Sexuality is diverse. The gender you're attracted to is decided during puberty through an interplay of biological and psychosocial factors.Thirty-five years ago, millions of people around the world ...

Sexual orientation describes patterns of sexual, romantic, and emotional attraction—and one's sense of identity based on those attractions. Sexual orientation is distinct from gender identity, the ...

Sexual orientation ruminations and sexual orientation obsessions are very different. Source: Lorelyn Medina/Shutterstock Unwanted worries about sexual orientation can be relentless and upsetting.

Scientific research has shown that sexuality exists on a spectrum. But how certain are people about where they fit on it? A new University of Sydney study suggests that people's reported sexual ...

Autosexuality is a sexual orientation — just as heterosexuality and homosexuality are examples of sexual orientations. The prefix "homo" means "same." People with a homosexual orientation are ...

Victor Dzau and colleagues (Jan 2021) articulate core issues for the Biden administration to address. We propose an additional area that could benefit greatly from relatively modest action. The Biden ...

Sexual orientation—dictated by factors like sexual identity, attraction and behavior—is challenging to measure comprehensively. This is reflected in variations in the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual ...

Over the past three years, many Americans learned more about epidemiology than they ever knew before. From Covid-19 to mpox to polio, a new generation of citizen scientists is now joining trained ...

We've long known that sexuality is a fluid concept, and now we have a term for those who find their orientation changing: abrosexuality. It's blown up on TikTok, with videos about abrosexuality ...

There are more openly LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. than ever, but little is known about the unique health challenges they may face. That’s why some researchers are urging health systems to build the ...

Ending a committed relationship can prompt people to fundamentally reevaluate who they are, and a recent study suggests this ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday formally rescinded the 2024 Title IX regulations of President Joe Biden’s administration that had interpreted the statute’s protections to prohibit ...