

Putting People's Health and Rights First
Putting People's Health and Rights First

All people should have access to affordable, quality health care and as a part of that, access to health care providers that meet their needs, including their sexual and reproductive health needs. In the past two decades, we have made significant progress in improving health access through policies rooted in that principle, like the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by 193 countries, including the United States. As attacks on that progress continue, lawmakers must not only defend those gains but urgently push for policies that are designed to ensure equitable access to health.
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Cruel Attack on Transgender Community

Gender Justice Executive Director Megan Peterson issued the following statement in response to the recent announcement that the White House is exploring options that would effectively erase transgender people from civil rights law and other nondiscrimination protections.

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WE ARE SEEKING ENTHUSIASTIC, SOCIAL-JUSTICE-MINDED APPLICANTS WHO SHARE A PASSION FOR GENDER JUSTICE TO JOIN OUR BOARD STARTING IN JANUARY 2019. 
Breaking News: Another Win for Trans Health Care Rights!

The U.S. District Court for Minnesota earlier today issued a ruling in Brittany Tovar and Reid Olson v. Essentia Health and Health Partners, Inc., affirming that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - a first-of-its-kind provision banning discrimination in health care based on sex - extends to transgender and gender non-conforming people.

Victory in Pregnancy Criminalization Case

Gender Justice joined the Women’s Law Project’s amicus brief to support the defendant in Commonwealth v. Dischman, a case in which a woman was charged with a first-degree felony for overdosing on opioids while pregnant. After receiving care for her overdose, Dischman went straight from the hospital to jail, with a bail set at $500,000.

Discrimination based on sex, gender, or sexual orientation harms everyone, no matter how they are perceived or self-identify.

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