How to Use gender expression in a Sentence

gender expression

noun
  • There were kids of all shapes and sizes and gender expressions.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Here are the flags to know for those whose gender expression and identity exist outside of the binary: What do the colors of the Genderqueer Flag mean?
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As a drifter, Dre tries on a range of gender expressions, from sparkly stripper gear to a rather butch (or transmasculine) guise.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Seeing all kinds of dress and gender expression teaches acceptance, and shows them that there’s not only one right way to be.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 July 2023
  • The 90s–and decades before—saw a lot of experimentation and a lot of backlash about gender expression.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 July 2023
  • The show included drag artists with a variety of gender expressions and backgrounds.
    oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • Pink has a specific trajectory in the U.S. in terms of gender expression.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Some of the state’s largest school districts have developed vague and arbitrary laws prohibiting books on race and gender expression.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023
  • About one in five trans and nonbinary people who had looked for housing in the last five years believed they had been rejected because of their gender expression.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • Gender roles are as fluid as gender expression in this imaginary past.
    TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • One in three trans adults has been fired, denied a promotion, or experienced mistreatment in the workplace due to their gender expression.
    Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 3 July 2023
  • As a trans non-binary person, Reeve always loved using makeup to play with gender expression.
    Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 27 June 2024
  • Changes in a child’s gender expression do not necessarily mean that that child is transgender.
    Solcyre Burga, Time, 5 June 2023
  • The term Latinx, which replaces the male-gendered O with a neutral X to be inclusive of a wider range of gender expressions, and those like it aren’t always embraced by more traditional Latinos.
    Gisselle Medina, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • At the beginning of the musical, Jerry, on the run from the mob, disguises himself as a woman, named Daphne, and then later finds joy and authenticity in that gender expression.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • Our language holds space for a lot of things that colonizing bodies do not like, gender expression being one of them, and roles in society, a sense of self in relation to a community.
    Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
  • But its most controversial provision was the requirement that schools alert parents if students want to change their gender expression.
    Patrick Wall, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Now a hearing is underway on the legislation, which would force schools to disclose info to parents about students' gender expression.
    Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Parents fall into assumptions based on years of biases and learned constructs about gender and gender expression.
    Amber Leventry, Parents, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Republicans in the House are advancing their own parental rights bill, House Bill 10, which doesn’t force disclosure of information about a student’s gender expression at school.
    Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Nigeria even criminalizes the discussion of LGBT rights and gender expression.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The original House bill didn’t include any specific requirements based on a child’s gender expression at school, but Republicans sought to change that with Wednesday’s proposed floor amendment.
    Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The all-women Siren centers on a broad spectrum of athletic body types — and to some extent, gender expression — whose diversity and complementary natures highlight the body as a functional tool.
    Siren Goes Off, Vulture, 16 June 2023
  • Gleason’s now has signs detailing New York state law regarding gender expression and identity.
    Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • In one, people of different races, classes and gender expressions have their feet washed, including a woman outside a family planning clinic.
    Tiffany Stanley, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But these scenes are an intensified version of an all-too-real dynamic — not unlike how drag reveals the absurdity of typical gender expression by cranking it up to 11.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 13 May 2024
  • Gender-inclusive housing is meant to offer a multi-gender living option that makes students feel safe regardless of their gender identity and gender expression.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The facility prioritizes an inclusive, accessible environment for people of all body types and gender expressions, which starts with reading a social contract on how to show up in the gym during your first visit.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Mom supported female gender expression Lugo had an affinity for the feminine since childhood, his family shared.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Even here in America, there’s loads of states which uphold illiberal laws that restrict people’s bodily autonomy and gender expression.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2023

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