In This Issue:
50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots + Raíz + Roo High School

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, which sparked the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Marsha was a prominent leader in the Stonewall movement and co-founded the organization Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) — a group dedicated to helping homeless young drag queens and trans women of color. Read more about Marsha's legacy and impact.

Since 2014, Planned Parenthood's Raíz (Spanish for "root") program has worked to build sustainable, community-organizing teams in partnership with Latinx communities, by Latinxs and for Latinxs. We asked Norma Jimenez, Specialist of Latino Leadership and Engagement, what the Raíz program means to her:

"My first time learning to unpack all the bottled-up feelings and trauma I had since I was little was through Raíz. Raíz provided me with resources and skills to help me develop my professional career. To be empowered, to make my own choices while at the same time being true to the values my family had instilled in me. I identify as an immigrant, as a woman, as a Latina, as a feminist, as the first to go to college, as a survivor. Raíz is not just another Planned Parenthood program. Raíz lifts up our people and our communities, and it empowers people to be true advocates for what they believe in. Raíz advocates for justice and helps change policies for the betterment of our families and ourselves. Raíz works with moms, abuelitas, teens, students, and community partners to work on issues that are important to us. Raíz organizers know we're not single-issue people who live single-issue lives. Raíz upholds our culture, our raices, our people, and more than anything, trust and family."

We want you to meet a few of the Latinx members of the Planned Parenthood family — and to learn from them, in their own words, about the importance of the work they do every day. Learn more here.

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Read More:

+ As a Latina, I Know Firsthand That Reproductive Justice Can Be Elusive

+ For Planned Parenthood Organizers In The Southwest, DACA Takes Priority

  Grace Colley & Caroline Roddey Davidson College
  Grace Colley and Caroline Roddey, executive board members of Davidson College's chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action, helped expand access to contraception and menstrual products on campus.

After learning that Plan B emergency contraception, pads, tampons, and other sexual wellness products were inaccessible after hours and only administered to cisgendered women, Grace and Caroline advocated for a more inclusive environment on the grounds that contraceptive and menstrual product access should not be a gendered responsibility.

Because of their work, all students can now access free menstrual products in campus bathrooms. Davidson College also installed a sexual wellness vending machine in a discreet, but accessible, location on campus. Learn more about their work here.

Watch YouTubers @mylifeaseva, @luhshawnay, @iamjamessss, and sex ed chatbot Roo answer questions about masturbation, periods, puberty, penises, vaginas, and more. Chatting with Roo is free and private, so go ahead and ask all your awkward questions about sex, relationships, growing up, and more!

Roo is designed for teens, but can be used by anyone who has questions about their sexual health. And as more people use Roo, the chatbot will continue to evolve and be able to answer even more questions on more topics.

Abortion is still legal in the United States, no matter what state you live in. Abortion has been legal in all 50 states since 1973, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion rights in Roe v. Wade

However, across the country, there are different restrictions in different states about abortion. While abortion is technically legal, it can sometimes be hard to access, and rules like waiting periods and mandatory counseling can make it more difficult to get an abortion.

If you or someone you know wants to have an abortion, help is available. Your nearest Planned Parenthood health center can give you all the information you need.

Please know that we will never stop defending access to safe, legal abortion care. We will always protect Planned Parenthood patients. And we will not stop until every person, in every state, has the rights and care they deserve.

Have more questions? Chat with a health educator.

Karrueche Tran and M.A.D. Nails (a New Orleans-based, black woman-owned nail salon), partnered with Planned Parenthood and our Stand with Black Women initiative in a sponsored sweepstakes. Pictured is Karrueche and our sweepstakes winner, Shabana Ramnarine of Queens Village, NY, getting sexual and reproductive health nail art from Morgan Dixon, M.A.D Nails owner and official nail artist for TNT's Claws.

What we're reading:

+ Abortion Rights Are Shrinking In America And Latinas Are Not Keeping Quiet

+ NYC to Honor Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera With Monuments

+ House Votes to Give 'Dreamers' a Path to Citizenship

+ What's Going On With The Abortion Laws? A State-By-State Look

+ Ariana Grande Donates the Proceeds of Her Atlanta Concert to Planned Parenthood

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