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How to use the word conforming in a Sentence?

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Genius is not about conforming to societal norms, but about breaking free from them and forging new paths.

Martin Tobias Lithner

added by anonymous
1 year ago

I think that it needs to be a collaborative conversation in terms of what’s done with Title IX. The education amendments of 1972 that gave us Title IX, it prohibits exclusion on the basis of sex from any organization or any educational organization that receives federal finances and, of course, it became inclusive of sport when the addition of activity was added into Title IX, but that doesn’t really have protections over FINA or the IOC or other governing bodies that we continue to see discrimination from the trans community but also non-conforming community as well.

Shaun Fletcher

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers now have access to accurate, state-issued identity documents that are critical to day to day life in New York.

Carl Charles

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of the most important things about seeing Paige skating is how it's a reminder that there has been an explosion in women, girls and gender non-conforming skaters as well, that has really shaped and changed the way people perceive skateboarding culture.

Neftalie Williams

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Queer, trans, and cis people are all socialized from a very young age to make all of the same assumptions about themselves and others, and it's almost impossible not to internalize and project those assumptions on others to some extent, because of that, it makes sense that queer and transgender and gender non-conforming people worry about people reading us the wrong way, because of how the majority often incorrectly reads our gender, or makes other assumptions based on the way our bodies are perceived.

Dulcinea Pitagora

Found on CNN
3 years ago

During a crisis and isolation, many take an inventory of their lives and dare to be themselves, and engage in weird, creative, and non-conforming patterns.

Judith Zackson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The goal should be to broaden what it means to be conforming.

Robert Blum

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Six transgender woman have been killed over the last 23 days — which is just over three weeks — in this country. This violence is heartbreaking and horrifying. It must end, we have already seen more trans and gender non-conforming people killed this year since we began tracking these deaths in 2013, and the numbers continue to climb, even during a pandemic.

Tori Cooper

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Some countries dont want to use the word gender. You must always say men and women, so that you do not include people who are gender non-conforming.

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

As my family stated, these types of cowardly attacks are happening to my sisters, brothers and non-gender conforming siblings daily, i am not and should not be looked upon as an isolated incident.

Jussie Smollett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers deserve the right to choose how they identify and to live with respect and dignity, new York City respects your gender identity and the right to have it affirmed on your birth certificate.

Bill de Blasio

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Credit availability decreased over the month driven primarily by a decrease in availability of conventional conforming loan offerings.

Lynn Fisher

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

For transgender or gender non-conforming individuals, this rejection is based on a failure to accept a fundamental part of that individual’s identity - what they feel to be their core self, we are saddened by these findings, and believe they are a call to action for those who work with and care about the transgender community.

Sarit Golub

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The Golden Globes has always been a place where it's not about conforming, there's a certain kind of appreciation for difference and for taking risks.

Stefano Tonchi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Be free! Get out of your prison of conforming thoughts.

Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

We contacted authorities yesterday when she died and they said there was no problem to bury her beside her husband, but this morning, they came, destroyed the grave and said it was not conforming to the rules.

Hassan Bennajeh

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

Betty Naomi Friedan

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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