gender

Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed, for example behaviours that are traditionally associated with being a woman, or a man. It varies from society to society. Many people’s gender does not align with the biological sex assigned to them at birth. You can find all of the PinkNews gender news, features, commentary and analysis below.

Rye College

Education
Jul 14

Investigation into school at centre of cat gender row finds ‘no serious concerns’ at school of ‘kindness’

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 28: A Qantas cabin crew member on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft during a media visit on October 28, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Australia's international borders will reopen from Monday November 1, with fully vaccinated international arrivals able to travel into New South Wales and Victoria without needing to quarantine. Australian citizens will also be able to freely travel overseas from 1 November without requiring an exemption from the federal government and Border Force. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

Business
Jun 09

Qantas updates gendered uniform rules to allow make-up and long hair for all cabin crew

CBeebies' Dodge T Dog explained how some fish can go from being a boy fish to a girl fish in a segment that has triggered transphobia fury.

TV
Jun 06

Bigots rage over CBeebies sharing biological facts about fish changing gender

Ariana Grande teases fans.

Celebrity
Apr 18

Ariana Grande tells fans to ‘f**k gender the binary’

Pope Francis in Rome

Religion
Mar 11

Pope Francis blasts ‘gender ideology’ as ‘dangerous’: ‘It blurs differences’

Birmingham Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi performs. (James Watkins)

Arts
Jan 24

Birmingham Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi on gender euphoria and breaking binaries in her new show

A photo of the Welsh Flag with added rainbow Pride colours

News
Jan 23

Welsh minister calls for ‘kindness’ after cruel Tory block on Scotland gender bill

A photo shows a trans activist wearing a pink cap holding a placard that says: "LGB with the T"

News
Jan 18

Labour peer expertly explains why blocking Scotland’s gender bill is completely unjustified

Jonathan Van Ness in his new show Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.

TV
Jan 28 2022

Jonathan Van Ness on breaking the binary, pronouns and what cows can teach us about gender norms

More than eight in 10 Swiss people know there are more than two genders

Europe
Dec 30 2021

Overwhelming majority of Switzerland agrees that gender isn’t binary, encouraging study finds

NHS England is being sued over the trans healthcare crisis

Trans
Dec 17 2021

Mum loses custody and jailed after supporting her child’s gender exploration

Cardi B on the red carpet and a young boy playing with a kitchen cooking set

US
Dec 02 2021

Cardi B emphatically shuts down ridiculous ‘debate’ over kitchen sets for boys being ‘gay’

Gender has been split in two and marketed pink and blue

Features
Oct 23 2021

The long, troubling history of pink toys for girls and blue for boys

An illustration of a person in the grave

News
Aug 11 2021

1,000-year-old skeleton may have been non-binary medieval warrior, say archaeologists

An illustration of a person in the grave

Aug 11 2021

1,000-year-old skeleton may have been non-binary medieval warrior, say archaeologists

An illustration of a person in the grave

Aug 11 2021

1,000-year-old skeleton may have been non-binary medieval warrior, say archaeologists