Kirk opens her piece by asserting that there is plenty of scientific evidence that “biological males and females” differ not only physically but also mentally, and that those differences mean that ...

Rory Bowman’s letter (“Relevant category is sex, not gender,” Our Readers’ Views, May 19) merits a response. Bowman engages in faulty biological essentialism to deny that trans and intersex people ...

Gender essentialism is the belief that a person, thing, or particular trait is inherently and permanently male and masculine or female and feminine. In other words, it considers biological sex the ...

This is the second post in a two-part series. Read the first post here. Some people tend to perceive group categories (such as gender, race and ethnicity) as genetically-immutable and ...

In the recent past, transgender issues have received growing attention in legal, political, and academic circles. I was catapulted into the discussion this past May when I had the great privilege of ...

Adam Hochman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

According to gender essentialism, gender and gender-based characteristics intrinsically link to biological traits, chromosomes, and the sex a person is assigned at birth. Gender essentialism doesn’t ...