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North Carolina Open Thread: Economic prejudice from Dobbs, ‘Queerolina’ exhibit, John Cole [1]

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Date: 2022-07-03

x The last few days have been hard. But know that as long as I’m Governor, and voters keep enough Democrats in the legislature this November to sustain my veto, we will protect women’s reproductive freedom in North Carolina. — Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC) June 27, 2022

Citizens no more

WRAL / BlueNC, Tressie McMillan Cottom, New York Times

I grew up choosing where and how I work because Roe v. Wade gave me many of the same basic rights of personhood as men, for example. Millions of women have, to different degrees, been able to do the same.

With Roe v. Wade toppled, we do not have the same rights in all labor markets. In a global market, an empowered worker is one who can migrate. With Dobbs, women cannot assume that we can safely work in Idaho the same way that we can in Oregon or Washington. I cannot negotiate wages or time off with an employer with the same risk profile as those who cannot become pregnant. An employer who offers lower pay in a state with abortion care indirectly benefits from women’s inability to take our labor on the open market across the nation.

Thanks to a rogue court, women’s lives are now more determined by the accidents of our birth than they were a week ago.

BlueNC- By the same token, if a woman wants to migrate from a Gilead state to an abortion-friendly one, she's going to have to compete with many other women seeking to do the same, like some warped game of musical chairs. Until I read this editorial, I had not considered this economic angle. Which is another reason why elevating women's voices is so important.

https://www.wral.com/citizens-no-more/20351416/

BlueNC, James, 7/2/2022

US Senate:

Cherie Beasley

NC Supreme Court:

Sam Ervin

Lucy Inman

NC Senate:

Sydney Batch

Mary Wills Bode

Rachel Hunt

Valerie Jordan

Marcia Morgan

And here are my bets in the NC House:

Terrence Everitt

Amy Block Deloach

Christy Clark

Diamond Staton-Williams

This list is from Jane, Janet, Nancy and James, with consultation from many friends and influencers. It's a good list at the top for sure. NC House names are more or less my personal favorites.

NC Policy Watch, Joe Lillian, 7/2/2022

As LGBTQ Pride month came to a close this past week, queer people in North Carolina are more visible than they’ve been in generations — holding parades and celebrations in the state’s largest cities and its smaller towns, embraced by major corporations, and celebrated in government proclamations.

June was also a tumultuous month for LGBTQ North Carolinians, however. Even as transgender people in the state saw important legal victories, they were targeted by state legislation and local GOP officials. Meanwhile, masked right-wing protesters attempted to shut down drag queen story time events at libraries and private businesses. These latter events are indicative of an environment LGBTQ advocates say reflects the mainstreaming of extremist beliefs and political scapegoating of queer communities.

This month a new online exhibit from the UNC-Chapel Hill University Libraries illuminates the true history of LGBTQ people at the flagship school of the state’s university system. “Queerolina: Experiences of Place and Space Through Oral Histories” is part of the larger “Story of Us” archive project begun by the Carolina Pride Alum Network. It includes an interactive map of the campus and surrounding area, with markers that activate the stories of LGBTQ alumni in their own voices.

Filling historical gaps and shining a light

Hooper Schultz, the PhD student and oral historian who helped organize the exhibit, said the project helps fill in important gaps in Carolina’s history that are too common.

“Historically in archival collections like at Wilson Libary or elsewhere, the fact that someone was gay was often hidden — it was something that was considered an embarrassment,” Hooper told Policy Watch this week. “Sometimes the family or the library themselves were restricting those records or not tagging them as queer. So there’s a whole history that is there, but isn’t apparent unless you know who to talk to about it.”

John Cole's political cartoons on North Carolina topics appear weekly for NC Policy Watch. He is currently the staff cartoonist for the editorial pages of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, PA. Prior to this, he enjoyed a nearly 20-year run with The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC, where he developed an affection for the state, its people and its politics. His award-winning work is internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons.

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