By Livia Gershon — 2021
The Finnish grave’s occupant likely had Klinefelter syndrome, meaning they were born with an extra copy of the X chromosome
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CLEAR ALL
Why asking whether your brain is male or female is the wrong question
Why you should embrace labels beyond the traditional binary.
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.
Myth making, policy making and never the twain should meet.
Hand-wringing about the sanctity of women’s sports reflects an unwillingness to understand what it truly means to be transgender.
The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.