By D’Shonda Brown — 2021
These black women and gender-nonconforming individuals have created a space for other young girls and nonbinary persons to feel seen and heard.
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After generations in the shadows, the intersex rights movement has a message for the world: We aren’t disordered and we aren’t ashamed.
The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.
Xe/xem, ze/zir, and fae/faer are catching on as alternatives for transgender and nonbinary people
What began as a proud assertion of identity has itself become a trope; the stereotype of a gay man now is one who goes to the gym and takes care of himself.
Hyperindividual, you-do-you young people from across the U.S. are upending the convention that when it comes to gender and sexuality, there are only two options for each: male or female, gay or straight.
In a new study, we found that women—but not men—continue to be perceived negatively for having casual sex.
When men harm women, we obscure their role. Instead, we blame women for the injustice that happens to them.
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Today, Lewis Howes has peeled back the layers of his own masks and has a deep desire to show others how to do the same.
Why asking whether your brain is male or female is the wrong question
For LGBTQ youth in particular, the Internet can be a refuge—a safe place to feel less alone. For queer youth to feel normal, they need to see, read and hear the voices of others who look like them and use the same identifying labels.