Feminist Current: Women Picket DC

On January 20 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Biden’s order chooses to interpret sex broadly as “sexual orientation and gender identity” but does not make any provisions for the physical category of sex, meaning that women and girls may no longer be a legally protected class once the order is implemented.

In response, American feminists are organizing. Courtney Piper, a Former Child Protective Service Specialist, Doula, mother, grassroots  journalist, and spiritual activist, has planned Women Picket DC, set to take place on March 8 — international women’s day — to protest Biden’s executive order and to demand rights as women and girls to single sex spaces and sports.

Meghan Murphy speaks with Courtney about her work and demands.