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Aubree Jo Anderson died in February 2011.

'Gender' holds up child custody bill known as Aubree Jo's Law

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 10:51pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The definition of gender has stalled in a Senate committee the bill known as Aubree Jo’s Law, almost one year to the date after the bill’s namesake, 3-year-old Aubree Jo Anderson, died in a car accident.

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WSU hosts free discussion of wages and gender

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 11:37pm

OGDEN — Weber State University will host a free talk on “Wages and Gender Equity and Differences in the Workplace,” at noon Thursday in the Smith Lecture Hall, Rooms 206 and 207, in the Wattis Business Building.

Speaker will be Chris Redgrave, vice president of communications at Zions Bank. For more information, call 801-626-7307. WSU is at 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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Mormon Halloween bash bans 'cross-gender' costumes

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 3:35pm

SANDY -- A recent Halloween party hosted by a Mormon church ward in Utah angered at least one resident after fliers specified no "cross-gender" costumes.

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Hundreds turn out for Berkeley race-based, gender-based bake sale

Matt Krupnick Contra Costa Times

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 5:16pm

BERKELEY, Calif. -- What started as a satirical bake sale against race-based admissions turned into a massive rally on university diversity and affirmative action programs Tuesday as hundreds crowded Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus.

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Single-sex classes becoming more popular

Sarah Lemagie Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 10:53am

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Girls and boys mingled as they jumped off the bus, greeted teachers and headed into Battle Creek Middle School one recent morning. But within minutes, boys headed to the auditorium, while girls went to the gym.

They spend most of their school days in separate classes that teachers say are tailored to their differing needs. Battle Creek, in St. Paul, Minn., is among a growing number of public schools nationwide venturing into single-sex education, a trend fueling both experimentation and debate.

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Why do men, women choose different ways to kill themselves?

Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 2:02pm

LOS ANGELES -- A study looking at differences in suicide methods between men and women found that while women are less likely to shoot themselves in the head than men, there may be specific reasons why they choose to die that way.

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Attention, all of you who say ‘LAY-un’: BYU prof researching missing T in speech

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:52pm

PROVO -- A Brigham Young University linguistics professor is researching the case of the missing T.

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Women in Utah less apt to own business

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:35pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- New census estimates show that women own nearly 25 percent of all businesses in Utah, the sixth-lowest rate in the country.

The estimates released Tuesday show Salt Lake County's rate of women-owned businesses is the lowest among the nation's 50 most populous counties.

Pam Okumara, program director for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Women's Business Center, said the numbers reflect the beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Women are encouraged by church leaders to stay at home and raise families, and about 60 percent of the state's residents are Mormons.

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Colleges debate asking applicants about sexuality, gender

Richard Morgan, The Commercial Appeal

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 11:49am

More than 400 of the nation's 3,000 colleges use the Common Application to help high school students who want to apply to many schools at once.

This year, the application added an option for students to detail their religious beliefs. Now, Common Application members are debating the addition of questions about sexuality and gender expression.

The Common Application is a 35-year-old, nonprofit organization that provides a college admission application -- online and in print -- that students may submit to any of its 415 members. According to the organization's website, last year almost 2 million applications were submitted to Common App Online.

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