Grinberg, Emanuella. “This Is What Happens When Gender Roles Are Forced on Kids.” CNN. Cable News Network, October 3, 2018. www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/health/geas-gender-stereotypes-study/index.html
Article discussing the detrimental effects of imposing stereotypically gendered attributes on children.
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Random House, 1959.
A Black family living in Chicago in the 1950s attempts to find better housing and employment opportunities.
Leguizamon, Mercedes, and Brandon Griggs. “More US Teens Are Rejecting 'Boy' or 'Girl' Gender Identities, a Study Finds.” CNN. Cable News Network, October 3, 2018. www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/health/teens-gender-nonconforming-study-trnd
Article documenting increasing numbers of young people who identify as gender-nonbinary.
Solomon, Jamie. “ Gender Identity and Expression in the Early Childhood Classroom: Influences on Development Within Sociocultural Contexts (Voices).” NAEYC, July 2016. www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/jul2016/gender-identity.
Study documenting an educator’s experiences with young children and their perception of gender roles.
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. New York: Harcourt, 1982.
Epistolary novel chronicling a woman’s journey of self-realization.
“Youth & Students.” National Center for Transgender Equality. Accessed June 18, 2020. https://transequality.org/issues/youth-students.
Website featuring valuable information and statistics about experiences of young people identifying as transgender and gender-nonbinary.