TBB199Y1 Lecture Notes - Heteronormativity, Family Values, Third Gender
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Ejh. sp: the article was difficult probably the most dense article we read so far, before we get to the articles, we"ll talk about sexual identity (eg. sexuality, sexual orientation, categories in north america. Bisexual definition: interested in both female, male: people in drag communities have their own labels instead of using. Homosexual" etc but uses different categories to undermine existing categories and create new ones etc. Often doctors decided to choose one for them and thought they were doing the right thing. At least in north america it is left up to the parents usually. There are advocacy organizations that help people with. Also things are changing to some extent, we tend to live in a very dichotomous world in terms of gender. There are a lot of political advocacy but, nevertheless, most people think of gender as a very binary model .