It's easy to assume that the practice has few, if any, downsides. But a new study explored some of its social repercussions.
As part of the nation's massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled abroad…
A new study finds that the feeling is pervasive – and can change the way trips are planned and how money is spent.
While past studies have placed the proportion of child-free American adults at somewhere between 2% and 9%, a new study…
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated their spread.
Both men and women play a role in perpetuating attitudes toward sex that are hypocritical and logically inconsistent.
Many aspects of American society, from language to sports to fashion, remain structured or separated by gender.
The quest to combat discrimination against LGBTQ athletes has been long and fitful, particularly in male team sports.
Some skeptics say that the growing prevalence of transgender teens is a fad. But history and some recent research show it's…
For over a century, Black activists have used punctuation marks to subtly challenge official accounts of events.
Unloading about trauma and mental illness is in vogue. But like undressing, it centers musicians' vulnerabilities at…
Because any two consenting adults can get married in the US, a platonic marriage could pretty easily be pulled off. Legally…
Local institutions and community bonds forged during the turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s helped a vulnerable neighborhood…
The accusation of bias is like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to the ideal of objectivity,…
The proportion was the largest the study's authors had ever seen.
Few trans kids in the early 20th century had access to information about trans life. That they still faced down the judgment…
A new study finds that women are just as likely as men to assume something's wrong with a woman who decides she wants…
Even when there's no pandemic underway, the local economy may take a hit.
For trans youth who couldn't be themselves in real life, bulletin board systems, email lists and Geocities pages were…
Director Barry Jenkins' delicate dance with beauty and suffering seeks to create a fuller picture of the world Black…