identity

Zackary Harris, the inaugural winner of the nonbinary gender category in the New York City Marathon, talks about representation in sports and what they hope for the future when it comes to athletes and identity.

Zackary Harris is the inaugural winner of the new nonbinary category of the NYC Marathon. LX News Editor and Producer Mackenzie Behm sat down with Harris to discuss identity and representation in running and sports.

A few of the words we’re happy to see added to Dictionary.com are ‘finna,’ ‘chile’ and antiracism.

According to a new Gallup poll of 15,000 people over the age of 18, the percent of Americans who self-identify as something other than heterosexual has jumped from 3.5 to 5.6 percent since 2012.

Griselda and Miguelina grew up in New York City feeling like they didn’t fit neatly into any of society’s “boxes.” It wasn’t until they got older that they started to come to terms with their Blackness, and embraced what it means to be Afro-Dominican women.