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Facebook and Instagram were recently told by their parent company, Meta, to overhaul their policy on nipple exposure. But the change may not be as radical as people hope. Here’s why.
A small but vocal lobby – some aided by US conservatives – have drawn battle lines around unisex bathrooms and gender pronouns.
Digital activists are targeted for their work on intersectional issues. But they have developed strategies to deal with online and offline hate.
The answer appears to be a resounding ‘yes’.
Being both trans and a person of color comes with a unique set of challenges. Collectively working toward overcoming these barriers is one way this community fights for survival.
The author set out to understand how the faith of displaced LGBT people in South Africa has evolved over time, and how religion has shaped their experiences of displacement.
Student experience or satisfaction surveys are not a reliable guide to teaching performance. Even worse, anonymous survey responses are at times little better than university-facilitated hate speech.
As a teacher, an academic cannot use freedom of speech to say something that may directly demean or intimidate a student. But as a researcher, they must have the freedom to pursue the truth.
Is it even possible to respect faith leaders’ desires to uphold the harmful practice while outlawing it?
The survey also found that trans people who live in their affirmed gender report experiencing less stigma, anxiety and depression.
A psychologist and expert on gender diversity explains strategies for creating a healthy environment for trans or nonbinary kids.
Half of LGBTQ participants in a recent study experienced discrimination, insults, bullying or abuse while playing, watching or talking about sports.
Trans Day of Visibility, celebrated March 31, is a day to honor the trans community and counter transphobia.
The extended COVID-19 social isolation could be an opportunity for parents to have an impact on how boys are schooled in masculinity.
One in three Polish people believe in a ‘gender conspiracy’, according to new reserach.
The Trudeau government took the first step to federally ban conversion therapy — a practice intended to change sexual orientation.
TERF is not a slur. Instead, we should use words that accurately describe how some feminists are actually anti-trans activists.
Conversion therapy has been pushed on some in the LGBQ community by those who think same-sex sexual behavior is ‘unnatural.’ But such behavior seems to have evolved millions of years before humans.
Transgender and non-binary people are often pressured to hide their gender identity at work.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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