RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - A new law that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026 officially recognizes male and female as the only two ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Even if you’re not part of the LGBTQ+ community, understanding gender-related terms is a key part of ...

Pauli Murray was an influential civil rights strategist, legal scholar, and Episcopal priest who challenged traditional ...

Starting this week, sex in North Carolina will be defined only as male and female. It’s part of a law that’s already in ...

Gender identity refers to a person’s internal sense of their gender. Gender expression refers to how people may convey their gender to others through behavior and appearance. Gender exists on a broad ...

Federal appeals courts are facing a flood of cases in 2026 that will determine transgender students’ rights in public schools ...

As the world evolves, so does the LGBTQ+ community, constantly expanding its vocabulary and understanding of diverse gender identities. One term gaining more attention is “demigirl,” a part of the ...

A study of just over 10,000 US kids and teens aged 11-15 years found that 1.02% of adolescents identify as transgender; approximately 8.2% who were assigned female gender at birth and 1.3% assigned ...

The U.S. Navy will no longer ask personnel about gender identity, only focusing on biological sex when it comes to forms and single-sex spaces on ships and bases, military news organization Stars and ...

Spanish soldiers are changing their gender from male to female to earn certain benefits only available to females, including higher pay and better sleeping quarters, due to a self-identification law ...

As a result of new policies based on Trump’s order, O’Neill says the NSA no longer recognizes her trans identity and “right ...

There are many ways to experience gender that exist outside the binary. Nowadays, there are a variety of terms you might use to describe your gender identity, from cisgender to non-binary and many ...