We are bringing back an updated mega-encore of one of my favorite episodes, as I’m off in the woods this week for a wedding. We have some brand new research included that you don’t want to miss. How many genders are there? How do you know if you’re queer? Is sexual orientation biological, and if so, how? The amazing neuroscientist and endocrinology researcher Dr. Daniel Pfau joins to share their path in academia finding the perfect research, understanding their own genderqueer identity, what animals in nature exhibit queer behavior, how hormones affect our moods, the variation of gender expression, queer lizards, how a strict gender binary is harmful to entire populations, hormone replacement therapy, hormones in sports, gender dysphoria, additional info on the Gender Unicorn and more. They are just charming and kind and wonderful and this episode will help you understand just how many ways there are to be human.

Listen to it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbay, Podcast Addict, or wherever you get podcasts.

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A donation went to The Marsha P. Johnson Institute

More links you may enjoy:

New 2024 research: Functional brain networks are associated with both sex and gender in children

The Gender Unicorn

Amazing GLAAD + Refinery29 glossary of gender identities

Dr. Daniel Pfau’s paper: The De-Scent of Sexuality: Did Loss of a Pheromone Signaling Protein Permit the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Primates?

Cats and vomernasal organ

The Vomernasal Organ: A Neglected Organ

What Neuromuscular Systems Tell Us about Hormones and Behavior

Gender Reveals Gone Wrong