SWP 335 Lecture 5: 11:09:2017
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Queer: has been reclaimed by gay and lesbian activists, and academics in the humanities, both as an umbrella term for representing non-normative sexualities and gender positions and as a body of critical theory (willis, 2007, 183) Transgender: an umbrella term applicable to a range of individuals who express their gender in non- traditional ways. In general, trans people find their sense of self as female, male or other, to be in conflict with their assigned gender role (burdge, 2007, 244) Intersex: refers to people whose bodies, reproductive systems, chromosomes and hormones are not easily characterized as male or female. Genderqueer: someone who blurs, rejects or otherwise transgresses gender norms; also used as a term for someone who rejects the two-ge(cid:374)der s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) (cid:894)bosto(cid:374) wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s health. Collective, 2011: are there ways that you perform as genderqueer in your own lives, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=cpftnirnesk. Two-spirited people: a generic term that was adopted in order to provide a modern means of regrouping.
