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In the recurring theme of Big Changes to my life, exorcising the little “i” from my first name didn’t seem like a particularly dramatic one. Born “Katherine Ann Gordon Wheeler,” I had always gone by a nickname anyway. But strangely, it proved to be more difficult than I thought. Whenever I asked someone to call me by the shortened name, I was always holding back, “But no problem if you don’t want to!” I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but … wasn’t it a big deal? I was asking for what I needed, and for me that was a little revolutionary.

For this 24-year-old, fighting for Palestinian rights is ‘the most core part of my identity’

Lea Kayali is one of many Palestinian women continuing a long-held tradition of fighting for liberation

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We are excited to announce a new gender and identity page on washingtonpost.com

What does it mean to come together as Asian American women? This group has been seeking an answer.

The Cosmos was formed in 2017, and its future hangs in the balance