How Can Transgender Americans Serve Openly in the Military?
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has some questions. Research can provide some answers.
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‘Marriage Is a Human Institution; It Doesn’t Come in One Shape That Fits Everybody’
The Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage has put the issue of love and contracts front and center, and for legal scholars like Martha Ertman—author of the book Love's Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families—it's about time.
Research Shows Why Misty Copeland Is So Important
Children fare better when they see adults of their race and gender succeed in the world.
Your Age, Race, and Political Affiliation Can Predict What You Think About Science
Many aspects of Americans' lives work together to influence their opinions on issues such as global warming, animal testing, and sending people to space.
Television News Covers Women’s Sports Less Today Than It Did 25 Years Ago
More women are playing sports and more people are watching them do so than ever before (just look at audience figures for this year's Women's World Cup), but you wouldn’t know it from the “mediated man cave” that is American sports media.
Five Studies: What You Need to Know About Transgenderism, According to the Research
Despite recent news coverage, transgender is a term that one-third of Americans still can’t define.
How to Be An Ally to Gender-Expansive and Transgender Children
Gender-non-conforming children who are supported can thrive. But if pressured to be strictly male or female, they can be harmed for life.
Women Graduate College at Higher Rates Than Men—Unless They’re Gay
Women overall may graduate at higher rates than men, but sexual minority women are the least likely to graduate at all.
How Women Provide an ‘Invisible Subsidy’ to the World’s Health Care Systems
Caregiving has long been thought of as women's work—and thus unpaid.
The Unbearable Daintiness of Women Who Eat With Men
Women eat in a manner more consistent with normative femininity when in the presence of a male versus a female companion.