Megan B. Wells
Megan B. Wells is a Chicago-based freelance journalist and content marketing writer whose bylines include Atlas Obscura, Business Insider and TheHumanist.com. See more of their work here, or subscribe to their newsletter for thoughts on hidden history, linguistics, and technology.
Gender and Name Changes Do More Than Affirm — They Save Lives
In retrospect, what surprises me most is how quick it was.When Illinois approved the addition of an X gender marker on state IDs in 2019, I wasn’t even entirely sure I wanted one. It seemed altogether too strong a statement for the gender knot [...]