Articles by Andrew Solomon:

Choice strengthens families no matter what choice they make.

Polite curiosity about one’s children is nothing new. But when you’re gay parents, you must prepare to be interrogated.

Prodigies are able to function at an advanced adult level in some domain before age 12. “Prodigy” derives from the Latin “prodigium,” a monster that violates the ...

The relationship between rape and pregnancy has been a topic of highly politicized debate since long before Todd Akin’s comments on “legitimate rape,” Paul Ryan’s ...

While I was growing up and the racism of our society was beginning to break down, I observed with interest the improvements in the lives of people who seemed very different ...

To many gays, marriage is the last frontier of discrimination. But Obama’s election is a reassuring sign that we, too, shall overcome someday soon.

My partner John and I tied the knot on June 30th last year. John had wanted to get married for some time, and we could have done so in Massachusetts, but gay marriage has ...

I was not the one who wanted to get married. John Habich, my partner since the summer of 2001, had brought up a commitment ceremony from time to time, but without legal ...