This September, members of the GenderSci Lab collectively drafted a letter to the subcommittee of the Journal of the American Medical Association tasked with developing and releasing guidelines for scientists related to reporting gender and sex.

This September, members of the GenderSci Lab collectively drafted a letter to the subcommittee tasked with developing and releasing a Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity.

In this Friday’s issue of Science the GenderSci Lab has a peer-reviewed Policy Forum article,“Law, Policy, Biology, and Sex: Critical Issues for Researchers.” In this explainer, we provide additional background and context on this piece, and answer common questions.

Last week was big news for LGBTQ+ rights in the US. Two major pieces of law came out just days apart, changing the landscape of sex-based anti-discrimination law and the way sex is understood in federal law. In this post, we briefly outline these new legislative policies, consider the implications for LGBTQ+ rights in the US, and think about how this changes legal reliance on biological claims about sex.

The GenderSci Lab at Harvard is seeking a law student research assistant (RA) to be part of an exciting multidisciplinary research team. Preference is given to Harvard Law students.

The memo's authors appeal to science, but referring to biological traits such as genitals and genes does not make their definition of sex scientific. This selective definition of sex deviates from scientific consensus about the nature of human sex and gender.