Monica Hesse: When No Gender Fits

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Kelsey Beckham, 18, who identifies neither as male nor female, passes gender-specific bathrooms at a water park in western Michigan while hanging out with friends. How do you navigate the world when it is built on identifying with one group or another and the place that feels right is neither?

Monica Hesse in Washington Post:

When no gender fits: A quest to be seen as just a person

(Monica Hesse is a staff writer for the Washington Post Style section. She frequently writes about culture, the Web and the intersection of the two)



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