Nell Gallogly

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Liam Stack |Nell Gallogly

A day after the National Park Service deleted the word "transgender" from prominent spots on its Stonewall National Monument website, hundreds of people rallied at the monument site on Friday to protest the move and what they feared might come next there. It was unclear whether federal officials planned to make physical alterations to eliminate references to transgender people at Stonewall, the first historic site in the United States devoted to the country's gay rights movement.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Alyce McFadden |Nell Gallogly |Wesley Parnell

Bells, drums and chants rang out Saturday afternoon in Union Square in Manhattan as thousands of New Yorkers gathered to protest an executive order from the Trump administration targeting transgender children and teens. At the rally, parents and children came together with activists and lawmakers to share their stories and call for action against President Trump's policies.

Jan 22, 2025 | nytimes.com | Nell Gallogly

Walmart, Ford, Meta: Some of the biggest companies in the country have rolled back efforts to increase workplace racial and gender equity - or at least been quieter about them. They've scaled back these initiatives under pressure from discrimination lawsuits, campaigns by social media influencers like Robby Starbuck and efforts by President Trump, who on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to investigate D.E.I. programs at publicly traded corporations.

Sep 30, 2024 | rethinking65.com | Nell Gallogly

When Oriana Papin-Zoghbi was looking for venture capital funding to develop a new type of test for ovarian cancer, she found her pitch did best with women investors. “They were able to resonate with the problem we are trying to solve,” she said. Avestria Ventures, a fund focused on women-founded startups, led an early investment of $5 million in Papin-Zoghbi’s company, AOA Dx. And two years later, Good Growth Capital, a firm founded by women, led an additional $17 million investment.

Sep 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Nell Gallogly

For women starting new businesses, early funding from venture capital firms led by other women is vital. But few are large enough to lead subsequent rounds of financing.