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A North Carolina bill that proponents say would give parents greater authority over their children's education and health is heading to the Senate floor, but critics say the measure would harm young LGBTQ people.

Women leaders — already in short supply — are leaving their companies at rates not seen in years, a new report says. For every woman at the director level who gets promoted, two women directors leave.

Research is more limited, but shows that men who become parents younger than planned are less likely to go to college and have lower earnings.

The North Carolina state employee health plan unlawfully discriminates by excluding treatments for transgender people by refusing to pay for hormone therapy and surgeries, as it once did briefly, a

Thomas, a 22-year-old trans woman, placed first in three freestyle events at this week's Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University. Next stop: NCAA championships.

Magdalena Andersson, a former finance minister who leads the Social Democratic Party, won her second election in less than a week. She will officially take office on Tuesday.

Women's colleges have adapted admissions policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary. Hollins University's exclusion of nonbinary applicants has raised hackles.

The German language is full of male and female nouns. Officials and businesses are tweaking words, including adding asterisks, to make them inclusive.

Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for defamation. At issue is a line in the show's final episode that falsely says she hadn't played against male opponents.