This visual dictionary by Language Drops is available as a web page or a smartphone app. This can be a useful tool for working with multilingual students. For example, the link below is for a set of words called Words for Gender Pronouns in Arabic.
Transgender Researchers Want to Make an Impact
A female, transgender, and male symbol are written in chalk in the colors of the trans pride flag: pink, white, and blue. Equal signs are drawn between each symbol.
This article from Science News for Students is one way to introduce transgender identity in the science classroom. The article includes explanations of transgender identity and profiles several transgender researchers and how their identity intersects with their work as scientists.
The article is written in student-friendly language, and includes a glossary of “power words” that can be used as an additional learning tool.
Journal: The Biological Contributions to Gender Identity and Gender Diversity: Bringing Data to the Table
This study is a review of evidence that gender identity is influenced by innate factors including genetics. The authors hypothesize that gender identity is a multifactorial complex trait with a heritable polygenic component, and that the study of this trait is important.
Although gender identity as a polygenic trait is only a hypothesis, this example could serve to show biology students how heritability studies can be used to gain a better understanding of a complex, socially relevant trait. Most textbooks cite skin color and height as examples of polygenic traits, and gender identity might be another to add to that list.
Same-sex attraction & behavior are more common than LGB identity (Advance Data; Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/LGBT-Health-Care-for-Asian-Americans.pdf
References:
Mosher WD, et al. (2005) Sexual behavior and selected health measures: men and women 15-44 years of age, United States, 2002. Advance Data; 2005:362.
Pathela P, et al. (2006) Discordance between sexual behavior and self-reported sexual identity: a population-based survey of New York City men. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145(6):416-425.
Are the Brains of Transgender People Different from Those of Cisgender People?
In this article in The Scientist, Shawna Williams reviews current research on how brain structures may be linked to gender identity.