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SEXUALITY

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2013
Hormone therapy adjusts body's balance over years
The hormone replacement therapy that U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has requested alters the body's balance of sex hormones: estrogen for male-to-female and testosterone for female-to-male transitions. Sometimes, male-to-female patients will also be given progesterone, another steroid typically produced...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2013
Convicted leaker Manning says he's a woman, wants to be called Chelsea
U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning said Thursday that he will live as a woman and seek hormone replacement therapy while incarcerated, confronting the military prison system with a demand that has prompted state and federal institutions to reluctantly offer similar treatment to inmates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2013
Sicily's openly gay governor risks life in anti-Mafia drive
Of the previous two men to sit in Sicily's palatial governor's office, one is up on criminal charges and the other is doing hard time. Their successor, Rosario Crocetta, is the unlikeliest politician ever to govern Cosa Nostra country.
WORLD / Society
Jul 30, 2013
Pope's accepting comments on gays mark change in tone
In another act of the kind of humble outreach that has marked the early months of his papacy, Pope Francis called on Monday for the integration of gays into society, remarking that even as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he has no right to "judge" gay people.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 21, 2013
U.S. state officials balk at defending 'unconstitutional' laws
Once state legislation is passed, it's usually up to the governor and attorney general to see that the law is implemented. But in a number of high-profile cases around the U.S., top state officials are balking at defending laws on gay marriage, immigration and other socially divisive issues, saying the...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 18, 2013
Research suggests fathers can nurture too
Unlike the male pundits, politicians and even financiers who have recently opined freely about what they consider "natural" roles for mothers and fathers, with mom at home and dad at work, behavioral neuroscientist Kelly Lambert's methodical approach has led her to a much more complicated conclusion....
WORLD / Society
Mar 28, 2013
Effects of same-sex parenting debated
Amid the legal arguments at Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing on same-sex marriage, there loomed a social science question: How well do children turn out when they are raised by gay parents?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2013
Supreme Court reflects 'modern marriage'
There's a widow who was a pioneer of the "modern marriage," and one who never wed. Two who have been divorced.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2013
Senator's support of gay marriage puts him at odds with GOP voters
In 1996, he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriage. In 1999, he voted to prohibit gay couples in Washington from adopting. Two years ago, his son told him he was gay.
WORLD / Society
Feb 23, 2013
25% of U.S. teens harassed online by partner
In another mark of the increasingly digital life of teenagers, more than 25 percent of those who dated said their love interests threatened or harassed them online or using texts, according to a new study that is touted as the most comprehensive look at the phenomenon.

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