Transcript Defining it all

Defining it all
Gender Stereotypes and Sexuality
Gender Identity
A person's sense of self, with respect to being masculine,
feminine, or somewhere in between. Gender identity is
different from sex (male or female), sexual orientation
(who you are attracted to), and may be different than
birth assignment. Gender can be understood to be fluid
and changing rather than static and fixed, and as a
continuum with stereotypically male and female
attributes at each end of the spectrum.
Gender Expression
How you choose to express yourself to the
world. Not always the same as identity.
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Please note:
It is important to note that it is up to each
individual to identify themselves where
they fit (or don't fit) within the
LGBTTIQQ2SAA spectrum. Sometimes
people change their minds on how they
want to be referred to and sometimes the
definitions change. Never assume!
Transgender
Definition: Transgender
Individuals who feel their gender does not
match their assigned sex, and who may
consequently perform a gender other than
that which corresponds to their sex. Also an
umbrella term to describe individuals who
fall outside of traditional and binary
(male/female) gender categories or norms.
Transexual
Definition: Transexual
A person who experiences a mismatch between
their gender identity and the biological sex
they were assigned at birth, and who might
change or want to change their body. This
may involve large changes such as surgery
and hormone therapy, or smaller (but just as
tedious) changes such as change to clothing
or change of their name.
Intersex
Definition: Intersex
People born with atypical sexual characteristics
making it difficult to assign them a clear sex.
Two-Spirited
Definition: Two-spirited
Aboriginal people who possess the sacred gifts
of the female-male spirit, which exists in
harmony with those of the female and male.
They have had traditionally respected roles
within most Aboriginal cultures and societies,
and may also identify as being gay, lesbian,
bisexual, or transgender.
Ally
Definition: Ally
An ally is someone who does not identify
within the previous definitions but
personally advocates for equal rights and
fair treatment for those individuals.
No Gender
Definition: No Gender
The state of having no gender identity,
regardless of physical sex.
Genderless people may or may not pursue
hormone replacement therapy and/or
surgery. They usually want people to refer to
them with gender neutral pronouns, instead
of he or she.
Cisgender &
Cissexual
Definition: Cisgender
A gender identity that is in harmony with
the socially recognized biological sex of
and individual.
Definition: Cissexual
A person whose mental gender and physical sex
are an always have been aligned (a female
woman, a male man).
Gender Queer
Definition: Gender Queer
A (relatively) new word for those who
identify themselves outside of the typical
gender binary, but do not (always) wish to
be identified as trans.
Stereotypes
So how are these gender stereotypes reflected
in popular culture?
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