Since the International Conference on Population and Development, definitions of sexuality and sexual health have been greatly elaborated alongside widely accepted recognition that sexual health requires respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights. Considerable progress has also been made in enacting or changing laws that affect sexuality and sexual health, in line with human rights stan...

Orthopaedic surgery continues to be the least diverse subspecialty in medicine. The current culture and implicit bias contribute difficulty recruiting qualified individuals who do not fit stereotypical orthopaedic surgeon mold. Bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment persist our specialty, creating an unwelcoming environment for students considering orthopaedics. Active effort must employed...

The concept of graduate employability has gained great prominence in international education. However, there still exists a gap sexual orientation discrimination among transgender and queer (TQ) students. In our qualitative study investigating students graduating from Australian Canadian institutions, we have interviewed 14 graduates with identity regarding their perceptions recruitment at the ...

The principle of equality and the prohibition discrimination on grounds sexual orientation are enshrined in EU Treaties. A strong baseline is also laid down secondary legislation. However, impact respective provisions constrained two ways: by challenges to their enforcement and, regarding law, limitations scope employment. This paper takes stock non-discrimination law with respect minorities’ r...

Diverse forms of kin discrimination, broadly defined as alteration of social behavior as a function of genetic relatedness among interactants, are common among social organisms from microbes to humans. However, the evolutionary origins and causes of kin-discriminatory behavior remain largely obscure. One form of kin discrimination observed in microbes is the failure of genetically distinct colo...

Holding that the “right to be free from intentional discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was clearly established,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that school officials who deliberately ignore harassment targeting students because of their real or perceived sexual orientation are not entitled to qualified immunity from suit. Flores v. Morgan Hill Unified Sch...

While a number of studies have assessed the role of personality traits, situational variables, and drug use on sexual risk behaviors, fewer studies have employed experimental methods to examine cognitive processes that may underlie risky sexual decision making. This study used a go/no-go paradigm to examine how individual difference variables and sexual arousal influence discrimination learning...

Discrimination on the basis of sex in employment is illegal--usually. In cases in which employers contend that sex-based hiring is necessary to protect the privacy interests of their customer, however, and in cases in which employers contend that sex-based hiring is necessary to provide a particular type of sexual titillation for their customers, courts sometimes do allow employers to discrimin...

In 2018, the Indian penal code scrapped section 377 and decriminalized consensual homosexuality. However, there exists a significant knowledge gap regarding what extent workplaces have been successful in ensuring discrimination-free environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) employees. Thus, to address this gap, current study explored discriminatory workplace experiences...

Research is beginning to reveal negative effects of perceived discrimination on romantic relationship quality among members of devalued groups, yet potential mechanisms driving these effects remain underexplored. In the current work, we examined the mediating role of self-image. Data from two cross-sectional studies with samples composed of racial minorities (Study 1) and sexual minorities (Stu...