Gender

On Saturday evening, Patricio Manuel, 33, became the first openly trans man to compete in a professional boxing match in the U.S.

Historically, pregnant women have been excluded from medical research, because scientists and ethicists were concerned that experimenting could hurt them or their fetus.

The result is that people can use Medicaid money for pregnancy-related Planned Parenthood services. Now, this is not for abortion-related services.

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

In 2012, the percentage of female and black students starting medical school began a steady, albeit slow, increase.

Speakers tell their stories of adversity and the means they used to overcome it

Kukuli Velarde — a Peruvian-born, Philadelphia-based artist — has a first major show in her adopted home town.

"You are, as a female, really having to stand up, and maybe sometimes stand up a little taller and be noticed," said one superintendent.

Two weeks before Election Day, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez was speaking on stage during a rally at Cedar Crest Colle ...

Guests: Kelly Ditmar, Dawn Teele, Anthea Butler, Madeleine Deane This week’s midterm elections were record-bre ...

WHYY's Mary Cummings-Jordan talks with Bishop Patricia Davenport about her new position within the Southeastern Pa. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Tuesday’s election has made Delaware’s General Assembly a more diverse legislature. In a state that’s 22 percent Afr ...

Pennsylvania will send a record-setting four women to Congress next year, up from the current total of zero. Is the "Year of the Woman" here again?

Pennsylvania didn't have a single woman representing the state in Washington. After this Election Day, four will head to Congress.

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.