GNDS 215 Lecture Notes - Sexual Orientation, Sexual Diversity, Feminist Theory
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Reactions, thoughts and feelings in a personal way. How do you understand sexual or gender diversity (pick one) Why is it important to study it. How does learning of it affect you and others. Pick a couple questions and talk about diversity. Locate your own social identity, beliefs etc. Talk about your sex, gender sexual, race, ethnicity identity. Focus on the identities that relate to diversity. Reference or cite where your material comes from. Sex: biological: sex cells, chromosomes, anatomy, etc. Sex diversity: beyond conceptions of sex as simply male/ female: intersex- chromosomes, transsex (transsexual and transgender) Transsex: individuals who were born of one sex and gender which they do not identify with. Those who seek to modify their body in some way i. e. hormones, reconstructions surgery. Transgender: individuals who were born of one sex and gender which they do not identify with but do not get surgery.