Gender

In a statement issued through William Morrow Publishers, hooks' family announced that she died Wednesday in Berea, Kentucky, home to the bell hooks center at Berea College.

The success of the Pa. Equal Rights Amendment proves there should be a federal Equal Rights Amendment, writes Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association Lauren P. McKenna.

America’s only woman director of a major orchestra (the Atlanta Symphony), Nathalie Stutzmann debuts as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Gov. Phil Murphy recently expressed hope that he’d sign the bill before the end of the year.

The hosts are Sinora Allwood, RN, a holistic health nurse and health coach, and Dr. Jillian Lucas Baker, executive director of the Center of Parent and Teen Communication.

Over 6,000 people tuned in to hear Laverne Cox speak. Later, Olympic gymnast and advocate Simone Biles delivered a keynote speech.

Body art can tell personal stories. For many of these women, tattoos are a way to reclaim the past and take ownership of the future.

Some buildings place them in the nurse’s office, or down a locked hallway.

The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents gender creativity.

Violence against trans women of color and housing insecurity are just a few of the issues that organizers hoped to highlight at this year’s march.

The most restrictive abortion law in the country is back in effect in Texas, after a temporary block was lifted.

The exhibit at Jefferson works to counter the misconception that a person's wardrobe choices imply consent.

The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman freezes for now the strict abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.

More than 300 Hispanic and female employees at AstraZeneca were underpaid compared to their white or male counterparts, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

She’s only the second woman to hold the role across the NBA.