Sexual identity encompasses an individual's understanding of who they are as a sexual being and their romantic or sexual attraction toward others. When trauma is experienced during the developmental ...

Nearly 16% of people changed their sexual identity over a 12-year period, according to a new study I conducted with my colleagues, involving around 35,000 residents of Stockholm County. This ...

Recent news reports have described the public controversy involving topics of sexual orientation and gender identity, and how these are presented to children, especially in schools and libraries.

And why it matters.

In a new study, youth belonging to sexual minority groups reported having a significantly lower level of identity synthesis, higher level of identity confusion, and greater momentary identity ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers performed a cross-sectional study among 1,231 transgender, nonbinary (TGNB), and cisgender youths in the United States (U.S.) to ...

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 ...