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• Labels are powerful words to discriminate and oppress people

  • ‘Aryan race’ is a word which means ‘superior’ (by the German Nazi). 
  • ‘inferior’ race – ‘Jews’ and ‘homosexual’; to justify the NAZI’s mass murder
• Views on LGBT in History:

  • In China 600 BCE: 
  • pleasures of the bitten peach 
  • brokeback.
  • In Japan: 
  • ‘shudo’ or ‘nanshoku’
  • Thailand: 
  • Kathoey – refer to lady boys
• • Philippines: 
  • Babaylan and Catalonan – mostly women priests, but some are males who lived their lives as women
  • Ancient Greek:
  • Pederasty– all males are expected to take on a younger male lover in a practice.
  • Other societies like indigenous Native Americans:
  • accepted and celebrated what they called ‘Two-spirited’ people in a dance to the “Berdache.”
• • Abrahamic Religion
  • Sodomy - a crime against nature.
  • System enforced – its belief systems of viewing same-sex attractions as a sin through violence such as; killing homosexuals through burning , stoning , or being fed to the dogs.
  • 19th century
  • homosexuality was classified as an illness and as a basis to legally persecute homosexuals, imprison , and commit them to mental institutions.
• Why does the LGBTQIA+ keep changing? 

  There are many variations of this acronym and it continues to build as the world becomes more and more educated on the fluidity of human sexuality.
• LGBTQIA+


  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and others that do not fit in the LGBTQIA spectrum
• Lesbian

  Women who are emotionally and sexually attracted to women
• Gay


  Men who are emotionally and sexually attracted to men
• Bisexual


  Man or woman who is emotionally and sexually attracted to men and women
• Transgender


  When your gender identity (how you feel) is different from your Physical sex (Male and Female)
• Queer

  Used by people who celebrate all gender identities, can also mean someone who does not want to be restricted as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual
• Intersex

  People who were born with sex genitals or chromosome patterns that do not fit the typical male or female body
• Asexual


  People who do not feel sexual attraction to anyone but it does not mean that they do not engage in romantic or sexual relationships
• Plus + refers to all sexuality that do not fit in the LGBTQIA spectrum
• • Transexual – an outdated term that originated in the medical and psychological communities for people who have permanently changed their gender identity through surgery and hormones
• • Questioning – The process of exploring and discovering one’s own sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression
• • Ally – Typically a non-queer person who supports and advocates for the queer community; an individual within the LGBTQ+ community can be an ally for another member that identifies differently than them
• • Pansexual – A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical and/or spiritual attraction to members of all gender identities/expressions, not just people who fit into the standard gender binary
• As human sexuality is still continue evolving these few terms help us more inclusive:

  • Androgynous – people whose gender expression (their physical appearance) may or may not be distinctly male or female.  
  • Gender – your internal sense of being masculine or feminine or neither.  
  • Gender identity – how you feel, man, woman, or neither.  
  • Gender expression – how you express your sense of being male or female or neither (e.g., hairstyle, clothes, etc.)  
• • Sexual orientation – your emotional and sexual attraction to a person.  
  • Cisgender – when your gender identity matches with the sex you are assigned at birth. 
  • Non-binary – people who do not feel a boy or a girl; they may feel like they are both or neither, so sometimes they use the pronouns they, the, and theirs
• What does SOGIE stands for? 

  • S - Sexual 
  • O - Orientation  
  • G - Gender  
  • I - Identity 
  • E - Expression
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION (acc. To American Psychological Association) 

  • It is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person
• This usually divided into these categories:

  1. Heterosexual: Attracted to people of the opposite gender 
  2. Bisexual: Attracted to genders the same as themselves or different than themselves". 
  3. Homosexual: Attracted to people of one's own gender. 
  4. Pansexual: Attracted to people of any gender identity. 
  5. Asexual: Not sexually attracted to other people
• GENDER IDENTITIES (acc. To American Psychological Association) 

  • It is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender
• GENDER EXPRESSIONS

  • Refers to how a person presents their gender. This can include their clothing, mannerisms, pronouns, and names.

  1. Agender: A person who identifies with this term will often consider themselves as not subscribing to any gender identity.
  2. Cisgender: This term is commonly used to refer to people who identify exclusively with the gender assigned at birth. 
  3. Demigender: This is a term used to describe a person who feels a connection and/or has an internal leaning toward a particular gender. 
• Gender Identities and Expressions 

  1. GENDER FLUID - this describes a person who moves fluidly between genders or whose gender shifts over time.
  2. GENDER NEUTRAL – Someone who expresses themselves in such a way that they do not wish to be perceived as any one gender 
  3. GENDER NONCONFORMING – most commonly used to describe a gender expression different from cultural stereotypes associated with that person’s perceived gender or gender assigned at birth.
• 1. GENDERQUEER –  this describes a gender identity that is not defined as exclusively male or female. Genderqueer people experience their gender in unique ways. Their identity can include elements of the feminine, masculine, and nonbinary, or none of these. Identifying as genderqueer may be viewed as a rejection of associations or labels. 
  2. GENDER QUESTIONING – describes someone who is questioning all or parts of their gender identity or expression and does not wish to identify themselves with a specific gender identity. 
• 1. MULTI-GENDER – describes people who hold more than one gender identity
  2. NONBINARY – This is a widely used term to describe a gender identity that cannot be categorized as masculine or feminine.
  3. PANGENDER –  Pangender is a gender identity where a person identifies as all or many gender identities.
• 1. PRONOUNS – Pronouns are easily becoming one of the most recognized ways people identify their gender and how they want to be referred to.
  2. TRANSGENDER / TRANS – is used to describe any person who has a gender identity that is different from the gender they were assigned at birth
• TRANSGENDERISM

  • The  condition of someone feeling that they are not the same gender (=sex) as the one they had to have at birth 
  • A state or condition in which a person's identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional ideas of male or female gender
• Type of a Transgender Man/ Woman: 

  1. Non Operative – Biologically Contented about their Sex Assigned at Birth or SAAB and no need to undergo surgical operation.
  2. Pre Operative – Transition has started such as taking an oral and injectable Pills called Male hormones blocker and/or Female Hormones blocker Hormonal Replacement Therapy. 
  3. Post Operative – Completely undergone Gender Affirming Surgery or Sex Reassignment Surgery.  
• TRANSSEXUAL

  • 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
• Other terms include:

  1. FTM – female to male, a person whose biological sex is female and has transitioned to living life as a male
  2. MTF – male to female, a person whose biological sex is male and has transitioned to living life as a female
• The Importance and Relevance of SOGIE

  Suchlike other parts of our identity; race and ethnicity, SOGIE really Matters

  • Understanding Individuals SOGIE
  • Everybody has SOGIE.
  • This is where SOGIE becomes useful as a first step to understanding not only those who are in CISGENDER but also the LGBTQIA+ and personal identity. 
  • It is useful for questioning individuals to understand themselves better, but it also provides a framework that the public can use to empathize with the multitudes of sexual orientation and identity. 
• • SOGIE as a catalyst for Human Rights 
  • There is an understanding at an international level that the issue should come from the equality of all people, the respect for human rights. At the international level, “human rights” are “the minimum standard that must be protected,” and it’s not a radical idea that has recently emerged
• • To Promote the Understanding of SOGIE
  • SOGIE is essential to help everyone understand that sexuality is not binary nor lies along a binary scale. SOGIE shows us the myriad forms of sexual orientation and identity, and will foster a base of understanding for us to build foundations of human civilization.