What is Gender?

• Gender is a social classification based on one's identity, presentation of self, behaviour & interaction with others
• Sociologists view Gender as learned behaviour and a culturally produced identity, and as such, it is a social category
• Sex is a biological classification based on reproductive organs or put simply the sex we are recognised at birth
• Sexuality is a broad term, encompassing an individual's sexual interests & behaviours, involving biological, cultural, psychological, social & spiritual aspects