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Genderqueer generation

Gender expression is changing. This series highlights the experiences and perspectives of non-binary and other gender-nonconforming young people

  • Ruby Marx at her B’Mitzvah, wearing a rainbow tallit with Joan Jett on the back.

    My rabbi was super cool about it: why I had a gender-neutral b'nai mitzvah

    Instead of a male or female coming-of-age ceremony, one Jewish teen decided to do ‘something in the middle’. She explains why
  • Ella Souflee

    Meet the teenage 'beauty boys' coming for the cosmetics industry

    Gen-Z boys online are chipping away at the taboo against men wearing makeup – with or without the makeup industry’s help
  • intersex kids, who makes these choices

    Are hasty operations on intersex children becoming a thing of the past?

    When babies are born with ambiguous sex, doctors and parents often rush to intervene with surgery. That approach is harmful, say intersex advocates
  • ‘My approach has been: I don’t know. I don’t know who they’re going to be or what’s going to be important to them,’ says Kori Doty of their child Searyl.

    Raising a theybie: the parent who wants their child to grow up gender-free

    Parents raising ‘theybies’ say it liberates children from gender roles and gives them the freedom to choose their own label
  • Jenna Karvunidis on gender reveal parties: “The problem is they overemphasize one aspect of a person.”

    I started the 'gender reveal party' trend. And I regret it

  • Non-binary youths on why they identify as non-binary

    'It’s how I feel. It’s not how you feel': four teens explain why they reject the gender binary

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