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Gender Nation
8 Photos Show What It's Like To Be Young & Trans
Sara Coughlin
Nov 20, 2017
Wellness
We Need To Talk About LGBTQ Students & Sex Ed
Kimberly Truong
Nov 20, 2017
Gender Nation
Is It Time To Retire "Mom" & "Dad"?
Deidre Olsen
Nov 17, 2017
Gender Nation
The Important Lesson We Learned From A Queer Astrologer
“The soul has no gender,” astrologer Colin Bedell tells Refinery29. “We have to move beyond body and sexual identification if we're
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Sara Coughlin
Work & Money
The Workplace Crisis We Don't Talk About Enough — But Should
It'd be hard to miss the Gender Revolution shaping our current cultural moment. From the dating world to inspiring YouTube personalities, trans and no
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Rachel Selvin
Wellness
Why Being Transgender Can Be So "Awkward"
In a TED Talk speech filmed earlier this year, speaker Jackson Bird opened up about why it can be so “awkward” to be transgender — namely bec
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Kimberly Truong
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Gender Nation
What Does It Mean To Be Skoliosexual?
When it comes to the vocabulary used to define gender and sexual orientation, it can be difficult to keep track of exactly which words people are using to
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Cory Stieg
Gender Nation
Tove Lo Talks Her New Single "Disco Tits"
In Tove Lo's video for her new single “Disco Tits,” she's consumed by a wild love affair, riding down the freeway with her hair blowi
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Arianna Davis
Gender Nation
Young M.A Is Not Just Lesbian Rapper, Or One-Hit Wonder — She's A...
Rap music has always been criticized for misogynistic lyrics, but the summer of 2016 was a doozy. Over two months, hip-hop fans (myself included) had songs
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Arianna Davis
Gender Nation
An Active Duty Soldier's Gender Confirmation Surgery Was Paid For...
After months of uncertainty and upheaval as Trump attempts to ban transgender individuals from serving our country in the military (an effort that has been
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Caitlin Flynn
Wellness
Trans People Tell Us What They Want — & It's Exactly What You Wan...
Like anyone else, transgender and gender non-conforming people want to be treated like people. That's the message in a new Trans 102 video — a video
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Kasandra Brabaw
Fashion
Tommy Dorfman's Latest Fashion Statement: Gender
Waltzing into Tribeca mainstay The Odéon for lunch, Tommy Dorfman apologizes for being fashionably late. He’s one minute early. The thing is, Dorfman te
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Landon Peoples
Fashion
How Did An Entire Group Of People Become A Fashion Trend?
One thing I never expected to worry about is how daunting it can be to dress for a photoshoot. Even though I wasn’t the one being photographed, the press
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Thora Siemsen
Gender Nation
This Is What It Means To Be Non-Binary
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Chris Kaye
Gender Nation
17 Photos Reveal The Realities Of The American Transgender Experi...
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Sara Coughlin
It's Not You
I'm A Trans Woman, & I Feel Pressure To Be A Mother One Day
As much as I love sharing my dating stories, there are a lot of experiences that I haven't had. That's why, as part of It’s Not You, I'll
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Maria Del Russo
Gender Nation
5 Reasons Why Facial Feminization Surgery Is More Than Just A Cos...
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Cory Stieg
Music
GIRLI Is Using Pop Music To Create A Massive Shift In How We Talk...
The U.K. turns out a kind of female pop star that is uniquely different from those in the U.S. From Kate Bush to the Spice Girls to Lily Allen to M.I.A., t
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Courtney E. Smith
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Wellness
9 Ways To Avoid Misgendering Someone & What To Do If It Happens
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Kasandra Brabaw
Fashion
Did You Ever Notice This About The Clothes You Grew Up Wearing?
Every time I roll by the freezer section of the grocery store with my two-year-old daughter, I know exactly when she’ll start making demands: when we pas
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Jennifer Ditlevso...
Fashion
Violet Chachki Becomes The First Drag Queen To Front A Lingerie C...
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Landon Peoples
Wellness
Why More Millennial Men Are Getting Breast Reduction Surgery
Last month, Carl*, a 33-year-old banker in New York City, decided he was going to make a big change that he had been stewing about for years: He was going
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Cory Stieg
Wellness
Why We Call Ourselves Queers, Dykes, Fags, & Homos
by
Kasandra Brabaw
Gender Nation
What Awards Shows Would Look Like In A Genderless World
Last year, the MTV Movie and TV Awards eliminated gendered acting categories. Is it time for others to do the same?
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Anne Cohen
Features
The True Beauty Of Gigi Gorgeous
The May morning of the MTV Movie Awards, Gigi Gorgeous sat in the dining room of her girlfriend’s Toluca Lake mansion, sipping Red Bull from a paper cup.
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Elizabeth Kiefer
Movies
The Evolution Of Trans Representation In Hollywood
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Elena Nicolaou
Money Diaries
A Week In Jacksonville, FL, On A $35,000 Salary
"I have to pay for my upcoming surgery upfront. Last year, during the Obama administration, my health insurance would've covered 80% of the cost. However,
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You
Gender Nation
What It's Like To Be Trans & A GOP Elected Official In The Trump Era
"I get questions from the trans community and I get questions from the Republican party. The same thought is there: 'I can’t believe you exist.'"
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Andrea González-R...
Gender Nation
7 Ways Transitioning Is Much More Than A Physical Process
by
Cory Stieg
Wellness
What's The Difference Between Gender & Sex?
There’s a good chance you’ve come across “gender reveal” videos while scrolling through the internet — the stunts have a tendency to go viral whe
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Kasandra Brabaw
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