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Powell, Brian "Changing Counts, Counting Change: Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Family." Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, vol. 17, no. 4, 2014, pp. 1-15. Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/jiass/vol17/iss1/2.
The reading introduce students to the theories and methods sociologists use to understand the modern American family and its wide-ranging combinations. It shifts views among Americans on what constitutes a family. It shows consensus on a limited set of arrangements as to what the term means.

Trans Pregnancy and TikTok Activism: A Shifting Conversation. (2023, April 5). Nursing Clio. https://nursingclio.org/2023/04/05/trans-pregnancy-and-tiktok-activism-a-shifting-conversation/‌
The reading demonstrates the slow progression of change and how those forming new types of family seek recognition and equal status. Students explore the intersectionality of race, sexuality and gender at micro and macro levels and use theory to explain the significance of multiple family types.

Maddux, S. Applebaum, J. (Director). (2011). Gen Silent [Video file]. Interrobang Productions / Stu Maddux Films. Retrieved May 2, 2023, from Kanopy.
The generation that fought hardest to come out of the closet is going back in to survive.