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OluTimehin Adegbeye

Othering correspondent

Mission

I write about what divides us, in order to discover what unites us.

Now

For the next few months, I will be exploring death, touch, voice, community and place as shared, yet differentiated, human experiences.

Stories

Biography

Illustration mainly in blue of four people's bodies facing to front, cracked into mirror pieces; the jumper for example is split into red and green pieces, and the trouser legs are light blue and brown; either arm is in yellow and then white, and you see different parts of different people's hands super-cut onto one

Men can be wives and women can be husbands. Here’s what that teaches us about gender today

Illustration: against a red background, we see three figures posing stridently with hands on hips: to the left, a white shirted person with a purple book under their arm and blue trousers: in the middle, a person with pink t-shirt and black skirt, with a blue book tucked under their arm, and a white watch; and to the right, a person in a yellow jumper and green trousers with a green book tucked under their arm. We only see chins and not faces.

Read along with our bookclub to discover other ways of looking at gender

Two doll figures stand against a white background: on the left, a figure in a yellow outfit and white vest top and belt, with hair made up in buns around the ears, arms by the side. On the right, a similar looking figure, in a long-sleeved flowing white dress down to the ankles and green belt

Ignorance is power too: why JK Rowling deliberately repeats untruths about trans people

What racism really is (hint: it’s not your attitude or belief)