Gender identity in the theater

Overview "This study identifies discrimination experienced by academic researchers in basic science in order to understand impacts on professionals in this space. Experiences shared by participants exposed experiences varying from microaggressions to discrimination that pertained to their roles within their lab, gender, and race. Methods of data collection consisted of a review of existing research and qualitative interviews with fifteen voluntary participants. This study analyzes shared experiences...

Overview "This paper explores how casting practices in educational theater programs, and the resulting experiences, shape gender identity development for transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming adolescents. To examine this question, I interviewed four transgender and non-binary adolescents who participated as actors in educational theater programs. A two-part thematic analysis was conducted on the interview data; themes surrounding identity discovery, identity negotiation, and...