How to Use gender identity in a Sentence

gender identity

noun
  • And some trans people are able to live fully in their gender identity without it.
    Aj Willingham and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • 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
  • In the film, the character’s gender identity was not discussed.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 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
  • The issue of children’s gender identity is, at this moment, extremely politicized.
    The New Yorker, 22 June 2022
  • He has been criticized for some of his statements on Twitter regarding gender identity issues.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 June 2022
  • Ella also argued the name change ban violates her First Amendment right to express her gender identity.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • In some countries, diverse gender identity is legally classified as a crime or medical pathology.
    New York Times, 2 July 2022
  • Elon Musk's transgender daughter filed a name change request to reflect her gender identity and also remove her last name to sever ties with her business mogul father.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022
  • Race, gender, and gender identity are replacing merit at an accelerating rate.
    Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 22 June 2022
  • In that case, the district court granted injunctions to three students who challenged their school districts' policies that banned them from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Arguing that their child should not be tried as an adult, Claire's parents testified that the teen has struggled with gender identity, lives with mental illness and for a time had been cutting herself.
    Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The government is expected to follow through with a legislation to recognize gender identity.
    Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024

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