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Many people in a large study experienced changes in their sexual identity over a decade.
Sex, gender and sexual orientation shape every aspect of a person’s health and wellbeing. It’s hoped a new statement will balance how these factors are built into research design.
Society should embrace various sources of sexual self-definition.
An analysis of college applications reveals that 3% of US students use pronouns other than the traditional “he” or “she” binary.
Around two in every 100 people have sex characteristics between the male-female binary definitions. Training for doctors and other health workers needs to reflect this.
Why do men identify as straight if they have sex with other men? And why would a straight man have sex with another man in the first place?
The age of ‘artificial intimacy’ is upon us. What does it mean for the way we love, have sex and build friendships?
We spoke to a number of young LGBTIQA+ people from all over Australia and from a variety of cultural backgrounds about their experiences during the pandemic.
Aliens arrive in Lagos in Nnedi Okorafor’s celebrated sci-fi novel Lagoon – and with them they bring a future free of restrictive gender norms.
Minority sexual identities are on average less satisfied with their lives — but being accepted is crucial to this.
Homonormativity, like heteronormativity, privileges certain lives over others.
If we’re keeping him, it’s time to reinvent James Bond for the digital post-Weinstein age.
MeToo drew attention to sexual harassment in the workplace. But we are still overlooking other forms of discrimination and the insidious impact of sexual harassment on women’s identities.
‘LGBTIQA+’ is a term often employed to be inclusive – but it runs the risk of being so inclusive it loses all meaning.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Researcher in Sexual Orientation and Well-being, Swansea University
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Professor of Psychology, The National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt University
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Director, Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst
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