In an era of unprecedented LGBTQ2+ visibility coupled with incredible backlash, coming out as a sexual minority can be a deeply ambivalent experience, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2023
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At a time when LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly the subject of public discussion, it is important to consider the effect on those who share an affinity with that community. Rensselaer researchers Billur Aksoy and Ian Chadd ...
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2023
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More than 6% of the U.K. population aged 16 and over—that is one in 15—changed their reported sexual identity over a six-year period, according to new research led by Lancaster University.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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Sex education in English schools is under scrutiny. A review of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) brought forward by prime minister Rishi Sunak, will lead to new statutory guidance by the end of 2023. Sunak has ...
Education
May 15, 2023
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Today's men express their maleness in different ways. Some adhere to more traditional models of masculinity, characterized by beliefs in male superiority and endorsement of risky or violent behaviors. Others embrace more ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2023
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Can a school-based sexual health education program that effectively reduces the risk of unintended pregnancy and STIs also decrease homophobia and transphobia?
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2023
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Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as or better than "traditional" families with parents of the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2023
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Researchers from Trinity's School of Nursing and Midwifery have found indications that conversion therapy practices take place in Ireland. The research, commissioned by the Irish government will inform plans to ban the practice. ...
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2023
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Publishing houses have set the cat among the pigeons. They have introduced "sensitivity readers." Some authors are claiming this amounts to censorship. But what is the truth of this relatively new practice?
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2023
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New research indicates the scale of online hate speech may be worse than previously feared due to the implicit ways that some content is phrased.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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