Gender
Republicans Sharpen Post-Roe Attacks on L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
Days after the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion, Michigan’s Republican candidates for governor were asked if it was also time to roll back constitutional protections for gay rights. None of the five candidates came to the defense of same-sex marriage. “They need to revisit it all,” one candidate, Garrett Soldano, said at the […]
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The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don’t Count
Perhaps it makes sense that women — those supposedly compliant and agreeable, self-sacrificing and everything-nice creatures — were the ones to finally bring our polarized country together. Because the far right and the far left have found the one thing they can agree on: Women don’t count. The right’s position here is the better known, […]
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Nonbinary Airline Passengers Ask: What’s Gender Got to Do With It?
In the United States, gender is a required data field for flight bookings. The requirement was set by the Transport Security Administration in 2009 as part of its Secure Flight program, an initiative that arose from the 9/11 Commission. This enabled the agency to use additional passenger information, which included gender, in later stages of […]
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Coast Guard Admiral to Become First Female Service Chief, Shattering Another Glass Ceiling
Adm. Linda L. Fagan will shatter one of the last glass ceilings in the military on Wednesday when she takes the oath as commandant of the Coast Guard and becomes the first female officer to lead a branch of the American armed forces. Admiral Fagan, who was previously the service’s second in command, graduated from […]
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‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own
BERLIN — Samuel Mariño is a rarity in opera: a true male soprano. Rather than relying on falsetto as a countertenor would, Mariño, 28, is able to comfortably sing high notes with his chest voice. Now he is branching out from Baroque parts originally written for castrati. A big step in that direction: “Sopranista,” his […]
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‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’
As a middle-distance runner for Columbia University, Jacob Caswell did not feel like they had space to be themself. Because collegiate track and field events include only men’s and women’s divisions, Caswell, who is nonbinary, competed in men’s races. But they said they felt constrained by gender norms as an N.C.A.A. athlete, unable to question […]
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Restaurants Rethink Gender’s Role in Service
LOS ANGELES — As Anaelia Ovalle stood outside a restaurant here deciding whether to go in, the host extended a friendly greeting: “Hello, sir.” But the phrase didn’t feel all that welcoming to Ovalle, 27, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns “they” and “them.” Ovalle has an androgynous appearance. And as they asked […]
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Doctors Debate Whether Trans Teens Need Therapy Before Hormones
But other trans health specialists are concerned by the sharp increase in adolescents who are referred to gender clinics, and worry that the desire for hormones and surgeries may be driven partly by peer influence on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube. “The kids presenting these days are very different than what I was […]
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