People sometimes assume religious traditions’ ideas about gender have always been conservative and unchanging.
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Two sociologists break down how cases related to plaintiffs’ beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have fared in federal courts over several decades.
Misconceptions about sexuality and religion could put asylum seekers facing deportation to Rwanda in danger.
Queer disabled people struggle to be seen in queer spaces that often do not accommodate them.
Sex between women has never been specifically outlawed.
Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
A scholar of politics and religion explains how anti-LGBTQ laws are being used to distract the public from governance failures in many parts of the world.
Guided by policy, practice and relationships with students, families and communities, teachers are charged with helping all students thrive. To suggest otherwise is disturbing.
Research shows LGBTQIA+ employees go to many lengths to conceal their true selves from workplace connections.
Japan has a rich queer history and is seeing societal changes in favor of greater LGBTQ recognition. That said, national politicians have yet to catch up.
Women have often been maligned and mistreated within the Southern Baptist denomination, writes a scholar who has researched the SBC for 25 years.
While it’s tempting to focus on what people can do to ‘stay safe’ or respond effectively to harassers, this is ultimately the wrong question to ask and puts responsibility victims.
Camp can be an attitude, a style or a behaviour and it consists of several components – exaggeration, artificiality or theatricality, breaking social norms and silliness which results in humour.
The rainbow Pride flags flying this month obscure the ongoing legislative attacks threatening the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary people and their families.
College students learn about people who have dedicated their professional lives to reducing the threat of violence – and their successes and failures.
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light.
Greater representation in rap from LGBTQ artists comes as mainstream artists atone for past lyrics.
Transgender people are more than four times as likely to be the victim of a crime as cisgender people.
Drag Queen Story Time events have faced backlash and protests recently. But contrary to misconceptions, these events can support child development and promote acceptance.
An Indigenous scholar writes that Indigenous peoples have historically recognized multiple gender identities, which they believe are a result of divine intervention.
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