Justine Nicholas, Author at Women's eNews

In WNBA Coaching Bounces to the Guys

By Justine Nicholas ● Arts & Culture ● September 3, 2006

After 10 years, the WNBA’s coaching staff has become predominantly male. One female coach says that’s because a higher level of play stokes demand for coaches with professional–versus college–experience. The 2006 season finals continue today.

Pols Offer Few Fixes for Sandwiched Caretakers

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● March 30, 2006

Millions of middle-aged women are working full-time and caring for both a child and a parent. AARP is promoting laws to ensure flexible hours for such older workers but the initiative has been overshadowed by Medicare reform.

Transgender Women Criticize Police Treatment

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● November 17, 2005

Nov. 20 is Transgender Remembrance Day, when individuals and groups worldwide honor those who have been killed as a result of prejudice. A recent report finds that despite hate-crime laws, police officers often mistreat transgender women.

Lesbians and Transgenders Struggle for Shelter

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● December 26, 2004

Life is never easy in a homeless shelter. But advocates say it’s particularly harsh for lesbians and transgender women because the shelter system fails to provide gender-appropriate treatment. City officials say they’re doing what they can.

Community Colleges Help Women Start Over

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● May 13, 2004

While the elite former women’s colleges inch toward gender parity, a female stronghold is developing among the low-cost community colleges, where many of the students are the first female members of their families to read and write.

Straight or Gay, Women Attracted to Democrats

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● March 22, 2004

Lesbians, transgender women, heterosexual women and gay men are finding common ground in their opposition to the Bush administration’s health and social policies. The result, activists say, is a bonanza for the Democratic Party this election year.

Changing Gender Without Changing Jobs

By Justine Nicholas ● Uncategorized ● October 23, 2003

A transgendered English professor spends a year teaching in her old identity as a man. This fall, Justine Nicholas reveals her new gender identity to students and teachers and receives some surprising responses.

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