Flaco the Owl’s Year of Freedom From the Central Park Zoo
It started with a brazen act in the heart of Manhattan. After dusk on a frosty evening at the Central Park Zoo, someone shredded the mesh on an enclosure that was home to a Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco. Before long, Flaco was spotted a few blocks away on Fifth Avenue. Nobody knew where this bird […]
Opinion | We Aren’t Failing Trans Kids by Giving Them the Freedom to Choose
Lately I have been asking people this question: Do you remember the first time someone informed you of your gender? It’s a nonsense question, of course. No one remembers. Mine was first declared to me, and everyone else involved, in the birthing room. Nowadays, for many people, gender is given to them well before they […]