1. Gender Justice Workshop
#GSADay4GJ
Welcome: The Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network is happy to bring about our first GSA Day 4 Gender Justice, a day of intentional action and education reflecting our annual February GSA Day 4 Racial Justice. Today we ask that GSAs around the nation join us in celebrating the resilience of transgender and gender non-conforming people. Gender justice to GSA Network begins with recognizing the work transgender and gender non-conforming people have already offered our movement. Together, we can continue this journey!

2. GSA Day 4 Gender Justice!
The rise in visibility for the transgender community has brought a handful of benefits, with just as many not so helpful realities.
These realities that come with hypervisibility is the domination of narratives by media, often times by folks who are not transgender or gender non- conforming.
GSA Day for Gender Justice is a day of resilience, of reclamation, of power-- trans power!

3. This Gender Justice Workshop includes:
Foundational information on gender
An overview of intersectional systems of oppression
and a historical highlight of some of the most powerful transgender and gender non-conforming leaders in our movement!
This workshop includes three main components, all vital to an ongoing conversation about gender and its relationship with justice. We will begin with going over some foundational concepts of social constructs that will help ensure everyone in the room is on the same page. We want to emphasize that concepts like gender and intersectionality have been passed down from leaders before us and will continue to be passed down. With that, language can mean different things to different folks. What we provide is the input from the folks who put our work together, but it is important to always recognize and value the input of others! This is what makes for a great conversation.
We weill also talk about systems of oppression, mostly in relation to patriarchy and its relationship with gender.
On a note of resilience, we will end this workshop with a quick highlight of some (of the many) transgender and gender nonconforming folks in our movement.

4. So, what is gender? ...and what is gender expression?
...and what is gender identity?
...and the difference of sex?
...and what does intersex mean?
...and its relation to orientation?
...and everything else?
Begin the mindframe that the next section is foundational concepts with the goal of holding conversation and ensuring we are all on the same page with term

5. Gender is a socially constructed concept that (under a gender binary) groups individuals into two options: man or womxn.
The construct of gender has many parts, which we will define on the coming slides.
GENDER
Gender: Gender is a socially constructed concept that (under a gender binary) groups individuals into two options: man or womxn. The construct of gender has many parts, which we will define on the coming slides.

6. GENDER ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
The gender assigned at birth for an individual is the first label placed on a person depending on the doctor’s opinion of how their genitalia looks.
Doctors will either announce, “It’s a boy,” “--a girl,” or “--intersex.”
GENDER ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
Gender Assigned at Birth: The gender assigned at birth for an individual is the first label placed on a person depending on the doctor’s opinion of how their genitalia looks.
Doctors will either announce, “It’s a boy,” “--a girl,” or “--intersex.”

7. Intersex describes a person who has a combination of chromosomes, hormones and/or genitalia that is considered outside of the “male”/”female” body narrative.
Historically, children born intersex have undergone nonconsensual surgeries to physically construct what doctors believe to look like a vagina or penis.
INTERSEX
Intersex: Intersex describes a person who has a variation of chromosomes, hormones and/or genitalia.
Historically, children born intersex have undergone nonconsensual surgeries to physically construct what doctors believe to look like a vagina or penis.

8. Gender identity is a person’s understanding of their gender, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth.
Identities include: trans/cis man, trans/cis womxn, transgender, genderqueer, agender, two-spirit, etc.
GENDER IDENTITY
Gender identity: Gender identity is a person’s understanding of their gender, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth.
Identities include: trans/cis man, trans/cis womxn, transgender, genderqueer, agender, two-spirit, etc.

9. Gender expression is the physical way a person expressed gender through clothing, aesthetic, mannerisms, etc. regardless of their gender assigned at birth and regardless of their gender identity.
Ex. Willow was assigned male at birth, and while they identify as agender (or having no gender), they often dress masculine and/or androgynous.
GENDER EXPRESSION
Gender expression: Gender expression is the physical way a person expressed gender through clothing, aesthetic, mannerisms, etc. regardless of their gender assigned at birth and regardless of their gender identity.
Ex. Willow was assigned male at birth, and while they identify as agender (or having no gender), they often dress masculine and/or androgynous.

10. TRANSGENDER/ GENDER NON-CONFORMING
Transgender is a term often used as an umbrella term to describe people whose gender identities are different than the genders they were assigned at birth.
Gender non-conforming is used as both an identity and/or an expression of gender, not conforming to the options as man/womxn, masculine/feminine.
TRANSGENDER/ GENDER NON-CONFORMING
Transgender/gender nonconforming: Transgender is a term often used as an umbrella term to describe people whose gender identities are different than the genders they were assigned at birth.
Gender non-conforming is used as both an identity and/or an expression of gender, not conforming to the options as man/womxn, masculine/feminine.

11. With a foundation of gender 101, let’s talk about how socially constructed systems work for and against members of society.

12. Privilege can be defined as a set of unearned benefits folks receive because they fit in one social group
Power refers to the inherited influence a privileged person can have to dominate a conversation, situation, etc.
In our society, privilege and power is upheld by the systems of oppression--- white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism.
POWER/PRIVILEGE

13. white supremacy patriarchy capitalism
SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION
white supremacy
patriarchy
capitalism
Capitalism – The current economic system that reduces the importance of all things to what they can do to make wealth and organizes all parts of society to make wealth for those few who control human society. For people, Capitalism reduces us to three categories – ability, age, size – that determine our value to making wealth. This system of power works to maintain the privilege and power of the wealthy over poor, working class and middle class people. Systems of Power hide the ideas and ways that keep them working in human societies. Capitalism spreads ideas like: “A successful person is a rich person” or “Poor people are just lazy” or “It is okay for some parts of the world to use most of the worlds resources, while other parts are exploited for theirs” or “Rich people are rich because they work hard an earn their money” Or “Most people in the US are middle class.
Patriarchy – The system that puts straight cisgender men, their experiences, and interests at the center of human society. In the current system, heterosexual men are valued most over all other people. This system of power works to maintain the privilege and power of straight cisgender men over women, transgender, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Systems of Power hide the ideas and ways that keep them working in human societies. Patriarchy spreads ideas like: “Men are naturally better” or “Women should be a certain way, which is opposite of a man” or “A real man is… and A real woman is…” or “Man includes all of humanity” or “Male history is human history.”
White Supremacy – The system that puts European/White American individuals, their experiences, history, culture and interests at the center of human society. This system of power works to maintain the privilege and power of European/White Americans over people of color. Systems of Power hide the ideas and ways that keep them working in human societies. White Supremacy spreads ideas like: “Europeans brought ‘enlightenment and civilization’ to a ‘savage and uncivilized’ rest of the world” or “European/white history is the only real history and all other history is just extra” or “White people are naturally better at…”or “there would be no democracy without Europe” or “People of color aren’t discriminated against anymore, but White people are” or “There is no more racism in the US because Barack Obama was elected as President.”

14. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, 1989
interconnected nature of identities (race, gender, etc.)
intentional considerations of how one identity impacts another
organizing work that is inclusive of these intersections
INTERSECTIONALITY
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, 1989
created this term to describe the experiences of black womxn living at the intersection of white supremacy and patriarchy
Intersectionality: this is a concept that was first used by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw to name the interconnected and overlapping nature of oppression on people with multiple minority identities.
interconnected nature of identities (race, gender, etc.)
intentional considerations of how one identity impacts another
organizing work that is inclusive of these intersections

15. What does gender justice look like? A conversation
Now we are going into a conversation using what we just learned about oppression in order to dissect the intersections of gender and these systems. The next page will have questions that the group can split up and discuss. Let’s try to save time for a bigger group conversation afterward.

16. Questions for the group:
What is justice to you?
How can justice be framed in terms of gender?
List a few concrete steps we can take as a nation to work toward liberation.
In your groups, work through the questions listed in order to foster dialogue about gender justice.
What is justice to you? On general terms, what does a just world look like for you-- does this include inclusivity, resources, etc.
How can justice be framed in terms of gender? What are some of the intersections of gender and justice-- is this inclusive legislation, naming gendered oppressions, etc.
List a few concrete steps we can take as a nation to work toward liberation. Be direct-- what needs to happen so we can work toward liberation.

17. Resilience: let’s end this workshop with highlighting the powerful groundshakers of our movement so far.

18. Initiated Stonewall riots,Founder of STAR,
Marsha P. Johnson
Initiated Stonewall riots,Founder of STAR,

19. Sylvia Rivera
Founder of STAR

20. Executive director of Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Project
Miss Major
Executive director of Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Project

21. Founder of TransLatin@ Coalition
Bamby Salcedo
Founder of Coalition

22. Undocumented Trans Activist Founding member of Familia: TQLM
Jennicet Gutierrez
Undocumented Trans Activist
Founding member of Familia: TQLM

23. Author, Law Professor, Activist
Dean Spade
Author, Law Professor, Activist

24. LGBTQ Activist and KeyNote Speaker
Ce Ce McDonald
LGBTQ Activist and KeyNote Speaker

25. Speaker, writer, and advocate for LGBTQ+ community
Jacob Tobia
Speaker, writer, and advocate for LGBTQ+ community

26. Bhumika Shrestha
First person to travel with a third gender passport and Nepal’s first transgender politician

27. Angelica Ross
Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises. She is dedicated to empowering, educating, and employing transgender people.

28. Happy GSA Day 4 Gender Justice! #GSADay4GJ