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A major career contribution is Risman's theory of gender as a social structure. Her book, Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition (1998, Yale University Press) is an early presentation of this theory. In this monograph, Risman introduces a theoretical framework that conceptualizes gender as a social structure, comprising three distinct ...
Transgender studies, also called trans studies or trans* studies, is an interdisciplinary field of academic research dedicated to the study of gender identity, gender expression, and gender embodiment, as well as to the study of various issues of relevance to transgender and gender variant populations. [1]
Money proposed and developed several theories related to the topics of gender identity and gender roles, and coined terms like gender role [25] and lovemap. He popularised the term paraphilia (appearing in the DSM-III , which would later replace perversions ) and introduced the term sexual orientation in place of sexual preference , arguing ...
GIDS was the only gender identity clinic for people under 18 in England and Wales and was the subject of much controversy. In the late 2010s, the GIDS became controversial because of growing public attention on trans issues and concerns about the service, including a huge increase in patients and a lack of longitudinal evidence to support the ...
Equality Illinois also joined with three other organizations to launch the Fair Illinois initiative dedicated to opposing an anti-gay marriage advisory referendum proposed for the November 2006 ballot. This massive undertaking involve the review of more than 345,000 individual petition signatures, a challenge met entirely by volunteers.
The Romanian Senate approved by broad majority in June 2020 an update of National Education Law that would ban theories and opinions on gender identity according to which gender is a separate concept from biological sex.
The NHS is closing its gender identity clinic for children and young people and replacing it with a regional network after it was told that only having one provider “is not a safe or viable long ...
Center on Halsted is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community center in Chicago, Illinois. The center is located in the Lakeview neighborhood on the corner of Halsted Street and Waveland, attached to Whole Foods Market. It is open every day from 8 am to 9 pm. Patrons participate in the diverse public programs and social services ...