For people who identify as transgender or gender-nonconforming and were assigned female at birth, binding can be essential to appearing more masculine — or simply feeling more comfortable in their own ...

Kobabe (e/eir/em) is author of the award-winning and bestselling memoir Gender Queer, the most challenged book in America for the last three years. Peitzmeier Ph.D., MSPH (she/her) is a social ...

Binding, also known as chest or breast binding, is the process of compressing or reducing chest tissue. Binding aims to make a person’s chest look flatter. Binders are safe to use as long as they fit ...