How to Use gender identity in a Sentence

gender identity

noun
  • And more than one in ten has been evicted from their homes because of gender identity.
    Essence, 9 June 2022
  • That would seem to provide a promising foundation to explore the tricky lines of gender identity and the twisty byways of love.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And some trans people are able to live fully in their gender identity without it.
    Aj Willingham and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • In the film, the character’s gender identity was not discussed.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022
  • And Knapp’s 14-year-old son, who is trans, had come home multiple times and said friends could no longer hang out with him because of his gender identity.
    Casey Parks, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • Musk's child has asked for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting a new gender identity.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 June 2022
  • How much leeway do parents have in pulling their children out of lessons on gender identity?
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • If signed by the governor, the bill would expand a decade-old law that allows students to use a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There have been battles over book bans, gender identity and women’s rights.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
  • His mother, Sue Benedict, has said that Nex, who used he/him and they/them pronouns, was bullied due to his gender identity.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • For others, the topic of gender identity may be new and confusing.
    Thaddeus Cramer, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
  • They had been bullied in the past due to their gender identity, according to their family.
    Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Now she is allowed to use a closer bathroom and one that is in accordance with her gender identity.
    Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • California law protects the right of trans children to play in sports that match their gender identity.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Some may go on hormone therapy to help align their body with their gender identity.
    Carla A. Pfeffer, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Gender is a spectrum, and there is no right or wrong way to discover your gender identity and your pronouns.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Aug. 2022
  • In 2021, Reeves passed an anti-trans sports bill that barred transgender girls from playing on teams that align with their gender identity.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Transitioning to one's true gender identity can come with a lot of skin changes, so Davis created treatments to help with the process.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 30 June 2024
  • Relatives of the 10th-grader said he had been bullied over his gender identity.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Jennifer Finney Boylan is set to publish a new book about gender identity.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The gender identity of a mascot for a beloved cereal brand is at the center of recent social media claims.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
  • Eighteen states ban trans girls from playing on school sports teams in alignment with their gender identity, and nine of those laws were enacted this year.
    Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2022
  • Only 43% of respondents whose gender identity differs from the one assigned at birth are out to most of their colleagues.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 June 2022
  • There was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
  • And what are the different labels someone can use to describe their gender identity?
    Perri O. Blumberg, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
  • Health, arguably, is not the point—rather, expressing gender identity is.
    Graham Gallagher, The New Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Black trans women are fighting a battle on two fronts — one related to their race and the other having to do with their gender identity.
    Jaden Edison, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The teen went public with their gender identity at school this year, announcing a different name and pronouns to friends and teachers.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • For Book, their biggest magical moment as a trans person was the ritual of changing their name and gender identity.
    Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The ad hits Cruz’s opponent, Allred, for his past support of policies that allow transgender student-athletes to compete on sports teams that match their gender identity.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024

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