The Round-Up: July 1, 2014

• Yesterday’s big news was the shameful U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to use religious beliefs to avoid covering birth control for employees. Read these great responses at Bitch and Think Progress.
• And this is after another terrible SCOTUS ruling last week, striking down buffer zones at abortion clinics. Lauren Rankin at RH Reality Check describes what it’s like dealing with protestors outside clinics and why buffer zones are so necessary.
• On the other hand, the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling extending Aboriginal title is monumental and, according to Press Progress, “has the potential to transform the politics of resource extraction and development in Canada.”
• Mother Jones has put together some amazing photos of San Francisco Pride in the 1980s.
• The Canadian Senate has risen for the summer, still without passing Bill C-279, which would expand legal and human rights protections for trans people (via Transgriot).
• The Vancouver School Board’s updated Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity policy, which increases protections for trans students, is profiled in The Advocate.
• In movie news, Sarah Polley is set to write and direct the film version of John Green’s Looking for Alaska (via Women and Hollywood).
• Imara Jones at Colorlines explains what you need to know about Obama’s executive order on workplace discrimination against LGBTQ people and why it’s important.
• The Toronto Star reports on the mass wedding of 115 LGBTQ couples as a part of the Toronto World Pride celebrations.
• And over at my Trekkie Feminist Tumblr I made a list of the Top 10 Women Star Trek Characters That Still Need Their Own Action Figures.