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Gender & LGBTQ+
Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia
One of the best articles ever written on the topic.
Trans People Are Being Slandered As Groomers And Pedophiles By The Far-Right
Trans persons and the trans community are being slandered the same way homosexual men were slandered in the 70s, and for the same reason: to deny them safety and equal rights.
We Must Stop Telling Women They Should Conceive and Give Birth “Naturally”
Medical interventions aren’t just for men, y’know
Puberty blockers can't be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts
Good on the CP for such a balanced & informative piece
Anti-trans bills: Proposals in 2024 show no sign of slowing down
As lawmakers continue to push bills targeting the LGBTQ community, and specifically transgender people, some fear for safety and their future.
Survey of 90,000 trans people shows increased life satisfaction after transition
The National Center for Transgender Equality released early insights from its 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey, the largest survey of trans people in U.S. history.
The GOP Doesn’t Want to Punish Trans People—It Wants to Eradicate Them
This year, more than 200 anti-transgender bills have already been filed in the states. They are extreme. And many will pass.
Bishop Gene Robinson on why "God called me out of the closet"
In 2003 the Episcopal Church consecrated Robinson as the first openly-gay bishop in all of Christendom. Death threats followed, but so did a shift in the relationship between the LGBTQ community and the church.
New research flatly rejects a long-standing myth that men hunt, women gather, and that this division runs deep in human history. The researchers found that women hunted in nearly 80% of surveyed forager societies. : r/science
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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong | Scientific American
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence
so, you talked to anti-masturbation groups and all you got was nazis and depression...
Researchers find that what groups preaching abstinence and chastity excel at doing is giving adherents anxiety, depression, and far right memes.