Transgender

April 13, 2024

Transgender People Find Comfort in Hair Salons

Xavier Cruz and JP Gomez, a married gay couple, knew discrimination against the L.G.B.T.Q. community had become widespread. But as owners of Barba Grooming Boutique, a […]
February 9, 2024

A ‘Mother’ Is Mourned by the Queer New Yorkers She Left Behind

Hundreds gathered in a Greenwich Village church to pay their respects to the transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, who died this week at 52. The strumming of […]
September 12, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Know Something She Doesn’t’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Cupid Launches a Cannonball While the other Ph.D. students chatted — dryly — […]
August 5, 2023

After Transitioning, Gabbi Tuft Pays a Visit to Smackdown

She was once a 250-pound gladiator in the World Wrestling Entertainment ring. Now she’s a TikTok star who’s building a new life. Almost until the end, […]
July 21, 2023

Why My Father Called Me Son, Daughter, He, She and It

As my father lost his memory, he began to regard my gender as increasingly fluid. My father and I were in Starbucks about a year after […]
May 30, 2023

In ‘Horse Barbie,’ Geena Rocero Recounts a Modeling Life Like No Other

A candid new memoir by Geena Rocero, a model and producer who started her career on the pageant circuit in her native Philippines, recounts the pleasures and […]
April 12, 2023

He Ghosted. I’m Grateful.

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘I took his hand and planted kisses in […]
April 1, 2023

Lesbian Bars in Los Angeles Change With the Times

LOS ANGELES — One pleasingly bitter, gently botanical, sort-of purple nonalcoholic cocktail in, and I was just happy to be caught in the gravitational pull of […]