IOC defends women boxers accused of being transgender athletes

The International Olympic Committee issued a statement on Friday defending Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif, two women boxers...

Most East Asian adults believe men, women should share family responsibilities: survey

A new survey reveals that large majorities of people in East Asia believe men and women should share familial responsibilities. The results:...

Japanese media criticized for portraying female soccer players as ‘cute’

“No matter how much soccer’s competitiveness improves, it’s hard to get people to feel interested in that aspect of it” ...

Asian lead roles have increased on Netflix, report finds

A study released Thursday by Netflix and the University of Southern California (USC) reported that 41.5% of series and 12.3% of films on the...

Identity influences how strongly Asian is associated with females and Black with males, new study finds

A new study has found that people’s stereotypical association of Black people with males and Asian people with females shown in earlier stu...

China amends gender law to tell women to ‘obey family values’

China has revised its decades-old Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Act to introduce a new list of moral standards for women, which i...

Indonesian university apologizes for discriminating against non-binary new student

Hasanuddin University, located in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, has come under fire after a viral video showed a faculty member dism...

Japanese city, citing ‘changing times,’ to recruit those of any gender for ‘princess’ ambassador roles

An annual contest held in the Japanese city of Kashihara that originally recruited single women to become tourism ambassadors, or “princes...

Japanese female pro gamer fired after saying men under 5 feet 7 inches tall ‘don’t have human rights’

Professional “Tekken” player Kana “Tanukana” Tani reportedly said in a Feb. 15 livestream that “men who are under 170 centimeters (approxim...

20 Asian Celebrities Reimagined As the Opposite Sex Through Snapchat’s Viral Filter

The world is a giant melting pot of people and now so is your timeline thanks to the viral Snapchat swapping app that allows users to change...

Tinder Now Includes 23 Gender Options in India

Popular dating mobile application Tinder just rolled out a new update in India that includes 23 genders in its list of options outside the b...

Mongolia’s Women are Too Smart and Successful, Have Trouble Finding Suitable Husbands

Mongolia’s ever-growing “reverse gender gap” has resulted in many educated women complaining that there is a shortage of eligible men....

Thailand Has 18 Different Gender Identities

As the world’s favorite sex-change surgery destination, Thailand definitely takes the cake in its recognition of the complexity of human sex...

Shanghai Company Launches Textbook to Make Chinese Boys More Manly

In an apparent effort to keep the Chinese male students more masculine, a Shanghai-based publishing company has released a textbook especial...