gender identity
noun
: 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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Continue reading … RIGHTS RESTORED – Oregon school district settles lawsuit with educators fired over gender identity advocacy.
—FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Data is compiled from publicly available information such as local media reports, social media posts, and police reports, but those often fail to register a victim’s gender identity, and many deaths likely never make it into the dataset at all.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Some of the models also battle other stereotypes because of their gender identity, body size, age, and mixed heritage.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2025
As California voters prepare to choose their next governor in 2026, the question of whether transgender students should be allowed to play on school sports teams based on their gender identity has emerged as one of the gubernatorial race's most contentious issues.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Data is compiled from publicly available information such as local media reports, social media posts, and police reports, but those often fail to register a victim’s gender identity, and many deaths likely never make it into the dataset at all.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Some of the models also battle other stereotypes because of their gender identity, body size, age, and mixed heritage.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2025
As California voters prepare to choose their next governor in 2026, the question of whether transgender students should be allowed to play on school sports teams based on their gender identity has emerged as one of the gubernatorial race's most contentious issues.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Gender identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender%20identity. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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