Americans broadly support LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, with large majorities backing same-sex marriage, same-sex couples raising children and laws to protect queer people from job discrimination, according to a new nationwide poll for the Los Angeles Times. Those questions showed that “some of the levels of acceptance just aren’t as high for trans and nonbinary people” as they …
The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect’s assertion of being nonbinary has put gender identity and pronouns — and some sensitive questions around them — back in the spotlight. Respecting Anderson Lee Aldrich’s request to be referenced with they/them pronouns does not amount to placating someone accused of a heinous act, nonbinary people and advocates say. And they stress that …
The author attending a wedding in August 2021. “I’m realizing that this identity isn’t about banning anything from my name or my wardrobe; it’s about creating space for an abundance of queer possibilities.” When I first started addressing my big gender feelings last summer, my wife and I had a couple of emotional conversations about it, many of them late …
The author at home in their Nashville apartment during quarantine. While it’s often hard to place exactly what I do identify with — we live in a culture that erases LGBTQ people and robs us of even basic language to help us define ourselves — simply put, I don’t feel like a girl. “While it’s often hard to place exactly …
