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 ...

Transgender and gender nonbinary people may experience gender dysphoria when they compare how they present themselves with their gender identity. Chest binding has become a popular practice to make a ...

Maia Kobabe, has co-written “Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding” about the transgender experience focusing on chest binding and guidance for safe binding while emphasizing the importance of health ...

We would like to hear from people who have used binding to flatten their chests. By The New York Times A recent Times article on chest binding has incited a discussion among readers about the practice ...

Binding is about loving the way you look and feel, but finding an approach that works for you is a series of balancing acts: between compression and comfort, between the full-coverage of your favorite ...

The actor, who uses she/they pronouns, detailed their experience of using a chest binder for the first time in an Instagram post Monday and emphasized the importance of doing it safely. Chest binding ...

For years now, chest binders, which people commonly use to compress breast tissue, have come in predictable shades of white, black, grey, light peach and sometimes even some wild prints like sparkly ...

A reader says chest binders play an important role in navigating personal and professional life. To the Editor: “Chest Binding Helps Smooth the Way for Transgender Teens, but There May Be Risks” (Well ...

A Sonoma County author whose previous book became one of the most banned books in America has published another book about the transgender experience. The author, Maia Kobabe, cowrote the new book, ...