As much as I'd love to say that the way I dress isn't in any way governed by outside influences, our choices aren't usually made in a vacuum. Since I'm gender nonconforming, I prefer wearing skirts ...

Now 31 years old, I am still struggling to figure out my gender identity. I knew by age 5 that I was unlike other boys, even declaring to my mother that I should have been born a girl. I came out as ...

This piece is part of The Passing Issue, a special package from Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here. Recently, while ringing up a woman’s purchase of ...

Cisgender individuals identify with the sex that they were born with — so if you were born with a vulva and you live as a ...

Since coming out as gender nonconforming a year ago, navigating certain social situations has proven tricky. This isn't uncommon for the trans community as a whole, since many of us deal with ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 18 new words related to gender identity and the LGBTQ community in 2022, including the terms gender-affirming, brotherboy and pangender, according to a new ...

Along with social marginalization, nonbinary trans people continue to face discrimination in professional settings. Often, they slog through assumptions or ...

The State Department this week announced that it will add another gender option on passports for applicants who are nonbinary, intersex and gender nonconforming. The department also announced that ...

From Pinter-Brown v. Regents, decided yesterday by the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion written by Justice Maria E. Stratton, and joined by Justices John Wiley and Elizabeth A. Grimes. (Note ...