Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Heteronormative" has become somewhat of a buzzword for queer people, and for good reason. It's a way to call out a culture that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Expectations of prejudice and discrimination can lead LGBTQ+ patients to avoid seeking health care. Nadzeya Haroshka/iStock via ...

It’s about time we kicked heteronormativity to the curb. Never heard of the term before? It has to do with what kinds of identities and experiences — namely, cisgender and heterosexual ones — are ...

Maybe you recently decided to gift your social feeds the presence of LGBTQ+ activists and influencers. Or maybe you're doing your part to be an informed LGBTQ+ ally. Whatever the reason — and no ...

I sort of joke that I wrote myself into graduate school because halfway through working on my book, Raising LGBTQ Allies, I applied to grad school to become an LGBTQ-affirming therapist. At graduate ...

Let's talk heteronormativity, baby. For queer people all over the world (and for non-queer people, too — as is the case with so many things, heteronormativity can be harmful for everyone), ...

It’s easy to hear a word like “heteronormativity” and roll your eyes. It just sounds too complicated, too academic. To paraphrase The Simpsons, words like heteronormativity sound like “buzzwords that ...

"Heteronormative" has become somewhat of a buzzword for queer people, and for good reason. It's a way to call out a culture that continually "others" us, assumes we don't exist, and erases our history ...

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice in medical settings. This can range from microaggressions, such as comments that a patient ...