With her country torn by civil war, Julia Ward Howe won new fame in 1862 when she published the stirring words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” That celebrity followed acclaim for her earlier ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. People are either male or female, and ...

Any artist would have a hard time interpreting the teeming, surreal, at times shocking prose of Denver author Daniel Grandbois. But the famed Argentine artist Alfredo Benavidez Bedoya entered ...

Blurring the borders of identity feels modern, but ambiguity has ancient roots. Gender and sexual identity are on many minds right now. There are continuing legal battles over bathroom access; piles ...

What is hermaphrodism and is it something that should be 'treated'? A hermaphrodite (or intersexed person) is someone who has some or all of the primary sex characteristics of both genders (for ...