Gender fluidity and detransition deserve nuanced understanding. Polarization that presents detransitioners as either ‘misinformation’ or victims of ‘gender ideology’ hurts all gender-diverse people.
People protest Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed youth transgender policies as she appears at an event in Ottawa on Feb. 5, 2024.
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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.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions at a news conference in Calgary on Feb. 1, 2024.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s anti-trans policies are likely meant to satisfy her base, but her government will now have to go head-to-head with the evidence in future legal battles.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet – but would it sound as sweet?
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The government at national and state levels as well as private proprietors should appoint women as universities’ vice-chancellors.
Teaching sex and gender more accurately can counter gender stereotypes and encourage all students to study STEM.
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the biology of sex and gender is not so simple.
March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility. These 5 books for young readers raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of gender differences in age-appropriate ways.
Exemptions from funding cuts are needed to ensure trans and non-binary people can get medical care.
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If diversity programs are to truly benefit Australia’s most disadvantaged groups, such as Indigenous people, more acknowledgement must be given to class and ‘intersectionality’.
When women are present on boards of directors, cyber risk management improves.
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While gender-affirming health care is essential to the well-being of trans people, access to quality services varies significantly by geographic region and social context.
Gender-diverse adults have a harder time getting effective primary and preventive health care than their nontransgender counterparts.
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A study of 3,000 companies found a correlation between local ‘social capital’ – which measures such variables as voter turnout and census response rates – and more women on corporate boards.
Those who oppose inclusive teaching content often claim to be representing parents’ views. The evidence from a large national survey of parents shows those claims are very wrong.