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America in Transition
Schools and other organizations revise their policies to protect and include transgender individuals. Sign at Washington DC Pride Parade 2012 Photo Credit: Tim Evanson Related…Being Transgender Today
After years of struggling for visibility and acceptance, transgender individuals and the issues they face came into the national spotlight in 2015. Caitlyn Jenner Photo Credit: Annie…Fuentes, Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Fuentes, CarlosFuentes, Carloskärˈlōs fwānˈtās [key], 1928–2012, Mexican writer, editor, and diplomat. He was head of the department of cultural relations in Mexico's ministry of…Goytisolo, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Goytisolo, Juan (Juan Goytisolo Gay)Goytisolo, Juanhwän goitēsōˈlō [key], 1931–2017, Spanish writer, b. Barcelona. Goytisolo is considered among the foremost novelists who wrote in…Kundera, Milan
(Encyclopedia) Kundera, Milan Kundera, Milan mĭlˈän k&oobreve;ndĕrˈə [key], 1929–…Leif Ericsson
(Encyclopedia) Leif EricssonLeif Ericssonlēf ĕrˈĭksən [key], Old Norse Leifr Eiriksson, fl. a.d. 999–1000, Norse discoverer of America, b. probably in Iceland; son of Eric the Red. He spent his youth…Fanon, Frantz Omar
(Encyclopedia) Fanon, Frantz Omar Fanon, Frantz Omar fräNts ômärˈ fänôNˈ [key], 1925–…multiple personality
(Encyclopedia) multiple personality, a very rare psychological disorder in which a person has two or more distinct personalities, each with its own thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behavior. The…Tóibín, Colm
(Encyclopedia) Tóibín, Colm, 1955–, Irish writer, b. Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, grad. University College, Dublin (1975). A prolific and varied author who prose is lucid and often brilliant, Tóibín has…poisonous plant
(Encyclopedia) poisonous plant, any plant possessing a property injurious to man or animal. Plants may be poisonous to the touch (e.g., poison ivy, poison sumac), or orally toxic (e.g., poison…Trending
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