Performs a rhetorical analysis of several zines that deal with gender and sexual identity and outlines some shared aesthetics and ethos of zines and zinesters, then connects the rhetorical and stylistic choices of zinesters to their searches for political and personal identity.

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This study was conducted through in-depth interviews to examine potential differences between binary-aligned transgender individuals and non-binary individuals in regards to media usage when learning about, articulating, and explaining their gender identity. Results showed numerous differences between transgender people with binary-aligned and non-binary gender identifications in regards to social media preferences and differences in perceived media importance and effects. Additional information was found in regards to the age at which gender identity is articulated and the importance of individuality in comparison to one's gender identity.

The theme of this thesis is women's identity and a process of its development and formation. We specify theoretical basis through which it is possible to approach this subject. The theoretical part also pays attention to the process of biological differentiation of gender, to the question of a gender socialization and describes basic theoretical conceptions of development and formation of a sexual and gender identity which can be possibly found within the frame of psychology. The qualitative research enables to look at women's identity by the view of women themselves. Specific topics of an everyday lived experience appear from the analysis of interviews and these topics could be investigated deeper.

This research is based on an ethnographic study conducted in 2008. The study took place in Ecuador's coastal province of Manabâi and investigates the lives of a community of transvestite males, known locally as travestâis. This research holds that the social space in which the travestâis live and work, in Puerto Lopez, is negotiated and maintained through a complex interchange of three key factors: the experience of mother's love, the local economy, and sexual desire. The social space itself is defined as a "binary passage." Most of the travestâis are employed as hairdressers, and they draw a wide range of clientele from Puerto Lopez and surrounding smaller villages. Yet, how is it that travestâis can lead open and productive lives in a region that highly values machismo? This research focuses on both the origins of the travestâis' social space and the means by which it is maintained through key discourses. / by Eve E. Brooks. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Kwan Chi-fai. / "June 2000." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

by Chen Siu-ling Eve. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-90). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / by Chen Siu-ling Eve. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Gender Research in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- "Gender Role Orientation, Adjustment and Psychological Well-being" --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Objectives and Significance --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definitions and Terminology / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Defining Sex and Gender --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Defining Gender Role Orientation --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Defining Gender Type --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Defining Gender Stereotypes --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Defining Depressive Symptoms and School Misbehaviors --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Conceptualization / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Adolescent Development and Psychological Adjustment --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Gender Type and Adjustment --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Gender Stereotypes and Adjustment --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Gender Typing and Adjustment --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Gender Typing and Emotion Expression Socialization --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Gender Role and Adjustment --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Chinese Culture and Adjustment --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3 --- Gender Role Orientation Differences in Psychological Well-being --- p.33 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Masculinity, Femininity and Psychological Well-being" --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5 --- Research Questions --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- RESEARCH METHOD --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1 --- Subjects --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2 --- Procedures --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3 --- Instruments / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Gender Role Orientation --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Depressive Symptoms --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- School Misbehaviors --- p.47 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1 --- Analyses of the Categorical Variables / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Misbehaviors --- p.53 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Gender Role Orientation Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Misbehaviors --- p.54 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Gender Type Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Misbehaviors --- p.55 / Chapter 4.2 --- Analyses of the Continuous Variables / Chapter 4.2.1 --- "Relations among Masculinity, Femininity, Depressive Symptoms and Misbehaviors" --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION --- p.64 / Chapter 5.1 --- Answers to the Research Questions / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Which Gender Role Orientation Adjusts Better Generally? --- p.65 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Which Gender Type Adjusts Better Specifically? --- p.66 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Which Adjustment Theory is Best Applied to Adolescentsin the Chinese Society of Hong Kong? --- p.66 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Do Depressive Symptoms and School Misbehaviors Predict Each Other? --- p.69 / Chapter 5.1.5 --- Does Masculinity or Femininity Act as a Predictor of Adjustment? --- p.69 / Chapter 5.2 --- Educational Implications of Research Findings / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Gender Education Programmes --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Single Sex Schooling --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3 --- Contributions --- p.75 / Chapter 5.4 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.76 / Chapter 5.5 --- Directions for Future Research --- p.77 / REFERENCES --- p.79 / APPENDIX --- p.91

Kam Yip Lo Lucetta. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-207). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter ONE --- INTRODUCTION: THE GENDERS THAT HAVE NO NAMES --- p.1 / After the Title: Some Linguistic Troubles --- p.2 / Who are masculine women? --- p.4 / Research Areas --- p.5 / Methodology --- p.6 / Informants --- p.11 / Relations: Informants and the Researcher --- p.18 / Chapter TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.21 / Overview --- p.22 / Ethnographic Studies --- p.27 / Queer Studies --- p.30 / Chinese Gender Studies --- p.36 / Living Genders in Contexts --- p.39 / Chapter THREE --- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.41 / The Sex/Gender Framework --- p.43 / The Destabilization of Sex --- p.47 / The Gender Which is Performative --- p.51 / The Identity Forever in Motion --- p.56 / After the Earthquake: Birth at the Rupture --- p.62 / Chapter FOUR --- GENDER DISCOURSES IN HONG KONG --- p.65 / The Cultural Superiority of Masculinity --- p.71 / Tomboy as a Phase Before Mature Femininity --- p.74 / The Degenderization of Ageing Women --- p.75 / Masculine women are lesbians --- p.78 / Defeminization as a Protective Strategy Against Male Sexual Assault --- p.80 / Women with a plain and practical dressing style are the capable work type --- p.83 / Masculine women are easy-going and can be buddies to both sexes --- p.85 / Failed Adulthood --- p.86 / Failed Womanhood --- p.86 / Women dress and behave like men are pathological beings --- p.88 / Women dress and behave like men want to be men and be a rival to men --- p.89 / Negotiations in the Media --- p.90 / Chapter FIVE --- TACKLING LABELS： PUBLIC NAMES AND SELF RECOGNITIONS --- p.99 / The Public Labels --- p.100 / Self Recognitions --- p.108 / Chapter SIX --- ACCOMMODATING MASCULINITIES： NEGOTIATIONS IN FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC --- p.119 / Family --- p.120 / Public Mis-recognition --- p.148 / Chapter SEVEN --- ACCOMMODATING MASCULINITIES: NEGOTIATIONS IN LOVE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS --- p.162 / Courting Relationship --- p.162 / Social Networks --- p.169 / Chapter EIGHT --- RECOGNITIONS THROUGH MIS-RECONGTION --- p.191 / The Engendering Process --- p.192 / Theory and Living Practices --- p.194 / The Mere Facts of Mis-recognition --- p.197 / New Significations of Masculinity --- p.198 / Bibliography --- p.201 / Appendix 1: Profile of the Researcher --- p.208 / Appendix 2: Negotiating Gender: An On-going Dialogue Between Selves --- p.211

<p>This paper intends to examine how parents think and reflect on gender issues when they borrow books for their children at the library. The theory applied is Yvonne Hirdman’s theory of a gender system. A questionnaire was made available at the Children's department of Uppsala City Library in February, 2010. The material was compiled and analyzed with the intention to try to detect trends, patterns and themes, rather than statistics and hard data.</p><p>Parents in the study perceive themselves as gender-conscious. They are thinking about gender issues when they choose books for their children at the library. Parents’ main focus seems to be how children are portrayed in books and many are critical of what they consider to be stereotypes and simplistic interpretations. They express a need for children's books where children are depicted more nuanced, where girls can be strong and daring and the boys may be shy and crying. Pictures of parents/adults were not analyzed equally close by the parents in the study, although respondents indicated that they think it's important how adults are depicted, as they become a kind of template for how parents are expected to be and behave. In general they are experiencing today's children's books as largely stereotypical, but add that there seem to be a wide range of issues in contemporary children's book publishing, where even radical literature with clear gender problematization has its place.</p><p>Many parents choose to completely remove books that they believe has too gender-stereotyped content, others see this type of literature as a good opportunity to discuss gender issues with their children. In the case of older children's literature and fairy tales, the majority of parents in the study express the importance of mediating the cultural heritage to their children.</p><p>Parents express a need for children's literature where the act of breaking gender standards isn't too obvious or appears as the main purpose of the text, but is present as a natural background in the story. What parents want - besides great stories - are depictions of children where a wide range of emotions and personality traits are allowed regardless of the protagonist's biological gender.</p>