There’s plenty of examples of androgyny in rock history. Queen, Marilyn Manson, and U2 have all worn drag in music videos. Kiss wore makeup. Freddie Mercury and Elton John had camp personas. Where ...

Since Caitlyn Jenner came out as a transgender woman via her Vanity Fair cover in summer 2015, it seems that queer and gender nonconforming visibility has really been having A Moment. The moment, ...

In a 1976 essay titled “Is Gender Necessary?,” Ursula K. Le Guin begins by talking about her motivations for writing “The Left Hand of Darkness”: Along about 1967…I began to want to define and ...

Fashion is a powerful language, a vibrant way we introduce ourselves to the world without saying a word. But for too long, that language has felt pretty rigid, especially when it comes to gendered ...

Reiterated in socially conscious spaces until it makes me want to gouge my ears out: “Nonbinary people don’t owe you androgyny!” I’m sure people who say this are supportive and generally understanding ...

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Rock can have a habit of making one think of the most masculine and testosteronic of men. It sometimes seems strapped in leather and aggression, screamed lyrics, and dirty hair. But interestingly ...

Androgyny doesn’t get a lot of style icons. That’s what I thought when I first saw the news that David Bowie had died. Bowie meant so much to so many, but for a number of people who have fought to ...