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"Over the moon excited, terrified, scared, emotional," is how Jetta'Mae Carlisle says she felt before her surgery.

What It's Like To Choose Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgery

4:54pm June 02, 2015

by Meredith Rizzo

There are many different ways to be transgender. For some people that includes sex reassignment surgery. A young filmmaker follows two people who made that choice through their year of transition.

Young schoolgirls receive new notebooks and textbooks at a refugee camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Many girls in Pakistan still don't receive an education.

See Priya Cook: Gender Bias Pervades Textbooks Worldwide

11:07am April 19, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

In almost every corner of the world, women are either completely written out of school books, or they're portrayed in stereotypical, subservient roles, a report says. What will it take to fix this?

Men Strive To Give More To Charity When The Fundraiser Is Cute

5:28pm April 17, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

If you're wondering how to get more people to contribute to your online charity drive, consider a photo of you smiling. Even better if you're an attractive woman. Biology is to blame, researchers say.

Sarah Johnson makes a call during the first half of an April 2014 preseason NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Diego Chargers.

NFL Makes It Official: Sarah Thomas Is First Woman To Be A Full-Time Ref

5:30pm April 08, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Confirming a long-anticipated move, the NFL has hired its first female official on a full-time basis. She has spent nearly a decade working her way through the ranks in the NCAA.

Ellen Pao, a former partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says women were excluded from all-male meetings at the company and denied seats on boards. The firm says she was fired for poor performance.

National

Sex Discrimination Trial Puts Silicon Valley Under The Microscope

8:18pm March 17, 2015

by Audrey Dilling

Ellen Pao was vying to be one of the few women at the top of the venture capital world. Then she was fired. Now she's suing, in an industry where women often say they are sidelined and passed over.

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Eight-year-old Tomás Rocha, a third grader at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley, Calif., is among a handful of gender non-conforming students at the school.

Transgender Students Learn To Navigate School Halls

12:28pm March 06, 2015

by Nanette Thompson

A new poll shows that fewer young people see gender as limited to female and male. Youth Radio reporter Nanette Thompson talks with two students about their experiences at school.

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Couple's hands wrapped around one cup of coffee.

Young Women And Men Seek More Equal Roles At Work And Home

4:02pm January 23, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Young couples would prefer to share responsibilities equally at work and at home, a study finds. But they realize that workplace policies and child care can make that a tough go in real life.

For These Millennials, Gender Norms Have Gone Out Of Style

9:49am December 01, 2014

by Lidia Jean Kott

Many millennials say they find traditional notions of gender too confining. And they are rewriting the rules and refashioning clothes so that they can dress and accessorize in whatever way they want.

Josh Kronberg-Rasner was the only openly gay employee at a food service company in Casper, Wyo. He was fired in 2012 shortly after being assigned a new manager.

National

For People Fired For Being Gay, Old Court Case Becomes A New Tool

1:30pm November 11, 2014

by Miles Bryan

Workplace discrimination against gay people is legal in 29 states. So some LGBT people have filed discrimination claims using a legal argument from a 1989 Supreme Court case about gender stereotypes.

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Politics & Government

Gender Role Issues Influence Hagan-Tillis Race

5:17am September 22, 2014

Pollsters have found a huge gender gap among likely voters in the closely watched Senate race in North Carolina between Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis. In a recent poll, Hagan held a 19-point lead among women.

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