The growing visibility of transgender and nonbinary people raises important sociological
questions about how the structure of sex and gender is shifting and underscores necessary …

Essentialism is an ontological belief that social groups share underlying “essences,” while
social constructionism suggests social groups are formed and upheld by cultural …

This study focuses urgent issue directly related to whether the LGBT community is eligible as
a mustahik right holder (zakat recipient) under Islamic law. This study is a normative legal …

This paper is a review of the recent literature on attitudes toward consensual non-
monogamy (CNM). These attitudes are constrained to evaluations of people who practice …

The newsworthiness of trans issues has increased over the last two decades, resulting in
unprecedented media visibility of trans people. However, there is still a long way to go in the …

Abstract Sports in the United States continue to be a highly gendered institution. Recent
polls indicate support for anti-discrimination policies targeting trans people; nevertheless …

Introduction Understanding changes in the number of people self-identifying as transgender
is key to informing policy, legal, and healthcare practices. Examining demographic variation …

Introduction The current study examines how conservative social ideologies and religiosity
interact to predict lower levels of knowledge, social intolerance, and negative attitudes …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have an elevated risk for substance
use disorder relative to heterosexual and cisgender people. Scholars have predominantly …

Numerous investigations have consistently underscored the impact of societal stigma on the
well-being of transgender individuals. The primary objective of the current research is to …