Nation Jul 29 Single women are outpacing single men in homeownership, but some face backlash By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes
Politics Feb 27 Iowa approves bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests The Iowa House approved a bill Thursday that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, less than an hour after the state Senate backed the legislation. First introduced last week, the measure raced through the legislative… By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press
Politics Jan 17 Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment 'law of the land' in probably symbolic statement It's unclear if Biden's statement will have any impact. The archivist has said the amendment cannot be certified because three-quarters of state legislatures did not ratify it before a deadline set by Congress. By Chris Megerian, Darlene Superville, Claire Savage, Associated Press
World Aug 04 For women athletes of color, outsized scrutiny over gender is nothing new, historians say Female athletes of color who don’t conform to typically Western ideals of femininity have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender, historians and anthropologists say. By Noreen Nasir
World Aug 02 Who is Olympian Imane Khelif? An Algerian woman boxer is facing gender backlash Khelif was assigned female at birth, but was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing unspecified and untransparent eligibility tests for women's competition from the now-banned International Boxing Association. By Greg Beacham, Associated Press
Jun 03 These are the pressing gender-related issues facing Mexico's next president By Sara España, Associated Press According to U.N. Women, up to 10 women are victims of femicide each day in Mexico. The number totaled 3,000 in 2023. Continue reading
Feb 27 Some states seek to deny transgender and nonbinary people's rights by legally defining sex By Andrew DeMillo, John Hanna, Associated Press At least 13 states have proposed bills this year that seek to narrowly define sex or gender as binary. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 13:08 School boards become battlegrounds for nation's divisions on race, gender and more By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson, Sam Weber School boards have traditionally been the domain of nonpartisan civic service, but in the last few years, they have increasingly become reflections of the nation's divisions. Judy Woodruff reports on a district in Pennsylvania where policies around books, gender, sports… Continue watching
May 22 5 reasons why the Legend of Zelda has stood the test of time By Casey Kuhn Tears of the Kingdom is now the fastest-selling title in the series, with 10 million copies purchased in the first three days. Continue reading
Mar 23 Most state bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth still allow controversial intersex surgery By Kate Sosin, The 19th More than two-thirds of the bills include exemptions for surgery that assigns minors who are born intersex as "male" or "female," an irreversible procedure condemned by the United Nations. Continue reading