4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1082+ words) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ children in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (450+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee library board has fired the county's top librarian for refusing to comply with its vote to move more than 100 LGBTQ+ books from the children's to the adult section over its claims that they promote "gender confusion....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (56+ words) Conversion therapy" bills filed twice in Arkansas legislature'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Conversion therapy" bills filed twice in Arkansas legislature Bill Bowden covers a variety of news for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, primarily in Northwest Arkansas. He has worked at the newspaper for…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (546+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Saturday blocked an amendment that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women's sports, rejecting one of President Donald Trump's priorities as he pressures Congress to act on a broad voting bill. The House passed the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (122+ words) Declaration on trans youth care overruled'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Declaration on trans youth care overruled PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal judge said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (651+ words) Conservatives have long complained that a rigid leftist monoculture has transformed colleges into centers of ideological indoctrination. As a hermetically sealed echo chamber, so the argument goes, academe has aggressively discriminated against anyone who refuses to bow with sufficient fervor…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (770+ words) WASHINGTON -- Becky Pepper-Jackson finished third in the discus throw in West Virginia last year though she was in just her first year of high school. Now a 15-year-old sophomore, Pepper-Jackson is aware that her upcoming season could be her last....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (138+ words) OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Reasons to be skeptical on Arkansas" PBS claims'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette John Brummett's career in news began when he was in high school, as a part-time reporter for the Arkansas Democrat. He moved to the Arkansas Gazette in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (422+ words) WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. Justices listened for more than three hours of arguments on whether the bans adopted in more than two dozen…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (668+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly…...