During my adolescent years, I rarely introduced myself with verbal clarity. My soft introductions were hard to hear and communicated more doubt than any kind of confident identity. I’d try to tell ...

Even my Dominican parents found my name complicated and call me by a nickname. Starting a new school year gave me anxiety because I knew I'd have to introduce myself. A teacher made me speak up when ...

When Call Me By Your Name was released in 2017, it was met with a rapturous level of acclaim, with legions of people proclaiming it a milestone in the history of queer cinema. That acclaim led to ...

DEAR ABBY: I am in multiple online groups (such as academia, work, etc.) that insist on using my full first name. They require my full first name for legal reasons and do not offer an area to input ...