Jill Richardson / OtherWordsMay 29, 2019
There’s a lot to say about abortion, especially as several states pass extremely restrictive laws, but there’s also a bigger picture to look at. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated PressFeb 5, 2018
A study of ninth- and 11th-graders in Minnesota estimates that nearly 2,200 consider themselves transgender or gender nonconforming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2017
In an episode of "The Trews," host Russell Brand highlights a TV spot that cleverly shows how social categories based on such factors as age or class conceal what we have in common . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Kali Holloway / AlterNetJan 8, 2016
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that women are far more likely to identify as bisexual—and it cuts across racial lines. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 7, 2014
A new survey of 12 populations around the world challenges the commonly held assumption that human beings naturally prefer highly masculine men and highly feminine women. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 28, 2014
A British Observer survey found that the average British adult has sex just four times a month, a drop from a 2008 figure of seven times a month, prompting questions of whether the change has anything to do with the ongoing economic doldrums. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 3, 2013
The list of words banned from the latest Android operating system is as baffling as it is odd. Apparently, the Internet giant is not OK with words like "preggers" and "uterus" but it also has something against "LSAT." What gives, Google? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2012
While it took a huge cultural shift and immense political pressure to grant gay and lesbian volunteers the right to serve openly in the United States military, gay men in Turkey have to move mountains to get out of an army that does not want them in the first place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 11, 2012
With right-wing demagogues such as Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum on the attack against female sexuality, a review of the vibrator’s origins in an age of similar sexual prejudice may provide some useful perspective. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robin Shamburg / TruthdigOct 14, 2011
The Internet, for the authors of “A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire,” is a boggling treasure trove of research on human sexual behavior. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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