Laura Erickson-Schroth is a psychiatrist working with LGBTQ people in New York City. She is the editor of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, an award-winning resource guide written by and for transgender people. She has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air and On Point, and was named to Out's 'OUT100' in 2014.
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The term 'gender' was first distinguished from 'sex' in the 1950s when psychologists began to discuss the idea of 'gender roles,' behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Since then, leaders acros... SEE MORE