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Advocates Updates
New Publications:
- Uganda's bill to imprison gays for life is an outrage that should be rejected (Washington Post)
A Washington Post Editorial - Same-sex marriage trial to be shown on YouTube (CNN)
A California judge ruled Wednesday to allow cameras in a federal courtroom to document a challenge to Proposition 8, a measure banning same-sex marriage. - Hill Republicans join fight against D.C. gay marriage (Washington Post)
Republican congressional leaders have joined local activists in a court fight to allow voters to decide whether same-sex marriage should be legal in the District, underscoring the continued uncertainty surrounding the issue. - Few Parents Think Teens Are Having Sex (CBS)
CBS News Poll Examines American Parents' Perceptions of Their Own Kids' Behavior - US Job Site Bans Bias over Gender Identity (New York Times)
The Obama administration has inserted language into the federal jobs Web site explicitly banning employment discrimination based on gender identity. - South Korea Confronts Open Secret of Abortion (New York Times)
For decades, the South Korean government tended to look the other way, seeing a high birthrate as an impediment to economic growth. Now, the government has concluded that this policy was too successful.
by Meghan Rapp, Manager, State Strategies
For the last three years, state sex education leaders have gathered in Washington, DC at the State Summit to strategize with national organizations about ways to pass comprehensive sex education policies at the state and national level. Much of these efforts had been directed at eliminating funding for abstinence-only programs, but this year, it was a new day in sex education and there was cause to celebrate during the conference – the President proposed eliminating federal abstinence-only funds from his budget. (And, as we have recently learned, Congress has followed this lead by keeping the funds out of the omnibus appropriations bill.)
Recent Research for the Week of 1/4/2010
by Mary Seymour, Library and Research Intern
This week's new research includes:
- an analysis of a curriculum to teach young people about healthy relationships
- new articles about factors affecting teen childbearing and contraceptive use
- a study in juveniles who commit sex offenses against minors, and
- a discussion of the mouth and factos that may influence HIV infection.
