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Sex and gender

While sex is a label that you’re assigned by a doctor at birth, gender is much more complex: It is a social and legal status, and a specific set of expectations from society about behaviour, characteristics, and thoughts. These articles discuss issues related to sex and gender identity.

DiscoverSocial issues

The Lens: India’s move for transgender traffic police is a step towards inclusion

6 Oct, 2024

DiscoverSocial issues

The Lens: India’s move for transgender traffic police is a step towards inclusion

6 Oct, 2024

Your VoiceHong Kong

Face Off: Should parents have a say in the curricula for sex education?

22 Sep, 2024

Students say Hong Kong needs a more progressive approach to sex education

6 Sep, 2024

GlobalSex and gender

Paraguay endorses abstinence amid high teen pregnancy rates

5 Sep, 2024

Hong Kong experts say schools use ‘unprofessional’ material for sex education

26 Aug, 2024

KMB launches bus route operated exclusively by female drivers

6 Jul, 2024

DiscoverPerforming Arts

Boys in ballet break stereotypes in Hong Kong

13 Apr, 2024

FeaturesCentral and South America

Meet Miss Gaviota, Mexico’s first trans lucha libre wrestler

2 Jul, 2023

Letters to the EditorsFrom YP readers

Your Voice: How toxic masculinity hurts men (long letters)

14 Jan, 2023

Your VoiceSex and gender

Face Off: Should sex education be mandatory in Hong Kong schools?

11 Dec, 2022

Letters to the EditorsSocial issues

Your voice: Hong Kong must respect its domestic helpers (short letters)

15 Oct, 2022

DiscoverSocial issues

The Lens: India’s move for transgender traffic police is a step towards inclusion

6 Oct, 2024

Your VoiceHong Kong

Face Off: Should parents have a say in the curricula for sex education?

22 Sep, 2024

Students say Hong Kong needs a more progressive approach to sex education

6 Sep, 2024

GlobalSex and gender

Paraguay endorses abstinence amid high teen pregnancy rates

5 Sep, 2024

Hong Kong experts say schools use ‘unprofessional’ material for sex education

26 Aug, 2024

KMB launches bus route operated exclusively by female drivers

6 Jul, 2024

DiscoverPerforming Arts

Boys in ballet break stereotypes in Hong Kong

13 Apr, 2024

FeaturesCentral and South America

Meet Miss Gaviota, Mexico’s first trans lucha libre wrestler

2 Jul, 2023

Letters to the EditorsFrom YP readers

Your Voice: How toxic masculinity hurts men (long letters)

14 Jan, 2023

Your VoiceSex and gender

Face Off: Should sex education be mandatory in Hong Kong schools?

11 Dec, 2022

Letters to the EditorsSocial issues

Your voice: Hong Kong must respect its domestic helpers (short letters)

15 Oct, 2022

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