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'Is this what a good mother looks like?'; A year after the Atlanta shootings, Asian women live in fear: 'How are we all going to stay safe?'; What's next for Florida's high school activists after bill restricting LGBTQ topics in elementary schools; Consent is not enough. We need a new sexual ethic.; Pregnancy-related deaths shot up during pandemic's first year; What became of Trayvon Martin's hoodie? ; Battle over Native American burial site in Virginia ends in tribal victory; Ralph Lauren revises his vision of the American Dream, inspired by the style of HBCUs; Michelle Yeoh finally loses her cool: 'What have I got to lose?'; 'This is akin to a hostile takeover': A predominantly Black town is being asked to give up its charter ; A Wall Street lifer's Quixotic quest to build a nonracist bank; Brands continue to release genderless collections. Is this what nonbinary shoppers actually want? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Vanessa Williams  Email This edition features stories by our colleagues about parents being hurt by the government. In one case, the federal government won't come to the aid of a mother begging for help for her mentally ill son. In another case, a Texas directive is threatening parents who let their children medically transition genders. This is not happening in some faraway underdeveloped or authoritarian country. These families live here in the United States. We also bring you a thought-provoking essay by Christine Emba, who writes for the Opinion section, about the need for a sexual ethic beyond consent. And we note the anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings and how the ongoing violence has robbed Asian American women of their sense of safety. Thank you for reading. (Family photo) Dreading the knock at the door: Parents of trans kids in Texas are terrified for their families State Attorney General Ken Paxton said child abuse investigations of parents who let their children medically transition genders will continue despite a court order halting them. By Caitlin Gibson ●  Read more »   (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) 'Is this what a good mother looks like?' After struggling to get treatment for her mentally ill son, a mother's act of desperation: giving up custody. By William Wan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   (Photos by Shuran Huang; Carolyn Fong and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The Washington Post) A year after the Atlanta shootings, Asian women live in fear: 'How are we all going to stay safe?' On the anniversary of the spa shootings that left six Asian women dead, others say they are trying to safeguard themselves amid ongoing violence. By Marian Chia-Ming Liu ●  Read more »     More from The Post What's next for Florida's high school activists after bill restricting LGBTQ topics in elementary schools By Rachel Hatzipanagos ●  Read more »   Consent is not enough. We need a new sexual ethic. Opinion ●  By Christine Emba ●  Read more »   Pregnancy-related deaths shot up during pandemic's first year By Salvador Rizzo ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   What became of Trayvon Martin's hoodie? By Manuel Roig-Franzia ●  Read more »   Battle over Native American burial site in Virginia ends in tribal victory By Gillian Brockell ●  Read more »   Ralph Lauren revises his vision of the American Dream, inspired by the style of HBCUs Perspective ●  By Robin Givhan ●  Read more »     What we're reading Michelle Yeoh finally loses her cool: 'What have I got to lose?' By Rebecca Sun | The Hollywood Reporter  ●  Read more »   'This is akin to a hostile takeover': A predominantly Black town is being asked to give up its charter By Anita Wadhwani | Tennessee Lookout  ●  Read more »   A Wall Street lifer's Quixotic quest to build a nonracist bank By Max Abelson and Jordyn Holman | Bloomberg  ●  Read more »   Brands continue to release genderless collections. Is this what nonbinary shoppers actually want? By Mercedes Viera | Refinery29 ●  Read more »     Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Lily Lines for important and empowering stories for women in the know to start and end your week. Delivered on Mondays and Thursdays. Sign up »

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