GEE 15 GENDER AND SOCIETY WHAT DOES LGBTQIA+ STAND FOR?

LGBTQIA+ 1. Lesbian
3.3
(Meanings, History, and Processes)
⎯ Women who are emotionally and sexually
attracted to women.
Intended Learning Objectives
2. Gay
• Discuss the LGBTQIA+ terms and its meaning;
⎯ Men who are emotionally and sexually attracted
• Trace the history of the LGBTQIA+;
to men.
• Define the SOGIE Terms and discuss its meaning; and
3. Bisexual
• Explain the importance and relevance of SOGIE.
⎯ Man or woman who is emotionally and sexually
“I’m seeing changes in the community, and people attracted to men and women.
4. Transgender
now realize they’re not alone. Now no one can ever
say WE, the LGBT community don’t exist.” - Kasha ⎯ When your gender identity (how you feel) is
Jacqueline Nabagesera, Co-Founder Freedom and different from your Physical sex (Male and
Roam Uganda Female).
5. Queer
INTRODUCTION ⎯ Used by people who celebrate all gender
⎯ Labels are powerful words to discriminate and identities, can also mean someone who does
oppress people. not want to be restricted as Lesbian, Gay, or
⎯ The use of ‘Aryan race’ as a word which means Bisexual.
‘superior’ (by the German Nazi). ‘Jews’ and 6. Intersex
‘homosexual’; to justify their mass murder – what ⎯ People who were born with sex genitals or
they called as ‘inferior’ race. chromosome patterns that do not fit the typical
⎯ Use of language; empower people to claim their male or female body.
space in the society – political sphere. 7. Asexual
⎯ People who do not feel sexual attraction to
VIEWS ON LGBT IN HISTORY anyone but it does not mean that they do not
⎯ In China 600 BCE, they use the terms pleasures of engage in romantic or sexual relationships.
the bitten peach and brokeback. 8. Plus +
⎯ In Japan, ‘shudo’ or ‘nanshoku’. ⎯ Refers to all sexuality that do not fit in the
⎯ In Thailand, ‘Kathoey’ – referring to lady boys. LGBTQI spectrum.
⎯ In the Philippines, ‘babaylan’ and ‘catalonan’ –
mostly women priests, but some are males who WHY DOES IT KEEP CHANGING?
lived their lives as women. ⎯ There are many variations of this acronym and it
⎯ In Ancient Greek, Pedastry - all males are expected continues to build as the world becomes more and
to take on a younger male lover in a practice. Other more educated on the fluidity of human sexuality.
societies, like indigenous Native Americans, (Aurelia, 2020)
accepted and celebrated what they called ‘Two-
spirited’ person in a dance to the ‘Berdache’. LGBTQIAAP (Aurelia, 2020)
⎯ Abrahamic Religion, this branded it as Sodomy - a 1. Lesbian
crime against nature. ⎯ A woman who is primarily attracted to women.
⎯ System enforced its belief systems of viewing 2. Gay
same-sex attractions as a sin through violence such ⎯ A man who is primarily attracted to men;
as; killing homosexuals through burning, stoning, or sometimes a broad term for individuals attracted
being fed to the dogs. to the same sex.
⎯ In 19th century, homosexuality was classified as an 3. Bisexual
illness and as a basis to legally persecute ⎯ An individual attracted to people of their own and
homosexuals, imprison, and commit them to mental opposite sex.
institution. 4. Transgender
⎯ A person whose gender identity differs from their
assigned sex at birth.
5. Transsexual
⎯ An outdated term referring to individuals who
have changed their gender identity through
surgery or hormones.
6. Queer What does SOGIE stand for?
⎯ An umbrella term to be more inclusive of the • S - Sexual
many identities and variations that make up the • O - Orientation
LGBTQ+ community. • G - Gender
7. Questioning • I - Identity
⎯ The process of exploring and discovering one's • E – Expression
own sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or
gender expression.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION (American Psychological Association)
8. Intersex
⎯ It is a component of identity that includes sexual and
⎯ An individual whose sexual anatomy or
chromosomes do not fit with the traditional emotional attraction to another person.
markers of "female" and "male." ⎯ This is usually divided into these categories:
9. Ally a. Heterosexual
⎯ Typically a non-queer person who supports and ➢ Attracted to people of the opposite gender.
advocates for the queer community; an b. Bisexual
individual within the LGBTQ+ community can ➢ Attracted to genders the same as
also be an ally for another member that identifies themselves or different than themselves.
differently than them. c. Homosexual
10. Asexual ➢ Attracted to people of one's own gender.
⎯ An individual who generally does not feel sexual d. Pansexual
attraction or desire to any people. It is not the ➢ Attracted to people of any gender identity.
same as celibacy and has many subgroups. e. Asexual
11. Pansexual
➢ Not sexually attracted to other people.
⎯ A person who experiences sexual, romantic,
physical, and/or spiritual attraction to members GENDER IDENTITIES (American Psychological Association)
of all gender identities or expressions, not just
⎯ It is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an
those that fit into the standard gender binary.
alternative gender.
AS HUMAN SEXUALITY IS STILL CONTINUE EVOLVING
GENDER EXPRESSIONS
THESE FEW TERMS HELP US MORE INCLUSIVE
1. Androgynous ⎯ Refers to how a person presents their gender. This
can include their clothing, mannerisms, pronouns,
⎯ people whose gender expression (their physical
and names.
appearance) may or may not be distinctly male
a. Agender
or female.
2. Gender ⎯ A person who identifies with this term will often
consider themselves as not subscribing to any
⎯ your internal sense of being masculine or
gender identity.
feminine or neither.
b. Cisgender
3. Gender identity
⎯ This term is commonly used to refer to people
⎯ how you feel, man, woman, or neither.
who identify exclusively with the gender
4. Gender expression
assigned at birth.
⎯ how you express your sense of being male or
c. Demigender
female or neither (e.g., hairstyle, clothes, etc.).
⎯ This is a term used to describe a person who
5. Sexual orientation
feels a connection and/or has an internal leaning
⎯ your emotional and sexual attraction to a
toward a particular gender.
person.
2. Gender Fluid
6. Cisgender
⎯ This describes a person who moves fluidly between
⎯ when your gender identity matches with the sex genders or whose gender shifts over time.
you are assigned at birth. 3. Gender Neutral
7. Non-binary ⎯ Someone who expresses themselves in such a
⎯ people who do not feel like a boy or a girl; they way that they do not wish to be perceived as any
may feel like they are both or neither, so one gender.
sometimes they use the pronouns they, them, 4. Gender Nonconforming
and theirs. ⎯ Most commonly used to describe a gender
expression different from cultural stereotypes
associated with that person’s perceived gender
or gender assigned at birth.
5. Genderqueer Other terms include:
⎯ This describes a gender identity that is not 1. FTM (Female to Male) – A person whose biological
defined as exclusively male or female. sex is female and has transitioned to living his life as
6. Gender Questioning a male.
⎯ Describes someone who is questioning all or 2. MTF (Male to Female) – A person whose biological
parts of their gender identity or expression and sex is male and has transitioned to living his life as
does not wish to identify themselves with a a female.
specific gender identity.
7. Intergender THE IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE OF SOGIE
⎯ Describes a gender identity that is a mix of both ⎯ Suchlike other parts of our identity; race and
masculine and feminine identities. ethnicity, SOGIE really matters.
8. Multi-Gender 1. Understanding Individuals’ SOGIE
⎯ Describes people who hold more than one ⎯ Everybody has SOGIE. This is where SOGIE
gender identity. becomes useful as a first step to understanding
9. Nonbinary not only those who are in CISGENDER but also
⎯ This is a widely used term to describe a gender the LGBTQIA+ and personal identity. It is useful
identity that cannot be categorized as masculine for questioning individuals to understand
or feminine. themselves better, but it also provides a
10. Pangender framework that the public can use to empathize
⎯ Pangender is a gender identity where a person with the multitudes of sexual orientation and
identifies as all or many gender identities. identity.
11. Transgender/Trans ⎯ SOGIE applies to everyone, including both
⎯ Used to describe any person who has a gender LGBTQIA+ and cisgender individuals.
identity that is different from the gender they ⎯ Helps individuals understand themselves and
were assigned at birth. fosters empathy in society.
2. SOGIE as a Catalyst for Human Rights
TYPES OF A TRANSGENDER MAN/WOMAN: ⎯ There is an understanding at an international
1) Non-Operative level that the issue should come from the equality
⎯ Biologically content with their Sex Assigned at of all people, the respect for human rights.
Birth (SAAB) and no need to undergo surgical ⎯ At the international level, "human rights" are
operation. "the minimum standard that must be
2) Pre-Operative protected," and it’s not a radical idea that has
⎯ Transition has started such as taking oral and recently emerged.
injectable pills called male hormone blockers ⎯ Recognized at an international level as part of
and/or female hormone blockers (Hormonal human rights.
Replacement Therapy). ⎯ Advocates for equality and protection of all
3) Post-Operative individuals.
⎯ Completely undergone Gender Affirming 3. Promoting Awareness of Sexuality’s Fluidity
Surgery or Sex Reassignment Surgery. ⎯ SOGIE is essential to help everyone understand
that sexuality is not binary nor lies along a binary
Transgenderism scale. SOGIE shows us the myriad forms of
⎯ The condition of someone feeling that they are not sexual orientation and identity, and will foster a
the same gender (= sex) as the one they had or were base of understanding for us to build foundations
said to have at birth. of human civilization.
⎯ A state or condition in which a person's identity does ⎯ Sexuality is not binary.
not conform unambiguously to conventional ideas of ⎯ Encourages inclusivity and respect for diversity.
male or female gender.

Transexual
⎯ Refer to people whose gender identity is different
from their biological sex, and they may want to
change their body so it resembles how they feel
about their gender identity.