Tag: Gender Issues

For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program for older boys has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the BSA says that iconic name will change to âScouts BSA.â The change will take effect in February 2019.

Beltway Confidential

As an Eagle Scout, I’m excited about the Boy Scouts’ name change and new direction

Stephen Kent · May 2, 2018 4:42 pm

A Boy Scout reads a book during the Second Annual World Championship Pinewood Derby, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in New York's Times Square. Over 250 Boy Scouts ages 7 to 10 from around the United States raced hand-crafted cars on a 45-foot custom race track, achieving speeds up to 40 MPH.

Boy Scouts change name to ‘Scouts BSA’ after inviting girls to join

Melissa Quinn · May 2, 2018 3:46 pm

Red Alert Politics

Right-wing rants have had their time, millennials now look to add substance to conversation

William Nardi · May 1, 2018 6:34 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, has admitted to an extramarital affair but has denied accusations that he blackmailed his mistress.

Missouri House report reveals woman said Eric Greitens treated her ‘like a wounded little animal

Melissa Quinn · May 1, 2018 10:41 am

The Pentagon. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Pentagon says reports of sexual assault up 10 percent in the military

Jamie McIntyre · April 30, 2018 6:51 pm

Itâs the second White House Correspondentsâ Association dinner in a row without Trump. Michelle Wolf is on tap to deliver whatâs traditionally been a roast of the administration and the press.

Beltway Confidential

As Michelle Wolf showed, the media have a special vitriol for conservative women

Karin Lips · April 30, 2018 2:22 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is pictured on the left, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is pictured on the right.

Jim Mattis, Kirsten Gillibrand butt heads over transgender policy

Travis J. Tritten · April 26, 2018 4:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

Liberals need to decide: Are there no genders, or do women deserve special treatment?

Nicole Russell · April 25, 2018 8:26 pm

"For a transitioning employee, this means that, once he or she has begun living and working full-time in the gender that reflects his or her identity, agencies should allow access to restrooms and (if provided to other employees) locker room facilities consistent with his or her gender identity," say the guidelines. (Thinkstock)

Department of Justice funds college’s ‘Masculinity Mondays’ program to ‘create healthier masculinities’

Anthony Gockowski · April 24, 2018 4:38 pm

Beltway Confidential

Motherhood is not a ‘penalty’

Hadley Heath Manning · April 24, 2018 3:39 pm

Kellyanne Conway and Dana Bash talk on CNN's "State of the Union."

Kellyanne Conway goes off on CNN’s Dana Bash for asking about her husband’s Trump criticisms: WATCH

Kyle Feldscher · April 22, 2018 1:25 pm

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., holds her newborn daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey. On the right side of the picture, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., looks on.

Beltway Confidential

We need a bipartisan crusade to make it easier to mother and work

Nicole Russell · April 20, 2018 6:39 pm