Author – The Durango Herald

Many hurdles ahead for transgender rights

NEW YORK – As gays and lesbians rack up victories in their quest for marriage equality and other rights, transgender Americans are following in their path – hopefully, but less smoothly. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Family

Christian adoption effort struggles

Movement faces criticism, some leaders agree

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Employers’ wariness thwarts qualified sightless jobseekers

Blind people continue to face obstacles to full-time work

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Some men opting to become single fathers

Trey Powell’s first name has an extra resonance these days. Though still a bachelor, he now presides over a family of three as the dad of twin daughters born six months ago to a surrogate mo...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Family

Deaths of wandering autistic youths prompt action

The 3-year-old girl wandered away from her grandmother’s home in Wareham, Mass., in mid-April. A frantic search began almost immediately, and within an hour little Alyvia Navarro was found u...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Military cuts adult magazines

NEW YORK – Playboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges – a move described by the stores’ operators as a business decision based o...

DATE: Aug 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Some gay-rights activists regret focus on marriage

NEW YORK – Even as it celebrates victories in the push for same-sex marriage, America’s gay-rights movement is experiencing self-criticism and internal divisions about its approach to other ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Financial woes beset Girl Scouts

Group faces declining membership

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gay marriage battles heat up

Activists to fight bans state-by-state

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For nationwide gay marriage, more battles to be fought

NEW YORK – Even as they celebrate a momentous legal victory, supporters of gay marriage already are anticipating a return trip to the Supreme Court in a few years, sensing that no other opti...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Christian group apologizes to gay community

The leader of Exodus International, a Christian ministry that worked to help people repress same-sex attraction, has apologized to the gay community for inflicting “years of undue suffering....

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Churches split over gay Scout decision

Southern Baptists may sever ties with organization

DATE: Jun 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World