Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. The history of medicine, of illness, is every bit as social and cultural as it is scientific. It is a history of people, of their bodies and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. Javier Valenzuela ...

In 2025 thus far, 940 anti-trans bills have been introduced in the United States, sparking heated debates over transgender rights. Yet, this fight obscures a deeper truth: transgender and nonbinary ...

In March and April, the gender studies department at Calvin College will recognize Women’s History Month with a diverse schedule of activities: everything from a feminist reevaluation of the wedding ...

The assault on LGBTQ people from right wing Republicans continues unabated. In 2024 alone, 527 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the U.S. attacking the rights of queer ...

A writer and historian talks about finding stories of trans history from 1600s southwestern African to World War One Britain. When Kit Heyam was first trying to understand their gender identity as an ...

Gender frontiers and early encounters / Kathleen M. Brown -- Manhood and gender in the US republican empire / Toby L. Ditz -- Women and conquest in the American West / Deena J. González -- Women, ...

Life courses and gender roles -- Marriage and family -- Sex, body, and medicine -- Labor, profession, and everyday life -- Religions -- Arts, literature, and education -- Five women to remember ...