Gender expression (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice, c2006.

RationalWiki web site, May 18, 2011 (Gender expression is the manner in which individuals "perform" their gender roles. That is to say, an individual may identify as a particular gender, but that individual may express that gender in various ways; what we perceive as gender has little direct attachment to the deeper gender identity of the individual. Many of our expressions of gender are culturally based performances)

About.com web site, May 18, 2011 (Gender Expression is the physical manifestation of one's gender identity, usually expressed through clothing, mannerisms, and chosen names. Transgender people usually have a gender expression that matches their gender identity, rather than their birth sex. Gender Identity is a person's internal sense of being a man or woman or boy or girl. For transgender people, their gender identity will not match the sex they were born with.)

American Psychological Association APA policy statement: transgender, gender identity & gender expression non-discrimination, via WWW, viewed May 18, 2011 (gender identity or expression; gender identity and expression; gender identities and expressions; gender identity or gender expression)

The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), via Transgender Law & Policy Institute web site, viewed May 18, 2011 (legislation would prohibit discrimination because of a person's gender identity or expression; no one should be subject to discrimination because of their gender identity or gender expression)

Answers to common questions--Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, via Empire State Pride Agenda web site, May 18, 2011 (Gender identity and expression refers to the way people self-identify and present their masculinity and/or femininity to the world. Often, but not always, this corresponds to the person's sex as assigned at birth, so that a person born biologically male or female often dresses, adopts a hair style, and uses a name and pronoun in ways that reflect the culturally accepted roles associated with their birth sex.)

Hines, S. Is gender fluid?, 2019.