Sex refers to biological differences between males and females (e.g. gonads, sexual organs, chromosomes, hormones). Sex is usually assigned at birth (there are examples when it is assigned later, when ...

Gender nonconforming individuals do not comply with societal stereotypes of how they “should” look or behave based on binary – male and female – gender roles. This article will explain what the term ...

As noted in Part I of this report, existing measures tend to conflate the constructs of sex and gender, typically by asking a single question that attempts to reflect one or the other or perhaps some ...

In today's diverse and inclusive world, it's essential to create spaces where everyone feels seen, heard and a sense of belonging. One significant step towards fostering inclusivity is the practice of ...

Late last week, the Biden administration released its highly anticipated updated rules for the 1972 Title IX amendments to the Civil Rights Act, which protects people from sex-based discrimination in ...

Educating yourself on some common terms related to gender identity is an important way to support your own child and others. Thaddeus Cramer, (he/they) is a Toronto-based journalist with a focus on ...

Transgender individuals make up less than 1% of the population but they’ve been inspiring a lot of fear and anger. In my view, that’s the result of inappropriately conflating gender and genotype.

Psychologist David Schwartz, Ph.D., says gender identity is a feeling/belief of belonging or not belonging to one gender category or another. It is society’s construct and does not lodge anywhere in ...

Despite extensive psycholinguistic research on gendered language, investigations of how psychological gender identity shapes linguistic behavior in clinical populations remain scarce. Drawing on ...