People Who Stayed Home For College Share Their Best Partying Tips
Being stuck with your parents in the town you grew up in might seem suffocating, but people who have done it say there are lots of ways to make it work.
LGBTQ
The Singular Life of Billy Tipton
Outed as transgender after his death, he went from regional jazz musician to national scandal over night. A new documentary attempts to reclaim his legacy
A Beginner's Guide to Microdosing Testosterone During Your Transition
Answers to your burning questions about body hair, muscle mass, finding a doctor familiar with non-binary health care, and a whole lot more.
Rwanda’s Transgender Community Face Violent Detentions For Being Trans
Rwanda’s record on LGBTQ rights far outperforms its neighbors. But the lived reality for some transgender Rwandans doesn’t match the narrative.
Gender
A Beginner's Guide to Microdosing Testosterone During Your Transition
Answers to your burning questions about body hair, muscle mass, finding a doctor familiar with non-binary health care, and a whole lot more.
I Got into £8,000 Debt Funding My Lifesaving Gender Transition
I didn't want to wait for years in a body in which I felt like an imposter.
What It’s Like to Be Declared a ‘Witch’ in Modern India
Accused of sorcery, almost 200 people have been murdered in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
Rights
Life Inside a Pre-Release Center: Like Prison, But More Work
“[Passages] is just like jail, except they expect you to live like a regular person while you're in jail, which is pretty much impossible to do."
An Indian Cartoonist Is Being Threatened With Contempt Charges for Her Satirical Comics
The Attorney General of India has given consent to initiate contempt proceedings against the creator of webcomic ‘Sanitary Panels’.
How to Actually Help the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections
Where to put your time, money, and energy between now and January 5, according to organizers on the ground.
Race
The Joy of Being Black and Having an Extended Family
"Most of my childhood memories took place at my grandma’s house with my 20-plus cousins."
Black Men on Why They Started Therapy in 2020
Research shows that thoughts of suicide and self-harm have been significantly higher for Black Brits during the pandemic.
Inside the Controversial Facebook Group for People Who Say They’re ‘Transracial’
Members include a white man seeking to be accepted as Black, and a Turkish woman who identifies as Korean.