Different terms are regularly used in theories of sexuality and gender, for example sex, gender, gender identity, gender expressions, gender roles, sexual orientation. It is important to be clear ...

This year, 17 state legislatures sought to narrowly define “sex” or “gender” in state law as based solely on biological characteristics. In Utah, one became law. Although they’re sometimes used ...

When I asked you all to send in your questions about mental health a few weeks ago, I got an email so good I knew I had to write a newsletter on it. Los Angeles resident Eli Lawliet wrote: “I work as ...

Beyond the binaries of gay and straight, male and female lies a broad spectrum of identities. (All are real and valid, despite what certain executive orders or conservative talking points would have ...

Gender reveal parties are best known as celebrations involving pink and blue, cake and confetti, and the occasional wildfire. Along with being social media hits, gender reveals are a testament to how ...

Should we use “sex” and “gender” interchangeably when discussing people? A recent article in the prestigious academic journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides one ...

Sue Haupt is an honorary senior research fellow at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, and a research associate at The George Institute for Global Health, Women’s Health Program, ...

A new memo blocks graduate students from writing theses or dissertations on certain topics, raising questions about academic freedom and the purpose of higher education.

While the days of a completely segregated gender binary were relatively brief to begin with and rapidly waning, social conventions still routinely use the concepts of women and men to organize people ...