A young child holds a pair of trans pride flags at a noon gathering on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, as they protest House Bill 1125, which bans gender-affirming care for trans ...

The number of gender-affirming surgeries done in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a new study shows. The increase is probably due in part to changes in state and federal laws ...

A new study challenges the popular claim that medical interventions improve trans-identifying people’s mental health. Rather, the study argues, nonmedical factors like social support and coping style ...

Our brains are shaped by our experiences — whether you’re a bird watcher, book lover, or a chess player. And a new study offers a clearer picture of how sex and gender influence the brain, too.

The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is significantly related to lower rates of depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to a ...

Gender-affirming hormone therapy may help patients with their mental health as well as their physical bodies, according to a new study. “Transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse patients prescribed ...

This section covers gender and sexuality for science communication, journalism, and inclusive writing. Subtopics include how to use “they” as a personal pronoun, recognition that gender identity and ...

Less than 1 in 1,000 adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medication over a five-year period, according to a study released Monday. The researchers in the study surveyed ...

New research published in JAMA Pediatrics found more than 7 percent of youth living in a rural region in Appalachia report a gender identity that does not fully align with the sex they were assigned ...

Researchers from Princeton published a landmark study today examining the gender identity trajectories of transgender children who had socially transitioned (i.e., taken on pronouns that matched their ...