The main difference between the word transgender and the word transsexual has to do with the way the words are used and experienced. Despite their similar definitions, many transgender people don’t ...

Most Americans, including majorities of men, women, Republicans and Democrats, say men and women are different in many ways. But there are gaps by gender and partisanship when it comes to views of ...

The two of us would like to think we are. After all, over the past two years, we’ve helped to lead the Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences initiative, which has been exploring the keys ...

There’s something about difference that contracts our minds and bodies. Something that urges us to seek shelter within the safe walls of similarity. But what if this evolutionary tendency robs us of ...

People with a concealable stigmatized identity—like having a mental health condition or being LGBTQ+—face a number of costs and benefits when deciding when and if to disclose. Recent research ...

Lise Eliot receives funding from the Fred B. Snite Foundation. Everyone knows the difference between male and female brains. One is chatty and a little nervous, but never forgets and takes good care ...