Alex Stern

Trans and nonbinary Pennsylvanians got gender-neutral markers (“X” or “U” instead of “M” or F”) long before PennDOT said they could.

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

The “illusion of protrusion” makes for a realistic nipple tattoo.

Many African Americans seek out predominantly black churches. An African Methodist Episcopal reverend says separate black spaces can be good for mental health.

There are lots of LGBTQ kids in the foster care system. To take care of those kids, Philadelphia is recruiting foster parents who are LGBTQ, too.

Medical students learn trans care in the classroom and the exam room. Bianca Leigh is playing a character named Tia Lopez. ...

Some rape victims have to travel hours to get an exam from a nurse with special training and forensic expertise. Debbie Holbrook s ...

There’s an unnerving, specific kind of dream — a nightmare, really — that can happe ...

Alex Spencer has earned thousands of dollars as a research subject. “That vein right here on the left side of my left arm ha ...

One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Today Carolina Garzon is mom to smiling five-month-old Emma, but her first try at mot ...

Growing up, Regan Causey Tuder heard something that a lot of yo ...

Ross Lockwood spent four months on top of a volcano in Hawaii. He lived in an inflatable dome the size of a two-bedroom apartment with fi ...