Cisgender refers to individuals who identify with the sex that they were when they were born. For example, if you're born with male genitals and wear clothes designed for men, then you may be ...

We all know there are terms and labels for people in the queer community. Some have to do with someone’s sexuality—gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.—and others have to do with someone’s gender identity or ...

In much the same way that people can identify as asexual and demisexual, gender is just as fluid as sexuality. While some people may view themselves as agender (not having a gender), bigender (some ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. “Transgender” has an important linguistic counterpart that is not as common but is gaining prevalence. The term “cisgender” (pronounced ...

Researchers in Turkey have identified a potential biological link between early fetal development and the later emergence of ...

Landon Hughes ([email protected]) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and a predoctoral trainee in the Population Studies Center, Institute for Social ...

Your Zoomer relative used it to refer to you, Elon Musk deemed it a slur in 2023, and now you might be scratching your head, wondering: “What does ‘cis’ mean, and why are people calling me that?” X Is ...

Kel Fisher doesn't remember "coming out," exactly. "I do remember watching 'Glee' with my mom and sister as a kid – maybe about 8 years old – and learning what 'lesbian' means, and accepting that that ...

However, validated natal sex and current gender identity measures are needed to implement a two-step method in population-based health research and health surveillance. In cross-sectional data systems ...

The benefits of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (Doxy PEP) in preventing the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men and transgender women do not appear to extend to ...