Mattel announced a new autistic Barbie, giving neurodivergent girls a chance to see themselves in a new way. However, some conservatives think the doll is "promoting gender ideology" through one of ...

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...