Gender & LGBTQ

The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.

Worldwide, most of the countries that allow gay marriage are in Western Europe. In the Americas, five countries have legalized gay marriage.

More than 18 years after the Netherlands became the world’s first country to allow same-sex marriage, Austria became the latest European nation to legalize the practice.

Moms are more likely than dads to say they are the primary meal preparers, and they spend more time on average than dads on meal preparation.

Balancing work and family duties brings challenges for working parents. Yet many say working is best for them at this point in their life.

Today’s active duty military is smaller and more racially and ethnically diverse than in previous generations. More women are officers.

A majority of Americans have heard about the use of gender-neutral pronouns, and about one-in-five personally know someone who goes by such pronouns.

A computer can be trained to predict whether an image shows a man or a woman. Can you identify which parts of the face are most essential to the computer’s decision?

Overall, about half of U.S. women and 38% of men said in 2018 that they personally hoped a woman would be elected president in their lifetime.

Depression is rising among American teenagers, and teen girls are particularly likely to have had recent depressive episodes.