Americans need a Real ID for air travel by May 7—except for these 5 states
‘I got a fake ID I guess.’
On May 5, 2025 by Ljeonida Mulabazi
‘I can’t verify my identity’: Woman warns against getting dolled up for driver’s license photo
‘wth, that does look like you though.’
On Sep 7, 2023 by Jack Alban
CisCore TikTok exposes all the heteronormative weirdness of white American design
Seriously, why are these things gendered?
On Feb 17, 2021 by Siobhan Ball
From Chicano to Xicanx: A brief history of a political and cultural identity
Being Xicano is not the same as identifying as Latinx or Mexican-American.
On Oct 22, 2017 by Joseph Flores
Demisexuality is an orientation—not a condition of ‘being picky’
It’s not a matter of fixing their libido.
On Jan 5, 2017 by Nico Lang
Transgender people are winning the Internet with #transdayofvisibility selfies
It’s a grassroots movement to raise awareness of trans identities.
On Mar 31, 2015 by Dylan Love
Michael Phelps’s alleged ex-girlfriend talks coming out as intersex and life in the spotlight
Taylor Lianne Chandler came out as intersex on Facebook.
On Dec 3, 2014 by EJ Dickson
Meet Milkshake, the 1,200-pound cow who thinks she’s a dog
Here’s lookin’ at you, cud.
On Jun 9, 2014 by Miles Klee
Our online personas are being pushed to extremes
Online, just as we’ve created an identity and shared it, it seems there’s always someone else who’s upped the ante.
On May 16, 2014 by Nicholas White
Could a petition force the White House to address nonbinary genders?
This is one We the People petition worth looking into.
On Mar 22, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Twitter debunks myths about the strange creature known as ‘bisexual’
An army of Twitter users remind us that queer identity is not as simple as “gay” and “lesbian.”
On Dec 3, 2013 by Aja Romano
Anonymous has finally released the names of Rehtaeh Parsons’s alleged rapists
The group says it’s not satisfied with the new investigation into Parsons’s rape and suicide.
On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Morris
70 percent of U.S. Facebook users have a gay friend
Is this more evidence that American society has reached a tipping point in accepting the LGBT community?
On Jun 25, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Reddit stays Reddit, on- and offline
When redditors go offline, they take their culture with them. Meet the pretzel-eating denizens of r/philadlphia.
On Jun 21, 2013 by Mike Fenn
The Morning GIF: We will become silhouettes
Helena Almeida’s “Tele Habitada” is a haunting, shadowy work.
On Jun 26, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
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