Preferred gender pronoun (PGP): The pronoun or set of pronouns that an individual would like others to use when talking to or about that individual (e.g., he/him, she/her, or ze/hir). • Queer: Historically, it is a pejorative term for “gay.” The word “queer” has been reclaimed by some members of the community as a political act intended to undermine the violence that is embedded with the original use of the term. Queer is also sometimes used as an umbrella term for LGBTQ. It is still considered to be a slur by some people and in some contexts. This and other reclaimed terms can be offensive to the in-group when used by the out-group. Such terms should be used with caution. • Questioning: A process whereby an individual is reassessing his or …show more content…
• Sexism: The societal/cultural, institutional, and individual beliefs and practices that privilege men, subordinate women, and denigrate women-identified values. • Sexuality: Who you like and what you do. • Sexual Identity: Sexual identity is identifying, claiming, and owning a part of the self that is associated with one’s gender identity, sexual orientation, or sexuality. Sexual identity may mean identifying as a member of the LGBTQ community. • Sexual orientation: A person’s emotional, physical, and sexual attraction and the expression of that attraction with other individuals. The term “sexual orientation” is preferred over “sexual preference.” The latter term implies a choice and sexual attraction is not generally considered a choice. • Sex reassignment surgery: Sex reassignment surgery is a permanent surgical body modification that seeks to attain congruence between one’s body and one’s gender identity. Use this term instead of “sex change.” Sometimes known as gender reassignment surgery. Many in the transgender community prefer gender confirmation surgery. • Straight: A term originating in the gay community to describe …show more content…
Your chapter’s Greek Week delegate visits a standards meeting to ask if she should try to change the chapter’s pairing with a gay interest fraternity. The delegate says that she is afraid that the pairing will “not go over very well” with the chapter and expresses concern that the gay interest chapter will feel uncomfortable. 5. A member of your chapter is an active member of a campus LGBTQ student organization. Recently, rumors have begun circulating on campus that your chapter is the “lesbian” chapter. Some members and advisers feel that this is going to negatively impact Recruitment in the fall. As a result, the Membership Chairman recently told the lesbian member not to take part in Recruitment and to be less “visible” in non-Kappa activities. 6. A member of your chapter tells you that her little sister disclosed that she is questioning her gender identity. The little sister is wondering whether she should come out to the chapter, and, if so, whether to do so before or after Initiation. The chapter seems closed-minded since they recently registered very low attendance at a required program regarding LGBTQ and the Greek-letter
What is Gender Dysphoria? A clinical definition may be, “The condition of feeling one 's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one 's biological sex.” There is a growing amount of scientific research that suggests gender identity develops at a very early age. So, what are the ethical considerations of gender-reassignment treatments for minors suffering from gender dysphoria? Children can be diagnosed with GD as early as age five. Following, most girls start puberty when they are between the ages of eight and thirteen years old. Then, most boys start puberty when they are between the ages of ten and fifteen years old.
Andrew Sullivan, author of, What is a Homosexual, portrays his experience growing up; trapped in his own identity. He paints a detailed portrait of the hardships caused by being homosexual. He explains the struggle of self-concealment, and how doing so is vital for social acceptation. The ability to hide one’s true feelings make it easier to be “invisible” as Sullivan puts it. “The experience of growing up profoundly different in emotional and psychological makeup inevitably alters a person’s self-perception.”(Sullivan)This statement marks one of the many reasons for this concealment. The main idea of this passage is to reflect on those hardships, and too understand true self-conscious difference. Being different can cause identity problems, especially in adolescents.
Increased acceptance among the peers of transgender students. (Students look to those in a position of authority to garner a sense of appropriate behavior.)
Sexual orientation is a term used to describe a person’s physical, sexual, and romantic attraction to another person, whether they be Male or Female. The term is relatively new and the idea of having a homosexual identity has only been around for one-hundred years at the most (APA).
The terms gender and sexuality are usually mistaken for one or the other. Gender refers to the social term that is given to a specific sex. Gender is typically considered female or male. The term sexuality refers to people’s sexual interest or desires to other people. Different types of sexuality are heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, and other types. Gender and sexuality are used for people to identify their sexuality, communication with others, and learn how to find a community of people that are alike.
As Fritsch et al. states, “even as ‘queer’ became an established identity in the LGBTQ rainbow acronym, it also worked against the normalization of gender and sexuality by challenging the presumption of a two-gender system” (336). A majority of the queer community had/have conflicting thoughts about whether the term queer must be used as a way to distinguish or rather alienate oneself with from binary system. Many of the people within the community don’t like to separate themselves, believing that by doing so will push them further away from society when in reality this will result in losing their loved ones and friends. Others argued that by doing so they break apart the binary structure and in order everyone in a sense is queer; there is no set standard for what normal is. Moreover, people believe that with trying to embrace and embody the term queer, there will be negative emotions and actions made towards them which puts them at an even higher risk of being victimized. Being in the center staged of the whole movement not only brings conflict but it can in the long run off put people from overall trying to identify with the queer movement or the term queer
Many people relate sex, gender, and your sexual orientation as the same thing grouped in two categories of male or female traits and preference, however as both authors argue it is imperative to view each as a separate and ever changing category in order to protect peoples beliefs who contradict the earlier statement. “Educating legislators and policymakers about the damage inflicted by sexism and gender stereotyping is a critical component of winning
While some who fall into the category of Queer may also want to live relatively heteronormative lives such as same-sex marriage, and adoption are called homonormative. These people while being Queer want to be included in the regular life plotted out by years of normativity. Queer can also be used to look at history, politics, economics through the lens of the marginalized. In history Queer people were “invented” though terms to describe them in England during the Victorian era, many of these queer people were seen as abominations and put to death. While later many queer people were subject to disapproval, shunning, and an early death in the early 90s in the AIDS
The use of severely offensive phrases can be commonly witnessed in all areas of today’s society. Many people have often wondered how the use of phrases and slurs that involve the word ‘gay’ will be perceived by people of the homosexual community. This has proven to be a very controversial topic because people have many different opinions about sexuality. McCormack argues that the use of phrases such as the phrase “That’s so gay” has become socially acceptable for some groups of people.
The terms sex, gender and sexuality relate with one another, however, sociologists had to distinguish these terms because it has it’s own individual meaning. Sex is the biological identity of a person when they are first born, like being a male or female. Gender is the socially learned behaviors and expectations associated with men and women like being masculine or feminine. Gender can differentiate like being a man, woman, transgender, intersex, etcetera. Sexuality refers to desire, sexual preference, and sexual identity and behavior (1). Sexuality can differentiate as well like being homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, etcetera. Like all social identities, gender is socially constructed. In the Social Construction of Gender, this theory shows
Clinically speaking, a person who was assigned female at birth but identifies and lives as a man is referred to as a transsexual man, or transman, or female-to-male (FTM); a male-to-female (MTF) person is a transsexual woman or transwoman (Glicksman). Some people drop the transgender label after they have transitioned to their new gender. However, they want to be referred to only as a man or a woman. But what if our gender identity, our sense of being a boy or being a girl, does not match our physical body? From a very early age we will start to feel increasingly uncomfortable. For some this is a mild discomfort, for others it is so traumatic they would rather die than continue to live in the wrong body. Unfortunately as transsexual people are a small minority of the population the condition has been labeled by Psychiatrists as "Gender Identity Disorder". With the transgendered, the disordered assumption is that the
... to homosexuals in the letter. My concern is to persuade the advisor to encourage true values, such as unconditional love and compassion, while preserving my status in the community.
Gender Theory in Everyday Life”, the various definitions of “trans” depict that it is not possible to place one’s gender into only two categories. In the definitions of “trans”, transformation or transitioning is a common theme. Transforming into their true self or transitioning from one gender to the other. In the third definition, transgendered individuals are seen as transcending gender, thus making gender non-existent; not only to them, but when they view other individuals (Kessler and McKenna 1-2). The individuals in “When Girls Will Be Boys”, had to create a safe space, and find allies that would provide them with resources to help them in their progression as a trans individual. Trans people truly want to be integrated into society, but they are cognisant of the social standards in place that make them othered (Quart 49-50). In the instance of the varied definition of trans and the experiences of people in “When Girls Will Be Boys”, they are all going against the social norms and actively fighting to create a seat at the table. They refuse to to fit in the status quo of accepting that there are only two genders, and one must stay in either category. Instead, they challenge that thinking by being themself, thus having a hand in creating the new norm. These individuals are not passively combating the misconceptions, miseducation, and misinformation. They are actively creating a space for others and themself to grow in self and in
In order to discuss the biology of gender identity and sexual orientation, it is necessary to first examine the differences between multiple definitions that are often mistakenly interchanged: sex, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Sexual orientation is defined by LeVay (2011) as “the trait that predisposes us to experience sexual attraction to people of the same sex as ourselves, to persons of the other sex, or to both sexes” (p. 1). The typical categories of sexual orientation are homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual. Vrangalova and Savin-Williams (2012) found that most people identify as heterosexual, but there are also groups of people that identify as mostly heterosexual and mostly gay within the three traditional categories (p. 89). This is to say that there are not three concrete groups, but sexual orientation is a continuum and one can even fluctuate on it over time. LeVay (2011) also defines gender as “the ...
Gender and sexuality can be comprehended through social science. Social science is “the study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society” (Free Dictionary, 2009). The study of social science deals with different aspects of society such as politics, economics, and the social aspects of society. Gender identity is closely interlinked with social science as it is based on the identity of an individual in the society. Sexuality is “the condition of being characterized and distinguished by sex” (Free Dictionary, 2009).