
Sexuality, Gender and Justice
This Pride Month discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination
Blaming Gay Men for Monkeypox Will Harm Everyone
Lessons from HIV/AIDS and SARS-CoV-2/COVID for harm reduction
Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science
Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research
The Masks We Wear to Survive
A gay, African-American physician relied on personas to endure his medical training

What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows
Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health

Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives
After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history

Discrimination Drives LGBT+ Scientists to Think About Quitting
Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey

Laws Vilifying Transgender Children and Their Families Are Abusive
Recent measures in Florida, Texas and elsewhere serve to traumatize trans children and their families, uphold ideas that trans children are inherently troubled and go against medical advice...

The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology

Politicians Don’t Get to Use ‘Science’ to Oppose the Equality Act
Research shows the bill will improve public health, and its “dangers” have been debunked

Gender-Affirming Health Care Should Be a Right, Not a Crime
Some states are going to war against young transgender people

A Nationwide Ban Is Needed for “Anti-Gay Therapy”
Most states still allow this damaging practice targeting young teens

Anti-Trans Laws Will Have a Chilling Effect on Medicine
I am a future psychiatrist hoping to care for transgender people. But I fear these laws will make it difficult to do so

The Search for a ‘Cause’ of Transness Is Misguided
It can be well-intentioned, but it’s a dangerous path that leaves little room for a real understanding of gender and gender identity

The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed
The successor to the Hubble currently honors a man who acquiesced to homophobic government policies during the 1950s and 1960s

Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior
Analysis of half a million people suggests genetics may have a limited contribution to sexual orientation

Trans Girls Belong on Girls’ Sports Teams
There is no scientific case for excluding them

Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia
Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary

The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity
Research into the determinants of gender identity may do more harm than good

Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between