- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements
The increasing expansion of a global LGBT rights movement suffered a setback during the 1980s, as the gay male community was decimated by the Aids epidemic, demands for compassion and medical funding led to renewed coalitions between men and women as well as angry street theatre by groups like Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Queer
- Sexual orientation and gender diversity
Sexual orientation is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and or social affiliation that may result from this attraction Gender identity is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender
- Understanding sexual orientation and homosexuality
Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes
- Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity . . .
Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from socially constructed norms associated with their birth sex This includes androgynous, bigendered and gender queer people, who tend to see traditional concepts of gender as restrictive
- Las personas trans y la identidad de género
El sexo se asigna al nacer, hace referencia al estado biológico de una persona como hombre o mujer, y se encuentra asociado principalmente con atributos físicos tales como los cromosomas, la prevalencia hormonal y la anatomía interna y externa
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curricula - American Psychological Association (APA)
LGBT-Inclusive Sex Education Means Healthier Youth and Safer Schools Comprehensive sex education is critical to young people’s sexual health and benefits all students, including LGBT youth Center for American Progress, June 2013
- Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender . . .
HELPING FAMILIES SUPPORT LGBT CHILDREN • FALL WINTER 2009 adults Adolescents in our research for FAP who identify as transgender came out as transgender, on average, at age 16 Impact of Family Reactions on LGBT Children Until recently, little was known about how families react when an LGBT young person comes out during adolescence
- Key Terms and Concepts in Understanding Gender Diversity and Sexual . . .
as gender diversity among students, helping to support families with LGBT children and youth, risk factors and resiliency factors within schools around health and wellbeing of LGBT youth, and basic facts about gender diversity and sexual orientation among children and youth SERIES INCLUDES: Pamphlet 01 How Educators Can Support Families With
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