gender identity
noun
: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female
Facebook provides more than 50 options beyond "male" and "female" for users to describe their gender identity, from "gender questioning" and "neither" to "androgynous."—
The Chicago Tribune
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The president has signed multiple executive orders affecting military schools, including bans on DEI and on transgender girls and women competing on sports teams that match their gender identity.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Republicans introduced the legislation as debates about gender identity and transgender students’ rights rock school communities and classrooms across the state.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Recently, several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, as well as gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion, were canceled at the National Institutes of Health.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
The state's constitution was revised in 2022, when Democrat lawmakers voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which added gender identity to its list of diversity classifications that are protected under state law.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Republicans introduced the legislation as debates about gender identity and transgender students’ rights rock school communities and classrooms across the state.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Recently, several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, as well as gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion, were canceled at the National Institutes of Health.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
The state's constitution was revised in 2022, when Democrat lawmakers voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which added gender identity to its list of diversity classifications that are protected under state law.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Gender identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender%20identity. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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