Sexual Orientation

Lots of sources have cast the Muppets as queer, for a very long time.

• By Francie Diep

New research suggests lesbian, gay, and bisexual students are being driven out of STEM majors.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

Good science can combat misinformation, but it won't resolve public debates over homosexuality.

• By Michael White

Pedophilia can be something you're born with. It's not an addiction, although pedophiles can be sex addicts and are often given addiction-type treatment. As a sex addict, I'm convinced we fail these people in ways that increase our risks.

• By Brian Whitney

A look at the latest survey responses from Gallup.

• By Lisa Wade

A new study suggests a surprising combination of factors could lead to the best pay.

• By Caty Taborda

Gay men are still men and what woman wants to live near so many of them?

• By Lisa Wade

Or, more specifically, what's wrong with taking a steroid, while you're pregnant, to try to increase the odds that your female fetus will someday grow up to be a straight woman who gives you grandchildren, and not a lesbian daughter more interested in puppies?

• By Alice Dreger

Many of us probably get our core gender identities as much from our biological origins as we do from our gender educations.

• By Alice Dreger

Imagine a prenatal test that, like the one for trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome), could show a predisposition to gayness.

• By Alice Dreger