Kristin Scheible is assistant professor of religion at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., and serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion’s Buddhism section. She can address questions about Theravāda Buddhism, South and Southeast Asian Buddhist history, Buddhist literature and Buddhism in the West.

Sharon Suh is a professor and chair of the department of theology and religious studies at Seattle University. She specializes in the study of Buddhism and was an advisor to the Pew Research Center on its study of Buddhism.

Michael D. Palm Center (formerly Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military) at University of California, Santa Barbara is a research institute that works to educate and provide resources concerning modern issues, such as gender and sexuality.

The Gender Identity Research and Education Society in England is an organization dedicated to the research and education on transgender peoples.

The Brooklyn-based Transgender Law and Policy Institute tracks legislation, court cases and hate crime laws involving transgender rights.

The American Civil Liberties Union’s Web site includes background material on transgender court cases.

Read the May 2007 study from the Michael D. Palm Center at the University of California-Santa Barbara.

Read a 2011 transgender discrimination study of 6,450 participants by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and The National Center for Transgender Equality.

Read a June 3, 2013 story about the uncovering of former Navy Seal Kristin Beck’s trans-identity after his retirement.