Sexuality, Gender and Justice
Special Report
Special Report
This Pride Month discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination
Behavior
The Masks We Wear to Survive
A gay, African-American physician relied on personas to endure his medical training
- September 22, 2020 — Chase T. M. Anderson
Sex & Gender
What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows
Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health
May 12, 2022 — Heather Boerner
Behavior
Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives
After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history
June 10, 2021 — Leo DeLuca
Policy
Discrimination Drives LGBT Scientists to Think About Quitting
Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey
June 29, 2019 — Elizabeth Gibney and Nature magazine
Policy
Laws Vilifying Transgender Children and Their Families Are Abusive
Recent measures in Florida, Texas and elsewhere serve to traumatize trans children and their families, uphold ideas that trans children are inherently troubled and go against medical advice…
March 29, 2022 — Tey Meadow and Kristina R. Olson | Opinion
Behavior
The Forgotten History of the World’s First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology
May 10, 2021 — Brandy Schillace | Opinion
Policy
Politicians Don’t Get to Use ‘Science’ to Oppose the Equality Act
Research shows the bill will improve public health, and its “dangers” have been debunked
April 13, 2021 — Jack Turban
Policy
Gender-Affirming Health Care Should Be a Right, Not a Crime
Some states are going to war against young transgender people
April 13, 2021 — Kristina R. Olson | Opinion
Diversity
Anti-Trans Laws Will Have a Chilling Effect on Medicine
I am a future psychiatrist hoping to care for transgender people. But I fear these laws will make it difficult to do so
March 31, 2022 — Ashley Andreou | Opinion
Behavior
The Search for a ‘Cause’ of Transness Is Misguided
It can be well-intentioned, but it’s a dangerous path that leaves little room for a real understanding of gender and gender identity
March 23, 2021 — Nat Mulkey | Opinion
Policy
The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed
The successor to the Hubble currently honors a man who acquiesced to homophobic government policies during the 1950s and 1960s
March 1, 2021 — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Sarah Tuttle, Lucianne Walkowicz and Brian Nord | Opinion
Biology
Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior
Analysis of half a million people suggests genetics may have a limited contribution to sexual orientation
August 29, 2019 — Sara Reardon
Policy
Trans Girls Belong on Girls’ Sports Teams
There is no scientific case for excluding them
March 16, 2021 — Jack Turban
Biology
Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia
Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary
June 13, 2019 — Simon(e) D Sun
Behavior
The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity
Research into the determinants of gender identity may do more harm than good
October 23, 2020 — Jack Turban
Biology
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
September 1, 2017 — Amanda Montanez
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