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�