Gender Identity
Disclosing gender identity or sexual orientation on an application has unfair downsides — but not sharing comes with big costs, too.
Fill your closet with gender-neutral styles that will look as good on your body as they’ll make you feel on the inside.
"It’s a cowardly and futile attempt to censor an idea," she said.
When it comes to gender identities, some parents are offering their children the possibilities of "both/and" instead of "either/or."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
In a hostile world, trans teens have to manage their mental health while fighting for their right to exist.
"The heteronormative life I’d chosen was largely a big 'f**k you' to my mother. But in my attempt to be different from her, I inadvertently rejected parts of myself."
Many parents have a strong reaction against gender-neutral clothes, but American kids dressed like "sexless cherubs" before capitalism and more rigid gender norms took over.
"I’d learned 'girl' was a derogatory term if weaponized correctly. I knew I was a girl; was I the wrong kind of girl?"
"I couldn’t square those ideas in my mind: that someone who claimed they wanted to protect kids could justify killing or harming caregivers or interrupting treatments for sick children."
"Before now, I have not spoken publicly, or even disclosed my role in the origin of the word cisgender to anyone beyond a few close friends and colleagues."