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Oswalt, S.B., Evans, S., & Drott, A. (2016). Beyond alphabet soup: Helping college health professionals understand sexual fluidity. Journal of American College Health, 64(6), 502-508.
The authors introduce gender fluidity for health professionals in a traditional college setting, by explaining the rise of the acceptance of gender and sexual orientations that are nonbinary or nonheterosexual.

Dunlap, A. (2017). Coming out processes for LGBTQ youth. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp. 352-356). SAGE Publications, Inc.
Dunlap provides a brief introduction to coming out processes encountered by young people who identify as LGBTQ. He also discusses the impact of social and familial support on the process and how positive outcomes might be facilitated.

Budge, S., & Thai, J.L. (2017). Coming out processes for transgender people. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia for psychology and gender (pp. 357-360). SAGE Publications, Inc.
The authors briefly describe the coming out process for transgender youth. Development stages, the discovery of other transgender people and the language with which they can express their experiences, the need for social and familial support, how the culture in which they live impacts their experience, and the challenges of coming out at school or work. Legal ramifications are also mentioned.

Barsigian, L.L., Hammack, P.L., Morrow, Q.J., Wilson, B.D.M., & Russell, S.T. (2020) Narratives of gender, sexuality, and community in three generations of genderqueer sexual minorities. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication.
Barsigian and his colleagues present a qualitative sample of 30 genderqueer sexual minorities from the United States who represent three different generations. The interviews uncovered three major themes across all of the generations having to do with challenges in expressing their gender identity and sense of self, the management of stigma and oppression in their daily lives, as well as the difficulties they faced in establishing supportive LGBTQ communities.

Baker, W.B. (2018) Sexual and gender identities in transgender men: Fluid and binary perspectives. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 22(3), 280-301.
Baker fills a gap in the literature in which the complexities of sexual orientation and gender identity in transgender men have not been fully explored.