1. Sexual Diversity
Lesson 6
October 1st, 2010

2. Sexual Diversity
- The full range of sexuality which includes all aspects of sexual attraction, behaviour, identity, expression, orientation, relationships and response. 
It refers to all aspects of humans as sexual beings.

3. LGBTTQ2
– Acronym for Lesbian, gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Queer and Two Spirited.
This acronym is always changing.

4. Lesbian Definition
A woman who forms physical and emotional relationships with other women
Derived from Lesbos, a Greek island home to Sappho, a poet and teacher who loved other women

5. Gay Men with physical/emotional attraction towards men
Gay- People who are attracted to other members of the same sex

6. Bisexual
Sexual or romantic attraction or behavior directed towards some members of more than one sex
Can be a phase where someone is realizing their homosexuality
May be used to not lose their heterosexuality

7. Trans…
Trans-identified?
Transgendered?
Transsexual?

8. Something to think about…
GENDER and SEX are different things. SEX is a physical form and function of a person. GENDER is the identity of the person inside of the body. A transsexual person is someone who is aware of being GENDER-opposite to a specific SEX.

9. Trans-Identified
Any person who considers himself or herself to have issues pertaining to gender identity.
This person may or may not be transsexual

10. Transsexual
A rare condition in which the GENDER of the brain is the opposite of the SEX of the body.
Transsexuality is marked by 3 key factors:
The person does not feel comfortable in his or her own body, and considers himself or herself to identify with the opposite sex.
Feelings of transsexuality occur much before puberty, sometimes early on in life.
A person who is transsexual is focused on gender and identity FIRST, followed by appearance.
The picture above is of Winda, an Indonesian transsexual.

11. Transgendered
An umbrella term used loosely to describe anyone who does not fit “ordinary” definitions of gender.
These people have no intention of undergoing hormonal treatments or surgery, but will identify with the opposite gender (through crossdressing, or partial transition).
GENDER remains the same. SEX changes.
Some transgendered people will live their lives as the opposite gender, others will live their lives as their birth sex, and will only dress as the
opposite sex in private, or in public areas that they know will be safe.
*Aaron identified as a homosexual male. However, at certain events in safe situations (ie: music faculty events- a safe space), he would dress as a woman.
*Jayson was transitioning from male to female. He was undergoing hormonal therapy, and was ready to identify as a homosexual female. Throughout the process, he was not yet comfortable to go out in public as a female, so his doctor recommended that he dress female only in private for the first year of his transition.
The picture above is of Thomas Beatie. Thomas was born in a woman’s body, and was in the process of transitioning from female to male. He currently lives and is legally identified as a male in all aspects. He has undergone surgery for the top half of his body, and takes testosterone hormones. He and his wife live happily, and decided that they wish to have a baby. His wife has had a hysterectomy, so the couple decided that Thomas would stop taking his testosterone hormones for a number of months, and carry the baby. The couple made the pregnancy possible due to artificial insemination, and 9 months later, the Beaties were the happy new parents of a healthy baby girl.

12. Transvestite
Is someone (usually a heterosexual male) who, at puberty, will develop a powerful fascination or sexual fetish with dressing as the opposite sex.
This is done purely for pleasure, and has nothing to do with the actual interest in changing sex.
Roughly 30% of males are reported to have participated in some sort of transvestite activity

13. Gender Dysphoria
“Is the condition of being in a state of conflict between gender and sex” -
Although there is no known reason for Gender Dysphoria, studies have found two commonalities:
Thoughts of trans-identification begin years before puberty, possibly even from birth
Links have been formed between a hormonal imbalance in the child’s mother during pregnancy and people with gender dysphoria.

14. Gay vs. Queer Yes, there is a difference.
Gay males are not merely homoerotic, they are emotionally attracted sexually, physically, emotionally, and mentally to other men, too.
Two gay men were arrested in Rome after they shared a kiss outside the Colosseum. Gay rights organizations are now protesting the incident by holding a mass “protest kiss” at the same location, August 2nd.
A Vancouver woman has complained to the press after discovering a gay magazine while rummaging through a display at American Apparel.

15. Gay vs. Queer
Queers, are also homoerotic, but they are emotionally detached from other men, and often incapable of forming attachments with other men, even though they are sexually aroused by other men.
See partners as “toys” for gratification

16. Queer?
A Queer man is not alone in his fetishism and paraphilias. According to available information, heterosexuals engage in the same type of fetishism -- but the opposite sex is part of their "object" of gratification
Exhibitionism, Fetishism, etc.

17. Two Spirited A male-female gender Native American concept.
A gift from the creator of living in the house of both male and female.
Can see the world from two perspectives.
treated with the greatest respect, and held important spiritual and ceremonial responsibilities.

18. Two Spirited
Settlers and European religion where against the Two spirited.
Got rid or drove it underground.
Term keyed Native American/First Nations gay and lesbian conference in Winnipeg

19. Intersex
Intersex is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.
Stella Walsh was an olympic gold medalist in 1932, and married boxer neil olson. When she died at age 80 it was discovered that she had male genitalia. It was determined that she had both male and female characteristics. Her records still stand to this day, however much debate remains over her gender.

20. Stereotypes
The majority of these people are this way because of genetic conditions

21. Brown University Research
Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female – One in 100 births
Total number of people receiving surgery to “normalize” genital appearance – One or two in 1000 births
Not XX and not XY – 1 in 1,666 births
Klinefelter (XXY) – One in 1,000 births
Classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia - One in 13,000 births
Late onset adrenal hyperplasia - One in 66 individuals
Andrenal Hyperplasia: Excessive or deficient production of sex steroids.

22. Questioning?
Questioning is a term that can refer to a person who is questioning their gender, sexual identity or sexual orientation. People who are questioning may be unsure of their sexuality, or still exploring their feelings

23. Things to Think about

24. In Heterosexual Shoes
Consider the actions that heterosexual couples take for granted.
Answer yes or no to yourself for the following questions.
I can kiss my partner farewell feeling confident that onlookers will ignore us or smile understandingly.
“No, I am afraid to kiss my partner in public. I may be harassed.”

25. Our families are delighted to celebrate love and commitment.
“No, my family does not know. They might not accept me.”

26. I can walk into any bookstore sure to find materials relevant to my relational experiences.
“No, I have to search to find a magazine or a book about homosexuality, and my school does not offer much more either.”

27. If I experience violence on the street, it will NOT be because I am holding hands with my partner.
“No, I have in the past and was harassed. I do not feel safe expressing my affection with my partner.”

28. TRUE OR FALSE
[All] Heterosexuals are ignorant & homophobic.
[All] Homosexuals do not face discrimination within the LGBTTQ2 community.
[All]Homosexuals do not discriminate against heterosexuals.