This post was written by David L. Lopez, M.D., a member of the LGBTQ+ Committee at the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. An increasing number of young people are embracing gender-nonconforming ...

People who do not conform to gender stereotypes may have an increased risk of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem, new research suggests. The connection was particularly pronounced among young men ...

It's every teenager's dilemma: How do you blend in but stay different enough to still stand out? Two Colorado middle schoolers share their secret to what they call "strategic nonconformity." This is ...

The World Health Organization removed gender nonconformity from its list of mental disorders in its global manual of diagnoses. The organization's latest version of its International Classification of ...

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When a boy struts in a tutu or a girl dons boxer shorts, it makes grown-ups nervous. It’s one of the first lessons kids who are gender nonconforming learn. Mich is biologically female, but didn’t ...

Americans today seem to almost venerate nonconformity: “Living your truth” is perhaps our society’s one unquestionable imperative. But what stands out about our approach to nonconformity is how much ...

Nonconformity is a necessary evil. People hate change but it’s important for long-term progress and development. Many outstanding, different and remarkable inventions that have transformed how we live ...

Ben Shahn, “Harvesting Wheat [study for The Meaning of Social Security mural, Washington, D.C.]” (1941), buon fresco on wallboard, (courtesy D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York) This spring, the ...