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This Color Sergeant butterfly from West Bengal, India has female characteristics on the left side (orange) and male on the right.
nature

Wild Life: Gynandromorphs

In a preview of our new book, we meet beautiful nonbinary animals that combine male and female characteristics.
Miles Griffis April 19, 2024
Compton's Cafeteria Riot
San Francisco, California

Site of Compton's Cafeteria Riot

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.
Penn Yan, New York

Public Universal Friend Exhibit

This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”
In 2018, artist Marisela Barrera fielded calls as San Antonio's ghostly Donkey Lady.
haunted

Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?

Female ghosts seem to dominate the afterlife. Whether the spirits are real or not, the reasons for the disparity could be revealing.
Nathaniel Scharping October 6, 2023
Michael Cleary claimed the human Bridget had been abducted when walking through a nearby "fairy fort," like this one in County Roscommon.
murder

Podcast: The "Changeling" Murder of Bridget Cleary

In March 1895, a husband murdered his wife after accusing her of being replaced by an evil fairy.
The Podcast Team September 12, 2023
In a Toronto haunted house, a female actor poses for a photo.
haunted

How Sexism Haunts the Haunted House Industry

And the sociologist and actors trying to exorcise the gender stereotyping demon.
Kate Golembiewski October 17, 2022
Front of the Healer Stones of Kapaemahu
Honolulu, Hawaii

The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.
music

Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 29, 2022
Russian Empress Elizabeth used cross-dressing to cement her power. She's shown here in a traditionally male guard uniform.
royalty

The Weekly Cross-Dressing Balls of 18th-Century Russian Royalty

How empresses used "metamorphosis" to show their male courtiers who’s the boss.
Sarah Durn October 4, 2021
music

Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team July 27, 2021
<em>The Art of Cookery Made Plain And Easy</em>, a 1777 cookbook included in the database, "which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet published," was popular in Britain and the American colonies. Its author, Hannah Glasse, was one of the first famous female cookbook authors.
food

A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks Is Now Online, and You Can Help Improve It

It took Barbara Ketcham Wheaton more than 50 years to compile The Sifter.
Reina Gattuso August 13, 2020
The wine cellar of the Johannisberg Castle, in Germany's Rhine Valley.
wine

Tips for Responsible Drinking, From 16th-Century Germany

The writer was concerned about the rise of binge-drinking bros.
Matthew Taub May 13, 2020
In 2017, Mexico City hosted its seventh annual International Queer Tango Festival at the Sergio Magaña Theater. Similar festivals have been held in Germany, Argentina, the United States, and several other countries.
festivals

In Buenos Aires, Queer Tango Takes a Revolutionary Dance Back to Its Roots

In traditional tango, men lead and women follow. Queer tango is creating a new paradigm.
Juan Relmucao February 12, 2020
Video

Shaking Things Up at the Antique Vibrator Museum

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According to Inquisition records, men were often fearful that women would slip magic potions into their morning hot chocolate.
witchcraft

The Chocolate-Brewing Witches of Colonial Latin America

The Inquisition persecuted women who used cacao to entice lovers and spurn enemies.
Reina Gattuso January 27, 2020
Miho Imada poses at her brewery in Hiroshima.
breweries

The Return of Japan’s Female Sake Brewers

Pushed out of brewing more than a century ago, they're making a comeback.
Reina Gattuso December 10, 2019
Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.
food

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.
Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019
The white tombs of Hijron ka Khanqah.
New Delhi, India

Hijron ka Khanqah

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.