My intent with Through the Valley was, in part, to provide representation in a genre I so rarely find for myself and for others who fall into similar identities as myself in terms of gender and sexuality. Historical fiction has always been a genre I h . . .

In October 1999, California Governor Gray Davis signed into law Assembly Bill 537. The law amends the California Education Code and mandates prohibiting discrimination against students and staff on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, ap . . .

For decades, video game culture has produced patriarchal standards and ideals that produce inequality for the women in this community. The question this research seeks to answer is whether Twitch, a new video platform popular within the video game com . . .

This thesis looks at the way that people whose gender identities do not fit into a binary male or female framework communicate those identities in internet spaces that they control. The available literature lacks any thorough examination of non-bina . . .

Statement of Problem: White collar crime is perceived as less serious than more conventional street crimes because of their covert nature, however differences in this perception do occur when analyzing for variations between respondents. Gender has be . . .

This mixed-methods, qualitative/quantitative study explores the emotional effects of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy on veterans’ emotional well-being. This study consisted of 20 participants from two sampling time periods. The first sample ca . . .