Oh, No, It's a Girl! South Asians Flock to Sex-Selection Clinics in U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2010
Advertising online, U.S. fertility clinics are getting rich by exploiting deep cultural biases in India and other countries where sex-selection procedures are illegal.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: clinics, fertility, gender, India, JeffreySteinberg, sexselection, women'srights
Gay Couples Can Now Adopt Kids in Mexico City
EFE, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
The Mexican Supreme Court today approved adoption by same-sex couples in Mexico City.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino
Tags: gayadoption, gaymarriage, mexicocity, mexicogaymarriage, mexicosamesexmarriage
Free Press Targets Blacks and Women for Net Neutrality Campaign
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
According to the Free Press, the core supporters of Net Neutrality are affluent whites, who, have easy access to broadband.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Tags: blacks, campaign, free press, net, neutrality, poor, women
37 Years for Murder of José Sucuzhañay
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
The two men who beat an Ecuadorean immigrant to death were sentenced Thursday to 37 years in prison.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: ecuadoranimmigrant, ecuadoreanimmigrant, ecuadorianimmigrant, hatecrime, JoséSucuzhañay
Three Women on the Supreme Court
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Elena Kagan—a New Yorker—as the 112th Supreme Court justice.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: elenakagan, kagan, supremecourt, women, womenofcolor
Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
The day after a federal judge overturned a California ban on same-sex marriage, the Mexican Supreme Court voted 8-2 to uphold the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in Mexico City.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latin America, Latino
Tags: gaylatinos, gaymarriage, gaymarriageruling, gaymexico, mexicocitygaymarriage
A Civil Rights Victory
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
The federal judge’s decision on gay marriage grants recognition to the importance of civil rights, according to an editorial in La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gaymarriage, gaymarriageruling, prop8, prop8ruling, samesexmarriage, samesexmarriageruling
Prop 8 and SB 1070 -- Sisters Under the Skin?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
When I heard about Judge Robert Vaughn Walker’s ruling on same-sex marriage, I immediately thought of one person. Judge Susan Bolton.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, ban, immigration, marriage, same-sex. anchor babies, san francisco
San Francisco Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
As word spread that a federal judge had struck down Califrnia's ban on same-sex marriage, San Francisco's Castro District filled up with revelers.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Video
Three Things to Watch for Post Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
When Prop 8 passed two years ago, black voters took a lot of the blame. We'll see how much that's changed this time around.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: ban, black, california, marriage, prop 8, queer, same-sex
Latino Catholics Support Gay Marriage
Public Religion Research Institute, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Latino Catholics in California are significantly more likely to support same-sex marriage than Latino Protestants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Religion
Tags: gaylatinos, gaymarriage, latinosgay, prop8, prop8california, samesexmarriage