ABC’s Primetime Live will feature an interview with Ellen Degeneres tonight at 10pm ET. In the interview, DeGeneres speaks openly with Diane Sawyer about ABC’s decision to cancel her television show, Ellen, and her anger over parental advisory warnings that accompanied several of this season’s episodes. Ellen made television history last year when the show’s […]
In the second year after affirmative-action admissions policies were dismantled at Berkeley law school, minority admissions remain dangerously low, despite modest increases. Boalt Hall School of Law extended admissions offers to 32 blacks this year, doubling last year’s numbers. However, none of the 15 blacks who were accepted last year agreed to attend the school. […]
Army civilian lawyer Kelly Theriot alleges that top Army officers joined forces to protect the man she accused of sexual harassment and to retaliate against her for making the complaint. Theriot has filed a lawsuit and testified to a federal jury that several top officials lessened her duties and powers, staff and other resources, and […]
A Ypsilanti, Michigan anti-discrimination ordinance that includes protection for lesbians and gay men was upheld in a 56 to 44% vote, despite a well-financed anti-gay rights campaign featuring Green Bay Packers football player Reggie White. The ordinance was unanimously approved last December but was suspended three months later after significant numbers of people signed a […]
The FBI has named Birmingham, AL clinic bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List and increased the reward for his capture from $100,000 to $1 million in an attempt to gain more tips and leads from the public. Attorney General Janet Reno, FBI Director Louis Freeh, and John W. Magaw, […]
A sex discrimination suit filed by eight female employees in February 1997 was settled yesterday. The plaintiff charged that they were systematically deprived of training, support staff, and other resources because of their sex. They also alleged that many women had returned from maternity leave to find their positions either eliminated or demoted. Under the […]
A South Korean woman who was forced, along with an estimated 200,000 others, to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII has rejected South Korea’s offer of $25,000 in compensation. Lee Yong-soo, who is now 71 years old, said that the Japanese government should be forced to pay, and that is why she will not […]
The “Kids Count” survey, released by the children’s advocacy group Annie E. Casey Foundation, reveals that quality childcare is often either difficult to find or too expensive, especially for low-income parents and parents who work non-traditional hours. The study argued that children in low income families are the ones who can benefit most from quality […]
A new medical test that determines whether pregnant women are at risk for premature labor has been approved by the FDA and is expected to become available for general use within six weeks. The test costs about $100 and is intended for women who are already at least 5 1/2 months pregnant. The test, which […]
A recent study published in Cancer suggests that women who have been treated for breast cancer suffer post-menopausal hot flashes that are more intense, lengthy, and frequent than those experienced by healthy women. 114 postmenopausal women who had been treated for breast cancer were surveyed about the frequency and severity of their hot flashes. Fifty-four […]
Peace talks between the ruling fundamentalist Taliban militia and the northern opposition, which controls the remaining 15% of the country, have been suspended due to disagreement over road blockades and the establishment of a governing council composed of Islamic scholars. The Taliban has refused to remove the blockades, which block foreign aid to the country, […]
A study conducted by Yale University School of Medical researchers found that sexual harassment was four times more likely than active military duty to cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among female military veterans. PTSD symptoms include nightmare or flashbacks, avoidance of places where stress occurred or things that remind the individual about the stressful incidents, […]
A study published in Psychiatric Services concluded that women who had a history of physical and/or sexual abuse were less likely to receive preventive healthcare than other women. Preventative healthcare was defined as having a physical examination, a Pap smear and a breast examination within the past 5 years, and a mammogram for women over […]
Recent studies show that three new drugs — Xeloda, angiostatin and endostatin, show promise as cancer treatments. Xeloda (capecitabine), which received FDA approval last week, is taken orally and is used by breast cancer patients whose tumors have already shown resistance to another commonly-used drug called Taxol. When Xeloda is ingested, the body converts the […]
According to a National Gay and Lesbian Task Force press release, Irmo High School, located near Columbia, S.C., canceled a scheduled Indigo Girls concert when school Principal Gerald Witt learned that band members Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are gay. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Kerry Lobel said “Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and […]
In central Afghanistan at least 100 people, mostly women and children, have died of starvation caused by a Taliban militia blockade barring transport of relief supplies into the region, according to unconfirmed U.N. World Food Program (WFP) reports. Reports said that 3,000 families are likely to run out of food in a few days and […]
Increased use of birth control and less sex have resulted in the lowest teen pregnancy rates since the United States government began keeping track in 1970, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In 1996, 9.2 percent of African-American teenage girls gave birth, falling dramatically from a birth rate of 30.2% in 1991. U.S. […]
The United Methodist Church announced that its Judicial Council, the church’s highest judicial body, will decide in August whether its ministers should be allowed to perform same-sex marriages. The church’s International Council of Bishops already issued a statement condemning the practice. The statement said, “We are committed to uphold the theological, ethical and polity matters […]
Four lesbian Democrats are running for House seats this year, according to an article in the Congressional Quarterly. Retired Army Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer is running for Washington’s 2nd District; State Representative Tammy Baldwin is seeking election in Wisconsin’s 2nd District; San Diego City Councilwoman Christine Kehoe is running in California’s 49th District and former Massachusetts […]
Ronald Harnois, 48, is pleading innocent to charges that he murdered his second wife while serving a 20-year sentence for bigamy and attempted murder. Harnois had conspired to kill his wife by binding six pipe bombs to her car in 1990 for the insurance money. Harnois’ second wife, Tammy Petrin, agreed to testify that she […]
