Transgendered at Five

How do we define gender roles in our society?  One five-year old in Virginia is blazing her own trail at a young age.  Should children be pushed to gender identify in certain ways?

Fascinating story about the U.S. military intervening in a potential honor killing in Afghanistan. From NPR: Facing Death, Afghan Girl Runs To U.S. Military

Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Afghan women pass U.S. soldiers near Bagram Air Base outside Kabul in 2010. While conditions for Afghan women have improved over the past decade, but they still face many restrictions, as well as abuses like honor killings.



From North Carolina, homophobia in advance of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage.  You can clearly see the traditional gender roles and the conservative reaction to anything outside society's norms.