Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Tessa Solomon-Lane has coauthored , a behavioral endocrinology journal. The paper鈥檚 authors are all women (cis women and trans women) and nonbinary scientists.
鈥淪ex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology鈥 argues that the scientific framework historically used to analyze biological sex fails to account for the true diversity and variability of sex in nature. The authors propose a modernized framework that will help scientists better account for sex diversity in studies.
鈥淓ven for those who fully appreciate sex diversity,鈥 Solomon-Lane says, 鈥渢he subsequent research and communication decisions aren’t always straightforward. Those decisions have consequences, including negative consequences for LGBTQIA scientists and the broader community. This paper will hopefully provide a genuine and open way to learn about the topic for scientists in the field.鈥