gender identity
nounDefinition of gender identity
: 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 Justice Department filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to allow employers to turn away or fire transgender workers based solely on their gender identity. — Michelangelo Signorile, Twin Cities, "Michelangelo Signorile: No, Trump is not LGBTQ-friendly," 22 Aug. 2019 Most spaces and services for pregnant and birthing people are heavily gendered and rarely actively inclusive of people with non-normative gender identities. — Jesi Taylor Cruz, SELF, "As a Pregnant Black Non-Binary Femme, Finding the Right Doula Changed My Life," 8 Aug. 2019 The show, focused on Daria's good friend Jodie, will explore themes of racial and gender identityDaria fans, rejoice! — PEOPLE.com, "Tracee Ellis Ross to Star in and Executive Produce Daria Spinoff Jodie," 13 June 2019 Arlington, which educates more than 27,000 students, has prohibited discrimination based on gender identity since 2015. — Washington Post, "Transgender students poised to get expanded protections in Arlington," 24 June 2019 While jukebox musicals typically use familiar tunes to soundtrack a night of breezy entertainment at the theater, Jagged Little Pill uses Morissette’s catalogue to touch on issues like gender identity, race relations, and addiction. — Keaton Bell, Vogue, "Alanis Morissette and Diablo Cody Talk Jagged Little Pill the Musical," 23 May 2019 Though the installation drew criticism—both for its overt imagery and for its representation of race and gender identity—the work remains one of the most enduring artistic tributes to women’s accomplishments and abilities. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Judy Chicago Retrospective to Look Beyond ‘The Dinner Party’," 23 July 2019 At the federal level, the Trump administration wants to allow homeless shelters funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to discriminate based on gender identity. — Andrea González-ramÃrez, refinery29.com, "50 Years After Stonewall, Here's Where We Stand On LGBTQ+ Rights," 25 June 2019 The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom was responsible for filing the complaint and the complainants are seeking to reverse the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference policy on gender identity. — Dan Brechlin, courant.com, "As Connecticut’s high school athletics transgender policy comes under scrutiny, here’s what you need to know," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gender identity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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