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These are the sources used throughout identiversity. The sources represent the most current, peer-reviewed research complemented by easier to read sources.

Bisexuality

Bouchard, K.N., Timmers, A.D., & Chivers, M.L. (2015). Gender-specificity of genital response and self-reported sexual arousal in women endorsing facets of bisexuality [Abstract]. Journal of Bisexuality, 15(2), 180-203. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15299716.2015.1022924

Clark, T. (2017). Invisability: Talking about bisexuality and aging [Fact sheet]. National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/INVISIBILITY%20bisexuality%20and%20aging%20NRC%20fact%20sheet%20final%206.2.20171.pdf

Copen, C.E., Chandra, A., & Febo-Vazquez, I. (2016, January 7). National health statistics report: Sexual behavior, sexual attraction, and sexual orientation among adults aged 18–44 in the United States: Data from the 2011–2013 National Survey of Family Growth (Report No. 88). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/01/06/nhsr88.pdf

Danielle. (n.d.). I’m From Mt. Sinai, NY. I'm From Driftwood. http://imfromdriftwood.com/im-from-mt-sinai-ny/

Denizet-Lewis, B. (2014, March 23). The scientific quest to prove bisexuality exists. New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/magazine/the-scientific-quest-to-prove-bisexuality-exists.html

Diamond, L. (2008). Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Resulting from a 10-year longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 44(1), 5-14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18194000/

Dotinga, R. (2016, January 8). More women report having same-sex relationships. CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-women-report-same-sex-relationships

Gates, G.J. (2011). How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/how-many-people-lgbt/

Gates, G. J. (2014). LGBT demographics: Comparisons among population-based surveys. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-demo-comp-pop-surveys/

Israel, T. (2010, October). Bisexuality and youth: Introduction to the special issue [Abstract]. Journal of Bisexuality, 10(4), 359-365. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15299716.2010.521038

Israel, T. (2015, July 7). Bisexuality and beyond: Tania Israel [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPb__tpGHk

Johnston, T.R. (2016). Bisexual aging and cultural competency training: Responses to five common misconceptions [Abstract]. Journal of Bisexuality, 16(1), 99-111. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15299716.2015.1046629

The Kinsey Scale. (2019). Kinsey Institute. https://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php

The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid. (2014). American Institute of Bisexuality. http://www.americaninstituteofbisexuality.org /

Rainbow Health Ontario. (2015, May 27). Bisexual communities and partners [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pM3ejn8Ow

Rosenthal, A.M., Sylva, D., Safron, A., & Bailey, J. M. (2012). The male bisexuality debate revisited: Some bisexual men have bisexual arousal patterns. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(1), 135-147. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9881-7

Ward, B. W., Dahlhamer, J. M. Galinsky, A. M., & Joestl, S. S. (2014, July 15). National health statistics report: Sexual Orientation and Health Among U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2013 (Report No. 77). Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr077.pdf

Israel, T. (2015, July 7). Bisexuality and beyond: Tania Israel [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPb__tpGHk

Diamond, L. (2008). Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Resulting from a 10-year longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 44 (1), 5-14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18194000/

Dotinga, R. (2016, January 8). More women report having same-sex relationships. CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-women-report-same-sex-relationships

Gates, G.J. (2011). How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/how-many-people-lgbt/

Jones, Jeffrey M. (2019). LGBT Identification Rises to 5.6% in Latest U.S. Estimate. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/329708/lgbt-identification-rises-latest-estimate.aspx

The Kinsey Scale. (2019). Kinsey Institute. https://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php

The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid. (2014). American Institute of Bisexuality. http://www.americaninstituteofbisexuality.org /

Steinmetz, Katy. (2020, January 7). What Does 'Pansexual' Mean? Behind the Rise of the Word. TIME. https://time.com/5760209/what-pansexual-means/

Rainbow Health Ontario. (2015, May 27). Bisexual communities and partners [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pM3ejn8Ow

Danielle. (n.d.). I’m From Mt. Sinai, NY. I'm From Driftwood. http://imfromdriftwood.com/im-from-mt-sinai-ny/

Diamond, L. (2008). Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Resulting from a 10-year longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 44 (1), 5-14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18194000/

Rosenthal, A.M., Sylva, D., Safron, A., & Bailey, J. M. (2012). The male bisexuality debate revisited: Some bisexual men have bisexual arousal patterns. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(1), 135-147. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9881-7

ADP. Bisexuality vs. Pansexuality: What's the Difference? [Video]. YouTube.

Schitt's Creek. The Wine Not the Label [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcmhvLaNUs

Body Parts

Ainsworth, C. (2015). Sex redefined: The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that. Nature, 518, 288-291. https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.16943!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/518288a.pdf

APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions (2006). Answers to your questions about individuals with intersex conditions [Pamphlet]. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/intersex.pdf

Block, M. (2016, August 16). The sensitive question of intersex athletes. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/08/16/490236620/south-african-star-raises-sensitive-questions-about-intersex-athletes

Coleman, D. (2018, April 30). Sex, sport, and why track and field's new rules on intersex athletes are essential. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/sports/track-gender-rules.html

Dreger, A. (2018, April 27). Track's absurd new rules for women. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/opinion/caster-semenya-intersex-athletes.html

DSD research. (n.d.). Accord Alliance. http://www.accordalliance.org/resources/dsd-research/

Feder, E. & Karkazis, K. (2008). What’s in a name? The controversy over “Disorders of Sex Development”. The Hastings Center Report, 38(5), 33-36. http://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/bioethics/documents/people/resumes/karkazispubs/Whatsinaname.pdf

Fogle, A. (2016, October 21). Falling in between: Inside the lives of intersex women. Good Housekeeping. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a40787/intersex-stories/

Gender Issues in Agriculture AGEX3003. (n.d.) Growing up intersex part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9a1rXOpIuc

Ghcorayshi, A. (2017, July 26). A landmark lawsuit about an intersex baby’s genital surgery just settled for $440,000. BuzzFeedNews. https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/intersex-surgery-lawsuit-settles?utm_term=.if24OoWmp#.ot31g2...

Greenfield, C. (2014, July 8). Should we ‘fix’ intersex children? Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/should-we-fix-intersex-children/373536/

Hartney, E. (2018, February 7). What does it mean to be intersex? Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-intersex-21881

Padawer, R. (2016, June 28). The humiliating practice of sex-testing female athletes. New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes....

Reardon, Sara. (2016). The spectrum of sex development: Eric Vilain and the intersex controversy. Nature, 533(7602), 160-163. https://www.nature.com/news/the-spectrum-of-sex-development-eric-vilain-and-the-intersex-controversy-1.19873

Ritchie, R., Reynard, J., & Lewis, T. (2008). Intersex and the Olympic Games. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101(8), 395-399. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500237/

Sleath, E. (2014, December 2). I am intersex: Shon Klose’s story. ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/12/01/4140196.htm

Topol, S. (2017, August). Sons and daughters: The village where girls turn into boys. Harper’s Weekly. https://harpers.org/archive/2017/08/sons-and-daug

Viewpoints on DSD care. (n.d.). Accord Alliance. http://www.accordalliance.org/resources/viewpoints-on-dsd-care/

World Athletics. (2018, April 26). IAAF introduces new eligibility regulations for female classification [Press release]. https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eligibility-regulations-for-female-classifica

Gender Issues in Agriculture AGEX3003. (n.d.) Growing up intersex part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9a1rXOpIuc&feature=youtu.be&t=659

Hartney, E. (2018, February 7). What does it mean to be intersex? Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-intersex-21881

APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions (2006). Answers to your questions about individuals with intersex conditions [Pamphlet]. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/intersex.pdf

DSD research. (n.d.). Accord Alliance. http://www.accordalliance.org/resources/dsd-research/

Ainsworth, C. (2015). Sex redefined: The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that. Nature, 518,288-291. https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.16943!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/518288a.pdf

Greenfield, C. (2014, July 8). Should we ‘fix’ intersex children? Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/should-we-fix-intersex-children/373536/

Viewpoints on DSD care. (n.d.). Accord Alliance. http://www.accordalliance.org/resources/viewpoints-on-dsd-care/

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. (2017). Term "Disorders of Sex Development May Have Negative Impact." Newswise. https://www.newswise.com/articles/term-disorders-of-sex-development-may-have-negative-impact

Johnson, Emilie K., et al. (2017). Attitudes towards "disorders of sex development" nomenclature among affected individuals. Journal of Pediatric Urology. V. 13, no. 608.E1-608.E8.

Reis, Elizabeth. (2007). Divergence or Disorder?: the politics of naming intersex. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. V. 50, no. 4., pp. 535-543.

Coleman, D. (2018, April 30). Sex, sport, and why track and field's new rules on intersex athletes are essential. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/sports/track-gender-rules.html

Dreger, A. (2018, April 27). Track's absurd new rules for women. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/opinion/caster-semenya-intersex-athletes.html

Kolata, Gina. (2019, May 8). Track and Field Tries to Understand New Rules for Intersex Athletes. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/sports/semenya-xy-chromosomes.html

Ritchie, R., Reynard, J., & Lewis, T. (2008). Intersex and the Olympic Games. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101(8), 395-399. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500237/

World Athletics. (2018, April 26). IAAF introduces new eligibility regulations for female classification [Press release]. https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eligibility-regulations-for-female-classifica

Fogle, A. (2016, October 21). Falling in between: Inside the lives of intersex women. Good Housekeeping. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a40787/intersex-stories/

Topol, S. (2017, August). Sons and daughters: The village where girls turn into boys. Harper’s Weekly. https://harpers.org/archive/2017/08/sons-and-daug

Sleath, E. (2014, December 2). I am intersex: Shon Klose’s story. ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/12/01/4140196.htm

New York Historical Society. (2020, November 3). Women & The American Story: Thomas(ine) Hall, Gender Non-Conforming in Colonial Virginia [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Fyrf6FqrQ

Pinto, Emily. (2022, January 3). This Intersex Woman Had to Flee the Country--Now She Wants the World to Know Her Story. Katie Couric Media. https://katiecouric.com/culture/tatenda-ngwaru-what-it-means-to-be-intersex/

Gender

Bakker, J. (2018) Brain structure and function in gender dysphoria. Endocrine Abstracts, 56(S 30.3). https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0056/ea0056s30.3.htm

Biswas, S. (2019, May 31). How Britain tried to 'erase' India's third gender. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48442934

Bodkin, H. (2018, May 22). Transgender brain scans promised as study shows structural differences in people with gender dysphoria. Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/transgender-brain-scans-promised-study-shows-structural-differences/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb

CBS News. (2017, March 23). Non-binary: The gender beyond he or she [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ahBHJbyCg

Cocking, L. (2018, January 10). A brief history of Mexico’s third gender. The Omnivore. https://medium.com/the-omnivore/a-brief-history-of-mexicos-third-gender-7d80451419e6

Geiger, A.W., & Graf, N. (2019, September 5). About one-in-five U.S. adults know someone who goes by a gender-neutral pronoun. Pew Research Center Fact Tank. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/05/gender-neutral-pronouns/

Graf, N. (2019, December 18). About four-in-ten U.S. adults say forms should offer more than two gender options. Pew Research Center Fact Tank. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/12/18/gender-options-on-forms-or-online-profiles/

Havas Global Comms. (2017, September 18). The future is FeMale. Havas Group. https://download.havas.com/prosumer-reports/future-is-female/

Herman, J., Flores, A., Brown, T., Wilson, B., & Conron, K. (2017, January). Age of individuals who identify as transgender in the United States. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/age-trans-individuals-us/

India court recognises transgender people as third gender. (2014, April 15) BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180

Joel, D., Tarrasch, R., Berman, Z., Mukamel, M., & Ziv, E. (2013). Queering gender: Studying gender identity in ‘normative’ individuals. Psychology & Sexuality, 5(4), 291–321. http://people.socsci.tau.ac.il/mu/daphnajoel/files/2014/11/Joel_gender_identity_2013.pdf

Kaur, H. (2019, October 16). Why it matters what pronouns you use to refer to people and what to do if you slip up. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/us/preferred-gender-pronouns-explainer-trnd/index.html

Khaleeli, H. (2014, April 16). Hijra: India's third gender claims its place in law. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/16/india-third-gender-claims-place-in-law

Leguizamon, M., & Griggs, B. (2018, February 6). More US teens are rejecting 'boy' or 'girl' gender identities, a study finds. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/health/teens-gender-nonconforming-study-trnd/index.html

Miller, C. (2015, October 30). Boys and girls, constrained by toys and costumes. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/upshot/boys-and-girls-constrained-by-toys-and-costumes.html?_r=1

Moskowitz, C. (2010, June 6). Kids learn gender stereotypes at home. Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/6621-kids-learn-gender-stereotypes-home.html

Nambiar, S. (2017, January 1). A brief history of Hijra, India’s third gender. Culture Trip. https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-brief-history-of-hijra-indias-third-gender/

Nunberg, G. (2019, August). Opinion: Even a grammar geezer like me can get used to gender neutral pronouns. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/744121321/even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutral-pronouns

A map of gender-diverse cultures. (2015, August 11). PBS. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/

Richards, C., Boumanam, W.P., Sealb, L., Barker, M. J., Niederd, T.O., & T'Sjoene, G. (2016). Non-binary or genderqueer genders [Abstract]. International Review of Psychiatry, 28(1), 95-102. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26753630/

Rider, G.N., McMorris, B., Glower, A., Coleman, E., & Eisenberg, M. (2018). Health and care utilization of transgender and gender nonconforming youth: A population-based study. Pediatrics, 141(3). http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/02/01/peds.2017-1683

Saturday Night Live. (2017, September 30). Levi’s wokes [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPXDTvADD0

Scobey-Thal, J. (2014, June 30). Third gender: A short history. Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/06/30/third-gender-a-short-history/

Silverman, H. (2019, August 1). 2 more states will offer a 3rd gender option on driver's licenses. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/health/washington-pennsylvania-gender-x-id/index.html

StoryCorps. (2014, December 17). Darnell Moore and Kiyan Williams [Audio podcast]. https://storycorps.org/listen/kiyan-williams-and-darnell-moore/

StoryCorps. (2016, June 3). StoryCorps 423: Sissy [Audio podcast]. https://storycorps.org/podcast/storycorps-423-sissy/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012). Top health issues for LGBT populations information & resource kit. Rockville, MD: HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-4684. https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA12-4684/SMA12-4684.pdf

Suddath, C. (2019, April 17). Boy scouts are just scouts now, and that’s making girl scouts mad. Bloomberg Businessweek. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-17/boy-scouts-are-just-scouts-now-and-that-s-making-girl-scouts-mad

Synowiec, O. (2018, November 26). The third gender of southern Mexico. BBC Travel. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181125-the-third-gender-of-southern-mexico

Trammell, K. (2019, September 18). Merriam-Webster adds the nonbinary pronoun 'they' to it's dictionary. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/us/merriam-webster-nonbinary-pronoun-they-trnd/index.html

Wren, C. (2017, September 21). Five insights about gender and brands. Branding Strategy Insider. https://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2017/09/five-insights-about-gender-and-brands.html

Yuan, O. (2020, January 6). Gender means more than you think it does. Ipsos. https://future.ipsos.com/gender/gender-means-more-than-you-think-it-does

Saturday Night Live. (2017, September 30). Levi’s wokes [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPXDTvADD0

Bakker, J. (2018) Brain structure and function in gender dysphoria. Endocrine Abstracts, 56(S 30.3). https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0056/ea0056s30.3.htm

Khaleeli, H. (2014, April 16). Hijra: India's third gender claims its place in law. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/16/india-third-gender-claims-place-in-law

Kaur, H. (2019, October 16). Why it matters what pronouns you use to refer to people and what to do if you slip up. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/us/preferred-gender-pronouns-explainer-trnd/index.html

Trammell, K. (2019, September 18). Merriam-Webster adds the nonbinary pronoun 'they' to it's dictionary. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/us/merriam-webster-nonbinary-pronoun-they-trnd/index.htm

Yuan, O. (2020, January 6). Gender means more than you think it does. Ipsos. https://future.ipsos.com/gender/gender-means-more-than-you-think-it-does

Silverman, H. (2019, August 1). 2 more states will offer a 3rd gender option on driver's licenses. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/health/washington-pennsylvania-gender-x-id/index.html

CBS News. (2017, March 23). Non-binary: The gender beyond he or she [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ahBHJbyCg

Carpenter, Les. (2022, January 17). The first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian hopes to 'push the conversation forward.' Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/17/timothy-leduc-nonbinary-pairs-figure-skati...

De la Fuente, Homero and Alaa Elassar. (2022, January 10). Timothy LeDuc is set to become the first openly non-binary athlete to compete in a Winter Olympics. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/sport/timothy-leduc-first-nonbinary-olympic-winter-games/index.html

StoryCorps. (2014, December 17). Darnell Moore and Kiyan Williams [Audio podcast]. https://storycorps.org/listen/kiyan-williams-and-darnell-moore/

StoryCorps. (2016, June 3). StoryCorps 423: Sissy [Audio podcast]. https://storycorps.org/podcast/storycorps-423-sissy/

Agha, Ari. "My Gender Journey." Genderqueer Me, March 12, 2017, https://medium.com/@ariagha/my-gender-journey-d8de926dc5e2

Brandman, Mariana. (2021, June). We'wha. National Women's History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wewha

Miller, C. (2015, October 30). Boys and girls, constrained by toys and costumes. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/upshot/boys-and-girls-constrained-by-toys-and-costumes.html?_r=1

Moskowitz, C. (2010, June 6). Kids learn gender stereotypes at home. Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/6621-kids-learn-gender-stereotypes-home.html

Havas Global Comms. (2017, September 18). The future is FeMale. Havas Group. https://dare.havas.com/news-archive/the-future-is-female/

Wren, C. (2017, September 21). Five insights about gender and brands. Branding Strategy Insider. https://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2017/09/five-insights-about-gender-and-brands.html

Suddath, C. (2019, April 17). Boy Scouts are just scouts now, and that’s making Girl Scouts mad. Bloomberg Businessweek. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-17/boy-scouts-are-just-scouts-now-and-that-s-making-girl-scouts-mad

A map of gender-diverse cultures. (2015, August 11). PBS. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/

Brogan, Mary Kate. (2022, April 25). For centuries, Two-Spirit people had to carry out Native traditions in secret . . . VCU news. For centuries, Two-Spirit people had to carry out Native traditions in secret. Now, they’re ‘making their own history.’ - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University

Enos, Tony. (2018, September 13). 8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People. Indian Country Today. https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/8-misconceptions-things-know-two-spirit-people

Scobey-Thal, J. (2014, June 30). Third gender: A short history. Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/06/30/third-gender-a-short-history/

Cocking, L. (2018, January 10). A brief history of Mexico’s third gender. The Omnivore. https://medium.com/the-omnivore/a-brief-history-of-mexicos-third-gender-7d80451419e6

Great Big Story (2018). Mexico's Third Gender [Video]. YouTube.

Synowiec, O. (2018, November 26). The third gender of southern Mexico. BBC Travel. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181125-the-third-gender-of-southern-mexico

Biswas, S. (2019, May 31).How Britain tried to 'erase' India's third gender. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48442934

India court recognises transgender people as third gender. (2014, April 15) BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180

Nambiar, S. (2017, January 1). A brief history of Hijra, India’s third gender. Culture Trip. https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-brief-history-of-hijra-indias-third-gender/

Elijah/Esther. (2015, May 4). New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/transgender-today/stories/elijah-esther

The Galli: Breaking Roman Gender Norms. English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/lgbtq-history/the-galli/

The Kumu Hina Project (2015). The Meaning of Mahu [Video]. YouTube.

Baron, Dennis. What's Your Pronoun: Beyond He & She. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020.

Moran, Joe. (2020, January 21). English's Pronoun Problem is Centuries Old. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/books/review/whats-your-pronoun-dennis-baron.html

Nunberg, Geoff. (2019, August 6). Opinion: Even a Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used to Gender-Neutral Pronouns. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/744121321/even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutra...

Nasr, Gaelle Abou. (2021, December 12). The Evolution of Drag: A History of Self-Expressionism. Arcadia. https://www.byarcadia.org/post/the-evolution-of-drag-a-history-of-self-expressionism

LGBTQ+ Identities

Adam, M. (2017, March 26). What is a non-binary gender identity? [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8UgxG8e2TY

American Psychological Association. (2006). Answers to your questions about individuals with intersex conditions. http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/intersex.aspx

Dowd, R. (2017, December 13). 27% of California adolescents say they are viewed as gender nonconforming, study finds. UCLA Newsroom. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/27-of-california-adolescents-are-gender-nonconforming-study-finds

Freeman, H. (2017, September 16). Let’s drop the gender stereotypes-we are all non-binary. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/16/drop-gender-stereotypes-we-are-all-non-binary

Goldberg, S.K., Rothblum, E.D., Russell, S.T., & Meyer, I.H. (2020, January 20). Exploring the Q in LGBTQ. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/exploring-q-in-lgbtq/

Hammack, P. (2019, April 8). The future is non-binary, and teens are leading the way. Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/ideas/gen-z-the-future-is-non-binary

Khan, F. (2015, September 1). I'm pansexual – here are the five biggest misconceptions about my sexuality. Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/im-pansexual-here-are-the-five-biggest-misconceptions-ab...

Pugachevsky, J. (2017, April 26). What does it mean to be pansexual? Cosmopolitan. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a9529384/pansexual-definition-meaning/

Schindler, M. (2016, August 1). LGBT 101: An introduction to the queer community [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7bKmOXY3w

The Advocate. (2018, January 25). What is intersectionality? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJ4Dbdm1ks

The Ellen Show. (March 20, 2017). Ellen meets trailblazing actor Asia Kate Dillon [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97aLkl_kWc

The Kinsey Scale. (2019). Kinsey Institute. https://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php

Watson, R., Wheldon, C., & Puhl, R. (2019). Evidence of diverse identities in a large national sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(52), 431-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12488

Blakemore, Erin. (2021, October 19). From LGBT to LGBTQIA+: The evolving recognition of identity. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/from-lgbt-to-lgbtqia-the-evolving-recognition-of-...

National Institutes of Health, Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office. (2022). https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro

Schindler, M. (2016, August 1). LGBT 101: An introduction to the queer community [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7bKmOXY3w

Adam, M. (2017, March 26). What is a non-binary gender identity? [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8UgxG8e2TY

Freeman, H. (2017, September 16). Let’s drop the gender stereotypes-we are all non-binary. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/16/drop-gender-stereotypes-we-are-all-non-binary

Pugachevsky, J. (2017, April 26). What does it mean to be pansexual? Cosmopolitan. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a9529384/pansexual-definition-meaning/

Ainsworth, C. (2015). Sex redefined: The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that. Nature, 518,288-291. https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.16943!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/518288a.pdf

Hammack, P. (2019, April 8). The future is non-binary, and teens are leading the way. Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/ideas/gen-z-the-future-is-non-binary

Watson, R., Wheldon, C., & Puhl, R. (2019). Evidence of diverse identities in a large national sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(52), 431-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12488

Cheves, Alexander. (2019, June 4). 9 LGBTQ+ people explain how they love, hate, and understand the word 'Queer'. them. https://www.them.us/story/what-does-queer-mean

Goldberg, S. K., Rothblum, E.D., Russell, S.T., & Meyer, I.H. (2020, January 20). Exploring the Q in LGBTQ. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/exploring-q-in-lgbtq/

Hanhardt, Christine B. (n.d.). Queer history. The American Historian. https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2019/may/queer-history/

Perlman, Merrill. (2019, January 22). How the word 'queer' was adopted by the LGBTQ community. Columbia Journalism Review. https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/queer.php

Walh, David W. (2021, July 1). The Other "Q": Questioning One's Gender or Sexual Orientation. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sexual-self/202107/the-other-q-questioning-ones-gender-or-se...

Noguchi, Yuki. (2019, October 16). He, She, They: Workplaces Adult as Gender Identity Norms Change. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/770298129/he-she-they-workplaces-adjust-as-gender-identity-norms-chan...

The Ellen Show. (March 20, 2017). Ellen meets trailblazing actor Asia Kate Dillon [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97aLkl_kWc

National Institutes of Health. (2016, June 2). Telling Our Stories: Nicole Perez on Seizing Opportunity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v+HV2FfAThhNM

Levitt, Michael. (2022, January 29). Amy Schneider's run on 'Jeopardy!' may be over, but her fans are thankful as ever. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/29/1076423607/amy-schneider-jeopardy-trans-visibility

Eugenios, Jillian. (2021, February 13). Celebrating queer love: 6 longtime LGBTQ couples share their stories. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/celebrating-queer-love-6-longtime-lgbtq-couples-share-their-...

The Advocate. (2018, January 25). What Is Intersectionality? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJ4Dbdm1ks

Hopkins, Peter. (2018, April 22). What is intersectionality? [Video]. YouTube.

Badgett, M. V. L., Durso, L., & Schneebaum, A. (2013, June). New patterns of poverty in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgb-patterns-of-poverty/

Coleman, Arica L. (2019, March 29). What's Intersectionality? Let These Scholars Explain the Theory and It's History. Time. https://time.com/5560575/intersectionality-theory/

Crenshaw, Kimberlé. (1989). Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 1989, Issue 1, Article 8. http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8

The Combahee River Collective. (1977). The Combahee River Collective Statement. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. DeGraffenreid v. General Motors. 413 F. Supp. 142, E.D. Mo., 1976. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/413/142/1660699/

Choi, et al. (May 2021). AAPI LGBT Adults in the US. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-aapi-adults-in-the-us/

Cornell University. (2017, December). What does the scholarly research say about the well-being of children with gay or lesbian parents? What We Know: The Public Policy Research Portal. https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-...

McCarthy, Justin. (2020, June 1). U.S. Support For Same-Sex Marriage Matches Record High. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/311672/support-sex-marriage-matches-record-high.aspx

Tailor, Leena. (2020, November 17). Michael J. Fox Says HIs Wife Tracy Has Remained His "Best Friend" for 32 Years (Exclusive). Entertainment Tonight (ET). https://www.etonline.com/michael-j-fox-says-his-wife-tracy-has-remained-his-best-friend-for-32-years...

Sawayama, Rina. (2021, April 14). Rina Sawayama, Elton John--Chosen Family [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTDRg5G77x4

Blum, Dani. [2022, June 25]. Why Chosen Families are Important for LGBTQ People. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/well/lgbtq-chosen-families.html

Aviles, Gwen and Ariel Jao. (2020, February 13). 16 queer black pioneers who made history. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/black-history-month-17-lgbtq-black-pioneers-who-made-history...

The Atlantic. (2007, June 18). Mildred Loving, 40 Years Later. https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/06/mildred-loving-40-years-later/227582/

BBC News. (2020, February 11). Same-sex marriage: Couple make history as first in NI. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51466588

Compton, Julie. (2019, March 7). After decades-long legal battle, gay couple's 1971 marriage officially recognized. NBC. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/after-decades-long-legal-battle-gay-couple-s-1971-marriage-n...

Duigan, Brian. (2016, November 16). Loving v. Virginia. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Loving-v-Virginia

Dwyer, Colin. (2017, September 12). Edith Windsor, LGBTQ advocate who fought the Defense of Marriage Act, Dies at 88. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/12/550502373/edith-windsor-lgbtq-advocate-who-fought...

Mangrum, Erik. (2017, June 12). Before Loving. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/before-loving/

Obergefell v. Hodges. (2015, June 26). Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/14-556#writing-14-556_OPINION_3

Richen, Yoruba. (2014). What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/yoruba_richen_what_the_gay_rights_movement_learned_from_the_civil_rights_m...

Editors, History.com. (2017, June 28). Gay Rights. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/history-of-gay-rights

Gold, Michael. (2019, June 28). Stonewall Uprising: 50 Years Later, a Celebration Blends Pride and Resistance. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/nyregion/stonewall-inn-50-anniversary.html

Holland, Brynn. (2017, June 9). How Activists Plotted the First Gay Pride Parade. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/how-activists-plotted-the-first-gay-pride-parades

Mattson, Grejor. (2019, June 12). The Stonewall Riots Didn't Start the Gay Rights Movement. JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/the-stonewall-riots-didnt-start-the-gay-rights-movement/

Zaltman, Helen. (2015, June 3). Allusionist 12: Pride--Transcript. The Allusionist. https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/pride

History. (2018, June 28). How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement [Video]. YouTube.
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Cavanaugh, Rachel. (2022, May 17). LGBTQ+ history before Stonewall. Stacker. https://stacker.com/stories/3221/lgbtq-history-stonewall

Tringali, Billy. (n.d.). History of the Rainbow Flag. These Colors Run Deep. https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/lgbtflags/history/

Bell, Richard C. (2008). A History of women in sport prior to Title IX. The Sport Journal. https://thesportjournal.org/article/a-history-of-women-in-sport-prior-to-title-ix/

Bindel, Julie. (2014, February 12). Sportswomen are stereotyped as gay--but that doesn't make coming out easy. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/12/sportswomen-stereotyped-gay-coming-out-casey-s...

Dhar, Payal. (2019, November 20). When it comes to being gay-friendly, women's sports are ahead of the game. The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/women-sports-lgbtq-homophobia/

Harper, Joanna. (2018). Athletic Gender. Law and Contemporary Problems. Volume 80; 139-153. https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4851&context=lcp

Harris, Mary. (2021, June 28). What it would take for more NFL players to come out of the closet. Slate. https://slate.com/culture/2021/06/carl-nassib-nfl-first-openly-gay-active-player-dave-kopay-colin-ka...

Hine, Chris. As LGBT Rights progress, why do gay athletes remain in the closet? Chicago Tribune. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/12/sportswomen-stereotyped-gay-coming-out-casey-s...

Mansky, Jackie and Maya Wei-Haas. (2016). The rise of the modern sportswoman. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rise-modern-sportswoman-180960174/

Maurer-Starks, Suanne. (2008). Managing heteronormativity and homonegativity in athletic training. Journal of Athletic Training. Volume 43 (3): May-June 2008, 326-36. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386427/

Morris, Bonnie. (2016). Women's sports history: A heritage of mixed messages. National Women's History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/womens-sports-history

Tucker, Ross. (2016, May 23). Hydroandrogenism and women vs. women vs. men in sport: A Q & A with Joanna Harper. The Science of Sport. https://sportsscientists.com/2016/05/hyperandrogenism-women-vs-women-vs-men-sport-qa-joanna-harper/

Wood, Stephen. (2021, August 27). Why the first gay olympics was a watershed moment in sports. History. https://www.history.com/news/first-gay-games-olympics

Duran, Eric. (2018, July 23). Latino millennials least likely to identify as heterosexual, survey finds. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/latino-millennials-least-likely-identify-heterosexual-survey...

Gandhi, Lakshmi. (2020, October 10). In many Asian languages, 'LGBTQ' doesn't translate. Here's how some fill the gaps. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/many-asian-languages-lgbtq-doesn-t-translate-here-s-how-n...

Amherst College. (n.d.). LGBT Rights in the Americas. https://lgbttimeline.wordpress.amherst.edu/

Carbajal, Paloma Celis. (2020, September 29). From Hispanic to Latine: Hispanic Heritage Month and the Terms That Bind Us. New York Public Library. https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/09/29/hispanic-heritage-month-terms-bind-us

Noe-Bustamante, Luis, et al. (2020, August 11). About one-in-four U.S. Hispanics have heard of Latinx, but just 3% use it. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx...

Reyes, Raul A. (2017, November 6). To be or not to be Latinx? For some Hispanics, that is the question. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/be-latinx-or-not-be-latinx-some-hispanics-question-n817911?icid=...

Nancy. (2019, February 18). The Word 'Queer' [Podcast]. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLndueWMub3JnL25hbmN5LXBvZGNhc3Q/episode/MDQ4NzUyODE...

Baboolal, David, et. al. (2021, November 10). Being Transgender at Work. McKinsey Quarterly. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/being-transgender-at-work

LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company. (2021, September). Women in the Workplace: Lesbian and Bisexual Women. https://leanin.org/article/women-in-the-workplace-lesbian-and-bisexual-women#!

Jones, Jeffrey M. (2023, February 22). U.S. LGBT Identification Steady at 7.2%. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/470708/lgbt-identification-steady.aspx

Ellis, Nicquel Terry. (2023, September 1). One of Louisiana's only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/us/jake-kleinmahon-doctor-leaves-louisiana-reaj/index.html#:~:text=Wh...,he%20felt%20drawn%20to%20Louisiana.

Nature vs. Nurture

Ashley, K. B. (2013). The science on sexual orientation: A review of the recent literature. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 17(2), 175-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2013.767179

Bailey, J.M., Vasey, P.L., Diamond, L.M., Breedlove, S.M., Vilan, E. & Epprecht, M. (2016). Sexual orientation, controversy, and science. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 17(2), 45-101. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1529100616637616

Blanchard, R. (2001). Fraternal birth order and the maternal immune hypothesis of male homosexuality. Hormones and Behavior, 40(2), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1006/hbeh.2001.1681

Bogaert, A.F. (2006). Biological versus nonbiological older brothers and men's sexual orientation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(28), 10771-10774. doi:10.1073/pnas.0511152103

Burton, N. (2015, September 18). When homosexuality stopped being a mental disorder. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201509/when-homosexuality-stopped-being-mental-disorder

Cartwright, M. (2015, August 3). Where’s the scientific research into how sexual orientation develops in women? Slate. http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/08/03/sexual_orientation_in_women_why_so_little_scientific_r...

Epigenomics fact sheet. (2016, April 1). National Human Genome Research Institute. https://www.genome.gov/27532724/epigenomics-fact-sheet/

Gosh, D. (2009, February 4). National Geographic explains the biology of homosexuality [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saO_RFWWVVA

Queen Mary, University of London. (2008, June 30). Homosexual behavior largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors. Science Daily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080628205430.htm

Reardon, S. (2015, October 8). Epigenetic 'tags' linked to homosexuality in men. Nature. http://www.nature.com/news/epigenetic-tags-linked-to-homosexuality-in-men-1.18530

Rice, W.R., Friberg, U., & Gavrilets, S. (2012). Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 87(4), 343-368. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gavrila/papers/h2.pdf

Sanders, A.R., Martin, E.R., Beecham, G.W., Guo, S., Dawood, K., Rieger, G., Badner, J., Gershon, E.S., Krishnappa, R.S., Kolundzija, A.B., Duan, J., Gejman, P.J., & Bailey, J.M. (2015). Genome-wide scan demonstrates significant linkage for male sexual orientation. Psychological Medicine, 45(7), 1379-1388. doi:10.1007/s12119-014-9233-6

TEDx Talks. (2016, November 15). Homosexuality: It's about survival - not sex- James O’Keefe-TedxTallaght [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Khn_z9FPmU&vl=en

Wolchover, N. (2012, June 11). Why are there gay men? Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/33987-gay-men.html

Wolchover, N. (2012, June 12). Why are there gay women? Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/33992-gay-women.html

Gosh, D. (2009, February 4). National Geographic explains the biology of homosexuality [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saO_RFWWVVA

TEDx Talks. (2016, November 15). Homosexuality: It's about survival - not sex- James O’Keefe-TedxTallaght [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Khn_z9FPmU&vl=en

Akpan, Nissan. (2019, August 29). There is no 'gay gene.' There is no 'straight gene.' Sexuality is just complex, study confirms. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/there-is-no-gay-gene-there-is-no-straight-gene-sexuality-is-jus...

Roselli, C. E. (2018). Neurobiology of Gender Identity and Sexual Identity. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 30(7). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677266/

Choi, Charles Q. (n.d.). The 'Gay Gene' is a Total Myth, Massive Study Concludes. LiveScience. https://www.livescience.com/no-single-gene-makes-someone-gay.html

Genetics of Sexual Behavior. https://geneticsexbehavior.info/

Epigenomics fact sheet. (2016, April 1). National Human Genome Research Institute. https://www.genome.gov/27532724/epigenomics-fact-sheet/

Reardon, S. (2015, October 8). Epigenetic 'tags' linked to homosexuality in men. Nature. http://www.nature.com/news/epigenetic-tags-linked-to-homosexuality-in-men-1.18530

Wolchover, N. (2012, June 11). Why are there gay men? Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/33987-gay-men.html

Wolchover, N. (2012, June 12). Why are there gay women? Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/33992-gay-women.html

Blanchard, R. (2001). Fraternal birth order and the maternal immune hypothesis of male homosexuality. Hormones and Behavior, 40(2), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1006/hbeh.2001.1681

Ashley, K. B. (2013). The science on sexual orientation: A review of the recent literature. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 17(2), 175-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2013.767179

Friedman, Jonathan and Nadine Farid Johnson. (2022, September 19). Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools. PEN America. https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

Tensley, Brandon. (2022, September 22). 'We're seeing a relaunch of an old story.' CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/us/lgbtq-book-bans-race-deconstructed-newsletter-reaj/index.html

Older Adults

Abrahms, S. (n.d.). An ‘LGBT-Welcoming’ place to call home. AARP Livable Communities: Housing. https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/housing/info-2016/age-friendly-LGBT-housing.html

Brenoff, A. (2015, July 12). Why aging can be tougher on gays. HuffPost. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5-problems-of-aging-while-gay_us_559fd6d0e4b01c2162a64e91

Browning, P. (2017, August 30). Older gays and lesbians face more health disparities, study says. KUOW. https://kuow.org/stories/older-gays-and-lesbians-face-more-health-disparities-study-says/

Choi, S. K., & Meyer, I.H. (2016, August). LGBT aging: A review of research findings, needs, and policy implications. Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-aging/

Dugan, J.T. & Fabbre, V. (2018). To survive on this shore: Photographs and interviews with transgender and gender nonconforming older adults. https://www.tosurviveonthisshore.com/

Emlet, C. A. (2016, Summer). Social, economic, and health disparities among LGBT older adults. Generations, 40(2), 16-22. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5373809/

Eskenazi, L., (2015, June 11). How to find care for LGBT seniors. PBS News Hour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/lgbt-older-adults-emerging-community

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Bryan, A., Jen, S., Goldsen, J., Kim, H. J., Muraco, A. (2017, February). The unfolding of LGBT lives: Key events associated with health and well-being in later life. The Gerontological Society of America, 57(1), S15-S29. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241757/

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Kim, H.J., Barkan, S., Muraco, A., & Hoy-Ellis C. P. (2011). The aging and health report: Disparities and resilience among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults. Institute for Mutigenerational Health. https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/LGBT%20Aging%20and%20Health%20Report_final.pdf

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Kim, H. J., Shui, C., & Bryan, A. (2017). Chronic health conditions and key health indicators among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older US adults, 2013-2014. American Journal of Public Health, 107(8), 1332-1338. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508186/

Gorman, A. (2016, October 18). LGBTQ seniors face discrimination in long-term care. PBS News Hour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/lgbtq-seniors-face-discrimination-long-term-care

ImFromDriftwood. (2017, December 21). Drafted in 1958: “My Eighteen Months Away Solidified Our Relationship” [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38RoHv7LRvc

ImFromDriftwood. (2017, December 21). Family opens up at memorial for late partner [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0nuWjKbcsc

ImFromDriftwood. (2017, May 15). Living in LGBT-friendly senior housing: “We live like neighbors. And that’s a good thing” [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=drO2HsFHqN

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Movement Advancement Project. (2017, May 24). Aging as LGBT: Two stories [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkPJxQorieo

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