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List of potential resources and references to expand passing (sociology)

Disability and passing : blurring the lines of identity edited by Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson Just passing through: Stigma, passing, and identity decoupling in the work place Rich DeJory Passing : identity and interpretation in sexuality, race, and religion edited by María Carla Sánchez and Linda Schlossberg I Don’t Like Passing as a Straight Woman: Queer Negotiations of Identity and Social Group Membership Carla A. Pfeffer Presenting gender : changing sex in early-modern culture edited by Chris Mounsey Race passing and American individualism Kathleen Pfeiffer Passing and the fictions of identity edited by Elaine K. Ginsberg

Tentative Contributions/Revisions to passing (sociology)		-

Passing refers to the disguise, adoption, or rejection of identities or identity categories, resulting in boundary crossing, or moving from one legal or cultural boundary or category to another. Passing may result in certain privileges or rewards afforded as a result of boundary crossing, although motivations for passing may vary. Historically and genealogically, passing has been associated with racial passing, or crossing a racial line or boundary to escape oppression and gain privileges or status. In addition historic associations with racial passing, passing may refer to the disguise of other categories of identity, including class, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. Elaine K. Ginsberg argues passing may be a method through which identity categories and boundaries may be challenged.

"Passing is not simply about erasure or denial...but about the creation and establishment of an alternative set of narratives. It becomes a way of creating new stories out of unusable ones, or from personal narratives seemingly in conflict with other aspects of self-presentation." "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is an example of a policy in which individuals must pass as heterosexual.