For the first time since gender identity was added to the Sex Discrimination Act, it’s being tested in court. At its heart, the case looks at the rights and recognition of transgender people.
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In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
Gender-affirming care assesses psychological, social, medical and surgical options for gender-diverse people.
Gender fluidity and detransition deserve nuanced understanding. Polarization that presents detransitioners as either ‘misinformation’ or victims of ‘gender ideology’ hurts all gender-diverse people.
Ghana’s anti-gay bill will affect heterosexual’s too
Children are often allowed to freely explore their identities in early childhood services. But when they get to school, they are categorised as ‘boys’ or ‘girls’.
Love and Money, Sex and Death ricochets between sparkling defiance, unravelled grief, and furious hope.
On both sides of the transgender care debate, what is presented as ‘fact’ distorts real complexities of gender-affirming health care, leaving many in the dark about what is really at stake.
For as long as trans medicine has been around, so has its opposition. The tactics of prior waves of anti-trans policies are still in play today.
Research shows how the group once portrayed as a respected source of advice began to be seen by some outlets as a danger to young people.
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries.
For many Buddhists today, both in East Asia and across the world, the Lotus Sutra offers religious support for various gender identities.
In emphasizing the church’s love for all, including people in LGBTQ+ relationships, the pope has sidestepped thorny doctrinal issues.
In the wake of transphobic protests, the ‘rights’ of parents are being falsely positioned in opposition to the rights of transgender and non-binary children rather than focusing on supporting families.
LGBTQ+ people face significant harms from online hate.
Spanning evolutionary biology, genetics, development, neurobiology, endocrinology and psychology, as well as current events and sports, students explore the complexities of the biology of sex.
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party could make gains by rallying the libertarian right, evangelical Christians and immigrant communities, especially Muslims, on issues of sexuality.
Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.
Before the 1970s, there were no trans organisations or publicly advertised gender clinics. But camp cultures brought together a variety of sexually- and gender-diverse people.
Stigmatised people living with HIV often suffer from fear, depression and abuse. It’s sometimes easier to stop a treatment regime than risk being ostracised or assaulted by the community.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University
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Adjunct professor, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of History, Roanoke College
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Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
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Senior Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader, Transgender Health Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University
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Senior Research Fellow in the Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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