I was supposed to go to the women’s march in D.C.  I had many concerns due to my psoriatic arthritis, lupus, crohn’s, and primary immunoglobulin deficiency syndrome.  I did book a bus in high hopes of going but because I don’t fight infections well and I’m ill.  I also recently had a breast biopsy where…

In support of my sisters in America who are appalled at the division and swing to the extremes of politics, in rejection of Donald Trump’s intolerance, populism and hatred, and because my disability prevents me from attending the sister march in Edinburgh today.

America has been slowly moving in a direction of equality for all – no matter what race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, health status, etc. As a disabled woman, I deeply fear that the current administration will move us away from this positive direction, and will minimize the rights and benefits of so many Americans.

I am joining because I am the mother of a college-aged daughter who is the smartest, most-driven, and hardest-working person I know, who is worried about her future under the Trump regime. I am also joining because this regime is an existential threat to women, this nation, and the planet. And, I am joining because…

My name is Michelle Elder and I live in the Bay Area in California. I suffer from chronic postherpetic neuralgia on my ribs and face, which greatly limits my ability to march.  However, I would like to march along others today to protest the presidential seal of approval including but not limited to racism, sexism,…

I am an activist, a woman, I am queer, I have invisible illnesses that disable me. A march in the outdoors, hot day (in Canberra) was not a winning combination for me, but I know I still count.

I want equality for woman. I don’t want anyone else to be told you can’t because you’re a girl. Or to have to prove their love for their hobby because they are girl. The government needs to stay out of my reproductive health care. My choices should be determined be me and my doctor, maybe…

There is a war building up within the United States…starting with a war against women and spreading to a war against the sick, the elderly and the disabled, not to overlook an ongoing war against the disadvantaged, the poor and the people of color. This is not what America is about. We were slowly growing…