PsycPORT^™: Psychology Newswire

SAN FRANCISCO - Most people don't think twice about the gender printed on their driver's license. But those "M" or "F" markers - and the legal and administrative prerequisites for switching them on passports, birth certificates and other forms of identification - are a source of anxiety and, even, discrimination...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island and the city of Providence have reached a settlement with the federal government in an investigation that found they were violating the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

WASHINGTON - Child prostitutes would be considered victims of abuse rather than juvenile offenders and would have to be referred to child welfare officials under legislation in Congress aimed at strengthening care for them before they become ensnared in the criminal justice system.