Mendelsohn, Michaela

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 […]