Gender and how to learn about and address identities (differentiating sex and sexuality)
Gender
Gender is a complex topic for those who prefer identity labels for their own personal pronouns and for those who require knowledge of pronouns of others.
Gender is not complex for those who do not prefer or care for labels. Why use pronouns? Why label ourselves at all?
Demographic details can tell us a lot about a person's history, potential struggles, and can overall keep life interesting. On the other hand, labels can be limiting and can lead to prejudices, discrimination, microaggressions, and exclusion.
Sex
Gender and sex are different. And gender and sexuality are different. A person can be born a male or female based on their genitals, and they can also be born intersex. The sex of a person may or may not predict their gender identity. A person who identifies as cis, male, female, non-confirming, trans, non-binary, or another gender may be born of any sex.
Sexuality
Gender and sexuality are different. Sexuality is an identity that is based on attraction. LGBTQIA+, heterosexual, non-sexual, etc. are all based on attraction or lack of attraction to a specific type or multiple types of gender identity.
What are some common experiences that you have with gender in your own life?
Podcast
Check out this Gender episode of the Tomboy Official Podcast link HERE! https://anchor.fm/tomboyofficial/episodes/Gender-eg165c
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