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Muehlenhard, C.L., & Peterson, Z.D. (2011). Distinguishing between sex and gender: History, current conceptualizations, and implications. Sex Roles, 64, 791-803.
This article reviews the changes in the use of the terms “sex” and “gender” in the primary literature of psychology. They point to several breakthroughs in the 1970s that reframed the conversation and how psychologists have analyzed the relationship of sex and gender to biology, to the justification of social-context norms in different eras, and the consensual understanding of sex and gender as it stood in at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century.

Price, M., & Skolnik, A. (2017). Gender identity. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp.663–667). SAGE Publications.
Price and Skolnik (2017) provide a brief overview of three important aspects of gender: 1. physical markers, 2. social and cultural aspects of gender expression, and 3. the internal or sensate experience of identity.

The language of gender. (2019).
The glossary provides an up-to-date list of terms relevant to understanding gender identity. Be sure you click “Read More” when it appears.

Klubeck, M., Fuentes, K., & Kim-Prieto, C. (2017). Theories of gender development. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp. 631-633). SAGE Publications.
Klubeck and his colleagues (2017) provide a brief overview of four theories of gender development: 1. Cognitive developmental; 2. Biological; 3. Socialization theory; and 4. Social-cognitive.

Understanding gender. (2019).
This article introduces the various aspects of gender identity in a clear and welcoming way, foregrounding how the understanding of gender has diverged among young people from perspectives held by previous generations. Be sure you click “Read More” in every section.