Introducing Contextual Observations in Support of All Gender Expressions ( <scp>COSAGE</scp> ): A Crowdsourced Guide for Documenting Assigned Sex at Birth and Gender Expression in Human Identification Efforts
The COSAGE form contributes to a growing call to apply biocultural approaches in forensic anthropology casework. Practitioners can use the form to better document contextual information that may aid identification efforts in cases involving TGD decedents.
Authors
- Mariyam I. Isa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8442-7623)
- Samantha H. Blatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4527-9335)
- Amy Michael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3746-3087)
- Ashley C. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-6811)
- Stephanie A. Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-5363)
- Taylor M. Flaherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-6297)
- Samantha Unwin
Institutions
- Idaho State University (US)
- Texas Tech University (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Government of Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70180
- Primary Topic
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00