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Brandon Andrew Robinson, an associate professor with UC Riverside’s Gender and Sexuality Department analyzed over 200 online Reddit discussion posts during a three-month period that revealed the complexities surrounding relationships: love, sexuality, attraction, and gender norms. (UCR/Photo illustration by Victor Perry)

Study examines straight men and their sexual attraction to transgender women

An analysis of online Reddit conversations also revealed a paradox: the same men devalue both trans and cisgender women.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Social Science / Education
President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (Getty Images)

UCR expert: President Biden’s new same-sex marriage law ‘is a reminder that a right won is not a right secured’

The Respect for Marriage Act ‘seems to be an evolution on same-sex marriage support. But I want to caution that we don’t conflate that with LGBTQ support.’

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Social Science / Education
homeless

UCR experts: Newsom's CARE courts an 'oxymoron'

Experts on the plight of the unhoused contend the plan would criminalize being poor and mentally ill

By Holly Ober & John Warren | | Social Science / Education
A family stands in front of a house

How do non-parental family members affect LGBTQ youth housing stability?

A study set in the Inland Empire and South Texas aims to find out

By Holly Ober | | Social Science / Education
Demi Lovato- Adobe Stock images

Experts discuss the ‘coming out’ of nonbinary people

UCR experts say Demi Lovato’s public announcement amplifies the conversation about gender identity.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Social Science / Education
Anti-homeless bench with colors of the LGBTQ pride flag from the cover of "Coming Out to the Streets," published by UC Press

“I just don’t think shelters work”

Institutions, not only family rejection, underlie LGBTQ youth homelessness

By Holly Ober | | Social Science / Education