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‘Are You Ready to Heal?’: Nonbinary Activist Alok Vaid-Menon Deconstructs Gender

By Jo Yurcaba — 2021

In a viral clip from the podcast “Man Enough,” the nonbinary poet and speaker said the gender binary hurts everyone—not just trans people.

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No One Transitions to Win in Sports. Period.

Myth making, policy making and never the twain should meet.

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Karleigh Webb
2021
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More than 1 Million Nonbinary Adults Live in the U.S., a Pioneering Study Finds

The U.S. Census doesn’t ask about gender identity. Until now, no population estimate of nonbinary LGBTQ adults in the United States existed.

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Caroline Anders
2021
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Why Our Gender Identity Language Isn’t Enough

Melissa Faliveno reflects on the insufficiencies of words like “bisexual” and “queer.”

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Melissa Faliveno
2020
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Gender Is Not Just Male or Female. 12 People across the Gender Spectrum Explain Why.

“Our gender identities and the way we relate to gender is more of a constellation than an either-or.”

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German Lopez
2016
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See Us Clearly: A Buddhist’s View of Transgender Visibility

Ray Buckner offers a personal view of what it means to be Buddhist, gender-queer, and trans—and why they all fit together like “a miracle.”

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Ray Buckner
2017
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What Are Some Different Types of Gender Identity?

Gender is different than sex. Although genetic factors typically define a person’s sex, gender refers to how they identify on the inside. Only the person themselves can determine what their gender identity is.

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Veronica Zambon
2020
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Trans Women Pose No Threat to Cis Women, But We Pose a Threat to Them if We Make Them Outcasts

Growing up in San Francisco, the loudest, proudest queer town around, made it clear to me that gender was what you made of it.

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Rebecca Solnit
2020
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Sharing Trans Joy at the First Residential Retreat for the Transgender and Gender Expansive Community

“Creating Joy In Community,” the first residential retreat for transgender people, brought together 50 members of the transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and non-binary community at Big Bear Retreat Center in California.

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Fresh Lev White, Martin Vitorino, Rene Rivera
2019
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When James Becomes Janice: What Not to Ask a Transgender Friend

Steven Petrow addresses questions about gay and straight etiquette for a boomer-age audience.

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Steven Petrow
2013
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How Spirit Mediums Blur Gender Lines in Southeast Asia

Having documented transgender communities for more than 30 years, photographer Mariette Pathy Allen is accustomed to working with those facing stigma and abuse. But the subjects of her latest book represented an altogether different experience.

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Oscar Holland
2020
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