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Beyond the Binary: A New Generation’s Approach to Gender

Beyond the Binary: A New Generation’s Approach to Gender

Update: 2025-10-01
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In the Autumn of 2022, hopeful college students across the United States clicked through the questions on the Common Application, the digital gateway to more than one thousand colleges and universities. For the first time, alongside their grades, essays, and extracurricular lists, applicants had the chance to provide their gender and pronouns. These questions might seem a small detail, tucked between test scores and teacher recommendations, but their impact is enormous. They mark a turning point in higher education, one where students are able to represent themselves more authentically. Thanks to the work of Dr. Genny Beemyn of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Dr. Abbie Goldberg of Clark University, we now have the first large-scale glimpse into how a new generation of young people is reshaping society’s understanding of gender.
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Beyond the Binary: A New Generation’s Approach to Gender

Beyond the Binary: A New Generation’s Approach to Gender

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