* How the choices parents make concerning things as seemingly banal as clothing and toys shape children’s gender identities * The ways that we perform our genders without even knowing we’re doing it * Why gender is “queer” for all of us, regardless of how we identify or how much we think about it
* How her entry to the evangelical church actually advanced her acceptance of her gender * Why and how Stockton has always felt out of place as a woman How should we process and understand this moment in gender? Kathryn Bond Stockton is a distinguished professor of English focusing on gender studies at the University of Utah and the author of the book “Gender(s).” She is incredibly skilled at explaining the fundamentals - and complexities - of what gender means and how people, including Stockton herself, have wrestled with it. But we also know that the degree of support a young person receives when coming out - or doesn’t - can have profound consequences for their mental health. As of July, lawmakers in 21 states had introduced bills that focus on restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, such as hormone blockers, and 29 states had introduced bills banning transgender youth from sports. But this sea change has brought with it an enormous amount of confusion and resistance. There’s an explosion of young people identifying as gender nonconforming in some way or another, and others are coming out as transgender or nonbinary throughout their lives, from childhood to old age. It’s hard to think of anything changing more quickly in our society right now than our understanding of gender.
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