Below are the best articles we could find on Gender Identity and self expression.
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Xe/xem, ze/zir, and fae/faer are catching on as alternatives for transgender and nonbinary people
When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.
At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star.
One of life’s paradoxes is that we are encouraged to “be ourselves,” but are often punished when we do.
We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.
We’re exploring what it means to be queer and have a body, with essays about the ways our bodies are legislated and discriminated against, the strategies we’ve used to find belonging in them, and how we’re breaking down the stereotypes, preconceptions, and fetishization that many of us endure.
LGBTQ legal strategy has long focused on equal protection. But if identity itself can be political speech, the First Amendment could be our future.
For LGBTQ youth in particular, the Internet can be a refuge—a safe place to feel less alone. For queer youth to feel normal, they need to see, read and hear the voices of others who look like them and use the same identifying labels.
“Representation and visibility is given to us by larger power structures, but what do we give ourselves? I’m more interested in that. What questions are we asking ourselves to grow and heal? To challenge the ways this world constantly teaches us to hate ourselves?”
Developing a positive identity can be tricky for all young people, especially those questioning their sexuality or gender, but these tips from a professional counsellor may help
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