Is Graphic Design the C.I.A.’s Passion?

This week, the Central Intelligence Agency unveiled a new design for its website, CIA.gov, which wouldn’t have been news if the site had stuck to the formal signifiers of government authority: dense bureaucratic text, link directories, declarative headers, nothing too fancy. Instead, CIA.gov is set against a stark black background, offset by dots and lines…

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How to Get Married Alone

Erica Ingraham had her eye on Adam Koster from the moment they started working together in 2015 in the town of Bon Accord, in Alberta, Canada. This was not an easy thing to do, given the setting. Ms. Ingraham, 30, and Mr. Koster, 33, were youth leaders at Oak Hill Ranch, a therapeutic program for…

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Before They Wed, They Dated in Bahia, Dublin, Bangkok, Cape Town and Tulum

In September 2016, Renate Hartman attended the Association for Women’s Rights in Development International Forum conference in Bahia, Brazil. Also called “Feminist Futures,” it drew 2,000 people from around the world working for women’s and L.G.B.T.Q. rights. As Ms. Hartman,50, a manager of international projects at COC Nederland, a Dutch L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy group, entered a…

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