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The last decade has seen a generational shift in how gender is lived and viewed. 反驳 the common assumption that gender can be reduced to female and male, many members of Gen Z identify as nonbinary and are challenging society to recognize more than 两个性别. This presentation will discuss the development of these changes, why they are important, and how people can be supportive of this 运动, especially at a time when more conservative states are passing legislation designed to deny trans and nonbinary youth the ability to be themselves.
Genny Beemyn博士.D., is the director of the UMass Amherst Stonewall Center and the coordinator of Campus Pride’s Trans Policy Clearinghouse. 他们发表了 spoken extensively on the experiences and needs of trans college students, including writing some of the first articles on the topic in the 2000s.
Among the books Genny has written are The Lives of Transgender People (2011); A Queer Capital: A 历史 of Gay Life in Washington, D.C. (2014); and the anthology Trans People in Higher 教育 (2019). With Abbie Goldberg, they edited The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies (2021) and The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies. 他们目前是 writing Campus Queer: Addressing the Needs of LGBTQ+ College Students with Mickey Eliason for Johns Hopkins University 新闻.
Genny is also the assistant editor of the Journal of LGBT Youth and an editorial board member of the Journal of Bisexuality and the Journal of Homosexuality. 他们有一个 Ph.D. in African American Studies and master’s degrees in African American Studies, American Studies, and Higher 教育 政府.
