Also Try Same-Sex Marriages Lists Education and Women (WWWomen) Provides resources related to women and gender equity issues. Why Republican Leader Opposes Hate Crime Protections for Gays (CBS News) "In an email, Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said Boehner 'supports existing federal protections (based on race, religion, gender, etc) based on immutable characteristics.' " "It should be noted that the current law does not include gender, though the expanded legislation would cover gender as well as sexual orientation, gender identity and disability." "Boehner's position, then, appears to be grounded in the notion that immutable characteristics should be protected under hate crimes laws. And while religion is an immutable characteristic, his office suggests, sexual orientation is not." News -01-30-09 Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill (USA Today) "President Obama signed his first bill Thursday, a gender pay equity law that had been a hallmark of his campaign for the White House." "The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act makes it easier for workers to sue companies for pay discrimination and effectively reverses a 2007 Supreme Court decision that had given workers 180 days to file a lawsuit after the pay inequity allegedly first took place." 01-09 -02-14-06 The Science of Sexual Orientation (CBS News) "There are few issues as hotly contested — and as poorly understood — as the question of what makes a person gay or straight. It's not only a political, social, and religious question but also a scientific question, one that might someday have an actual, provable answer." 03-06 -04-10-06 Students Sue for Support to Not Tolerate (LATimes) "The religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality, anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their membership to all." "Legal analysts agree that the ministry, as a private organization, has every right to exclude gays; the Supreme Court affirmed that principle in a case involving the Boy Scouts in 2000. At issue is whether the university must grant official recognition to a student group that discriminates." 04-06 -05-18-07 Kids of Same-Sex Parents Do Fine (CBS News) "Children growing up in same-sex parental households do not necessarily have differences in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems from children growing up in heterosexual parent homes." 05-07 -05-18-07 The Science of Sexual Orientation (CBS News) "Psychologists used to believe homosexuality was caused by nurture — namely overbearing mothers and distant fathers — but that theory has been disproved. Today, scientists are looking at genes, environment, brain structure and hormones. There is one area of consensus: that homosexuality involves more than just sexual behavior; it’s physiological." 05-07 A Transsexual Vs. the Government: What Is Gender? (Time.com) "At the trial last month, Schroer's expert witness, a University of Minnesota psychologist named Walter Bockting — the incoming president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health — testified that sex is a multifaceted notion comprised of several elements, one of which is one's mental gender identity. Part of his evidence was that thousands of babies are born each year with uncertain sex. They have XY chromosomes but no visible male sex organs. Or they have XX chromosomes but do not appear, outwardly, to be normal girls. Or they have even more complicated chromosomal constructions — XXY, for instance — which render their sex entirely indeterminate." "These individuals, who are called intersexed, are usually assigned a gender by the obstetricians who deliver them. As intersexed children grow up, they and their parents must decide whether they agree with the sex assigned to them at birth." "It seems likely that sex is some combination of chromosomes, psychology and environment." 09-08 Teen Champions "Equality for All" (MarinaGatto.com) "My moms have taught me that you never combat hate with hate. Instead, educate, love, and lead by example. What you can't accept, you change. The greatest differences I think I make, and my family makes, are by just being who we are." 05-07 Papers Boy Scouts Lose Appeal Over Their Ban (CNN News) "The Boy Scouts of America lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal over its exclusion from sharing in the proceeds of a state-run charity campaign because it bans homosexuals." "Connecticut says it excluded 29 other organizations from the charitable campaign because they didn't meet the non-discrimination requirement." 3-04 Editorial: The Limits of Tolerance (New York Times) "For us, gender equality is a fundamental value. But we also profess tolerance for other people’s culture and religion. Which principle should prevail? Should we respond to these developments with tolerance?" "We should not. Tolerance ends where harm begins." 04-09 Gays and Lesbians - Policy Statements (American Psychological Association) Provides statements on the positions of the American Psychological Association on issues related to gays and lesbians, with a special emphasis on educational settings and adolescents. 12-03 Girls and Women - Title 9 Equity Legislation (National Association of Girls and Women in Sports) Describes the legislation and its benefits for girls and women. 8-01 Homosexuality - What Is It? (PFLAP) Provides a summary of research from mental health and psychological studies on gays and lesbians for principals, educators, and school personnel. Uses PDF format. 9-02 How Much Did Hillary Break the Glass Ceiling? (U.S. News) "She made it further than any other woman, but the barriers for a woman becoming president remain high." 08-08 Identical Twins Become Brother and Sister (ABC News) "Thirty-five years ago, near Anchorage, Alaska, Juanita and Liana Barbachano were born identical twins. Today, the twin sisters are now sister and brother." 12-04 Is Gender "Hard-Wired?" (CNN News) "In fact, one study found that when 18-month-old boys and girls were shown pictures of a doll and a vehicle, for example, most of the girls opted for the doll, while the majority of the boys chose the vehicle. And while 18 months is old enough to have been influenced by stereotyped gifts, research suggests that many of the differences we see are evident from birth, and may even be hardwired. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gender research." 08-08 Portrait of James in the 18th Century (Tolerance.org) Shows that it was the sytle of the times for boys to be dressed in ribbons and "dresses" in the 18th century. 10-02 Research: Boys and Girls React Differently (ABC News) "Do boys and girls really deal with people in very different ways? Yes, say researchers like Campbell Leaper of the University of California." 09-10-06. Study: Men and Women Think Differently (LiveScience.com) "Men and women do think differently, at least where the anatomy of the brain is concerned, according to a new study." 06-07 White Young Females Get Coverage - Others Do Not (MSNBC News) "The special attention afforded missing white women can be especially galling for families of other descriptions because missing adults already start out at a disadvantage." 7-04 Women Now Give More Than Men (U.S. News) "Analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by Grant Thornton shows that for the first time, women gave more money than men in 2005, according to the latest publicly available tax return data. " "Justin Ransome, a partner in Grant Thornton's national tax office, says he's noticed a similar trend among his clients. 'Women tend to give without trying to seek a benefit in return,' he says, while most of his male clients try to give as part of their estate tax plan." 09-08 World's Most Powerful Women (MSNBC News) "Hopeful signs for women: Forbes' fifth annual ranking showcases women who have beat out men for top business posts this year, including Lynn Laverty Elsenhans (No. 39), the new chief of Sunoco; Gail Kelly (No. 11), who heads Australian bank Westpac; and Jane Mendillo (No. 42), who was just named to run the $35 billion Harvard University endowment." "In total, the women ranked on this list control $26 trillion worldwide." 08-08

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