What if the conversation around sex, gender, and identity started with evidence instead of politics? In this episode, we explore what decades of research in biology, medicine, psychology, and child development actually tell us about sex, gender, and human diversity.
• Science • Sex Education • Biology • Education • Public Policy • Media Literacy
Thank you for supporting evidence-based education. Science could save the world. That, and truth.
That's where this story starts. I'm Cat Diaz—a science educator, Gainesville native, twelve years in the classroom. This fall, a man stood outside Florida elementary and middle schools every morning holding a sign that said: "It's great to be straight." In front of kids. In front of families. School officials said their hands were tied.
In the United States, murder is the leading cause of death for pregnant women. Not hemorrhaging. Not pre-eclampsia. Not blood clots. Murder. And in most of those cases, the person holding the weapon is someone she knew.
Our Gainesville Planned Parenthood closes June 26. I've been going there since I was 16 years old, when I was living alone, supporting myself, and had nobody else to ask about my sexual health.
A student points their phone at a worksheet. Before they finish reading the question, AI fills in the answer. This is the classroom now. Students have access to more information than any generation in history. And they're worse at figuring out what's actually true. That's not a coincidence. That's a system working exactly as designed.
