POL 4377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Identity, Genderqueer, Pansexuality
21 May 2016
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They are sign posts (changeable) not grave stones (permanent) An umbrella term to describe anyone whose identity or behavior falls outside of stereotypical gender norms or gender roles. Variety of other sexual identities for people who are transgender. Tokenizing (adding an individual/character from a marginalized community in a text a book, movie, etc. For the sake of political correctness or self-promotion) Sex (physical attributes that are used to assign sex: female and male; biological determinants) Sexual orientation (who someone is attracted to sexually/emotionally/intellectually; considered more inclusive than sexual preference ) Intersex (someone who is born with genitalia that are both male and female) Transition (changing from living under a gender regime to living based on your personal preferences) Third gender (people who don"t place a name to their gender or overlap with multiple genders) Msm/wsw (men who have sex with me, women who have sex with women) Pansexual (someone who experiences sexual/romantic/spiritual attraction to all genders and sexualities)
