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Cheryl Wetzstein

Cheryl Wetzstein

cwetzstein@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Wetzstein, a Washington Times staff member since 1985, is manager of special sections in The Washington Times' Advertising and Marketing Department.
Previously, she spent 30 years as a Washington Times news reporter, covering national domestic policy, in addition to being a features writer, environmental and consumer affairs reporter, and assistant business editor.
Beginning in 1994, Mrs. Wetzstein worked exclusively on welfare and family issues such as child support enforcement, abstinence and sex education, child welfare, sexually transmitted diseases, marriage, divorce, cohabiting and gay marriage.
She has won several newspaper awards, including 1977 Cub Reporter of the Year and 1983 Heart of New York award, both from the New York Press Club.

Articles by Cheryl Wetzstein

Public accommodations provision in Md. transgender rights bill draws outcry

Transgender-rights supporters in Maryland are hoping that this will be the year they get a nondiscrimination law enacted to safeguard their rights in society. But a provision involving "public accommodations" — including rest rooms, showers, lockers and dressing rooms — has drawn an outcry.

March 6, 2014
A workman clears snow from the plaza at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014, as visitors line up to hear arguments. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region, prompting area schools and the federal government to close for the wintry weather. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. Supreme Court declines German home-school case

To the disappointment of many home-schooling supporters, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would not consider the case of a German family seeking asylum in the U.S. because they cannot teach their children at home in Germany.

March 3, 2014
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley argues the state buffer-zone law has kept the peace around abortion clinics. (Associated Press)

Medical facility ‘buffer-zone’ law in court

A new "buffer-zone" law protecting any medical facility in Wisconsin's capital city is now in court, with pro-life groups suing to have it overturned as a violation of their free-speech rights against abortion.

March 2, 2014
From left, Erinn Brehio of Iowa City, University of Iowa junior Miranda Welch, of Stratford, and UI senior Cody Shafer, of Wapello, wave flags before the start of a rally at the Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa celebrating Friday's Iowa Supreme Court ruling upholding a lower court decision legalizing same sex marriage on Friday, April 3, 2009. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Liz Martin) ** TV OUT, ONLINE OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT **

Nation slower to back gay sex than marriage

More Americans support same-sex marriage today than a decade ago, but a majority still believe sex acts between people of the same gender are "morally wrong."

February 26, 2014
In this Wednesday, May 1, 2013, file photo, gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Truth often lost in rumor mill of gay hate crimes

Did you hear about the two gay dads whose daughter got a nasty rejection note for her tie-dye birthday party? Or the homophobic slurs written around an Ivy League college dorm? Or the two lesbians who came outside one day and found homophobic words spray-painted on their garage door?

February 19, 2014
An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London on Aug. 14, 2013. The number of American babies conceived with the help of in-vetro fertilization hit a record high in 2012. (Associated Press)

In-vitro pregnancies in U.S. hit a record high in 2012

The number of American babies conceived with the help of medical technology hit another record in 2012, with nearly two out of every 100 babies born in the country begun with the help of in-vitro fertilization and other techniques, according to a new study released Monday.

February 17, 2014
** FILE ** Maryland Delegate Jon S. Cardin, D-Baltimore County. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

More states likely to ban sexual-orientation change therapy

The push to ban sexual-orientation "change" therapy for children is growing as lawmakers in at least eight states have introduced bills to outlaw the practice and gay-rights advocates expect at least a few to become law this year.

February 16, 2014

Romance seems alive and well among young couples

Don't let the naysayers wilt the Valentine's Day flowers: Most young men and women in long-term relationships say they are very satisfied — and very much in love — with each other.

February 10, 2014
FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, transgender student Nicole Maines, center, with her father Wayne Maines, left, and brother Jonas, speaks to reporters outside the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor, Maine. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, that Nicole Maines should have been allowed to use the bathroom of her choice in 2009 after school officials required her to use a staff bathroom instead of the girls' restroom. The high court concluded that the Orono school district's actions violated the Maine Human Rights Act, a state law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Transgender girl wins fight for bathroom of her choice

A Maine transgender student can use the bathroom of her choice and can’t be forced to use the unisex facility recommended by school officials, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday, in a case being closely watched by gay rights groups and school districts around the country.

January 30, 2014