Many aspects of American society, from language to sports to fashion, remain structured or separated by gender.
High school athletes, including Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, both transgender girls, compete in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2019.
AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb
In an interview, law professor Carlos Ball explains how gay rights activists and corporations went from adversaries to partners. But would the alliance have happened if it had hurt companies’ bottom lines?
China is the NBA’s second-biggest market.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
The National Basketball Association’s difficulty dealing with a tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters shows the challenges of having values and expanding into new markets.
Transgender employees still struggle in the workplace.
Virginia Murray/flickr
While US companies have made significant strides in creating workplaces that are more inclusive of transexual individuals, discrimination and employment penalties remain.
Conservative lawmakers are proposing ‘bathroom bills’ and other measures that discriminate against LGBT individuals. Beyond the moral concerns, there are large economic costs as well.
A bathroom in a Los Angeles school is marked for all genders.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
New White House guidelines on sex discrimination have caused backlash in some states and school districts. But it won’t last, according to researcher at UMass Amherst.
Transgender individuals could be harassed when they have to use gendered bathrooms.
Brett Lider
North Carolina recently passed a law that prohibits individuals from using a bathroom based on the gender with which they identify. Why does this pose a risk for transgendered individuals?