How to Use gender expression in a Sentence

gender expression

noun
  • There were kids of all shapes and sizes and gender expressions.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Gender roles are as fluid as gender expression in this imaginary past.
    — TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • There are private changing stalls and showers, but the common area is open to people of all gender expressions.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Campaigns with higher scores had more diversity in terms of age, body type, skin tone and gender expression.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Seeing all kinds of dress and gender expression teaches acceptance, and shows them that there’s not only one right way to be.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 July 2023
  • The show included drag artists with a variety of gender expressions and backgrounds.
    — oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • Changes in a child’s gender expression do not necessarily mean that that child is transgender.
    — Solcyre Burga, Time, 5 June 2023
  • As a drifter, Dre tries on a range of gender expressions, from sparkly stripper gear to a rather butch (or transmasculine) guise.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the state’s largest school districts have developed vague and arbitrary laws prohibiting books on race and gender expression.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023
  • As a trans non-binary person, Reeve always loved using makeup to play with gender expression.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 27 June 2024
  • And four of the state's 12 regions have zero policies protecting for gender expression.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Parents fall into assumptions based on years of biases and learned constructs about gender and gender expression.
    — Amber Leventry, Parents, 2 Jan. 2024
  • About one in five trans and nonbinary people who had looked for housing in the last five years believed they had been rejected because of their gender expression.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • None of these are outright confirmed, of course, but the sexualities and gender expressions of most characters in most media rarely is.
    — Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One in three trans adults has been fired, denied a promotion, or experienced mistreatment in the workplace due to their gender expression.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 3 July 2023
  • But its most controversial provision was the requirement that schools alert parents if students want to change their gender expression.
    — Patrick Wall, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • The 90s–and decades before—saw a lot of experimentation and a lot of backlash about gender expression.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 July 2023
  • Now a hearing is underway on the legislation, which would force schools to disclose info to parents about students' gender expression.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And the barriers aren’t just about race; they’re compounded by disability, queerness, gender expression, and class.
    — AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But almost none have policies providing protection for gender expression.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Pieces can be borrowed for performances or used by individual students seeking a safe way to access clothing that align with their gender expression.
    — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The order blocks for now a state law that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.
    — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The order blocks for now a state law that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.
    — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Gleason’s now has signs detailing New York state law regarding gender expression and identity.
    — Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • In one, people of different races, classes and gender expressions have their feet washed, including a woman outside a family planning clinic.
    — Tiffany Stanley, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In antiquity, there were masculine women, feminine men and people who altered their bodies to match their gender expression more closely.
    — Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Our language holds space for a lot of things that colonizing bodies do not like, gender expression being one of them, and roles in society, a sense of self in relation to a community.
    — Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
  • Independent, gun-toting women were prominent on the rugged frontier, as was cross-dressing and expansive gender expression.
    — Orion Rummler, Them, 8 July 2024
  • More than two-thirds (67%) of trans adults said their families were either supportive or highly supportive of their identity and gender expression.
    — Frank Gluck, The Tennessean, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Backed by a seven-piece band, Lauper’s distinctive style and vocals transported thousands of all ages and gender expressions during her 15-song set.
    — Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025

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