Gender roles are stereotypes regarding attitudes, attributes, and actions imposed on men and women based on gender. These kinds of preconceptions are usually harmful to society — yet, understanding ...

Gender equality is a hot issue. And in a profession such as IT, where an overwhelming number of workers are male, it's easy to overlook gender biases. When these biases occur, the workplace can become ...

What does bigender mean? This is a question that a lot of people have been asking lately, as the term seems to be popping up more and more. In case you’re not familiar with it, bigender is an identity ...

While the majority of gender socialization happens in childhood, this subtle instruction continues throughout life and can come from a variety of sources, such as family traditions, authority figures, ...

As a strategy for achieving gender equality, gender mainstreaming involves a process of incremental change in policies, strategies and activities. The long term objective is that attention to gender ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting $10 million to study the best way to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity, aiming to gather better data on the nation’s LGBTQ population. Here are some ...

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A European human rights body has ruled that Facebook’s algorithm shows gender bias when promoting job advertisements, marking ...

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) has issued a Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on proposed rules to establish certain definitions and clarify the ...

Johnny Weir held a press conference Wednesday in Vancouver to address remarks made by two veteran sports commentators during the Olympics suggesting that his fabulousness (our word) is a bad example ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — The Sevier County school system is trying to clear up confusion after a picture of a letter template that schools are required to send out over sexuality and gender curriculum ...