By La Sarmiento — 2019
Creating spaces where the need to assimilate, conform, and belong are no longer important
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CLEAR ALL
Hyperindividual, you-do-you young people from across the U.S. are upending the convention that when it comes to gender and sexuality, there are only two options for each: male or female, gay or straight.
Xe/xem, ze/zir, and fae/faer are catching on as alternatives for transgender and nonbinary people
After generations in the shadows, the intersex rights movement has a message for the world: We aren’t disordered and we aren’t ashamed.
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What began as a proud assertion of identity has itself become a trope; the stereotype of a gay man now is one who goes to the gym and takes care of himself.
The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.
In a new study, we found that women—but not men—continue to be perceived negatively for having casual sex.
Hand-wringing about the sanctity of women’s sports reflects an unwillingness to understand what it truly means to be transgender.
Today, Lewis Howes has peeled back the layers of his own masks and has a deep desire to show others how to do the same.
Why asking whether your brain is male or female is the wrong question