GI

• Gender


  Refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person's biological sex
• Identity


  A person's sense of self in relation to gender. Each person's experience with their gender identity is unique and personal
• The category for sex is based on what you have in your body, it is therefore constant across time and cultures
• Gender identity isn't about who you're attracted to, but about who you ARE — male, female, genderqueer, etc
• Agender


  • A person who does not identify with any particular gender, or they may have no gender at all
  • Other terms: neutral gender, null-gender, genderless, neutrois
• Androgyne


  • Describes a person whose gender identity or presentation blends elements of masculinity and femininity, or falls outside of those categories altogether
• Bigender


  • A specific gender identity where someone identifies with two genders at the same time. These genders can be masculine and feminine, or a combination of any gender
• Butch


  • Women, especially lesbians, tend to use this term to describe the way they express masculinity, or what society defines as masculinity
  • Can also be a gender identity in itself
• Cisgender


  • Someone whose gender matches what they were assigned at birth
• Cisgender Man


  • Someone who was assigned male at birth and identifies as a man
• Cisgender Woman


  • Someone who was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman
• Transgender


  • Someone whose gender identity is different from the one they were assigned at birth
• Trans Man


  • Someone who was assigned female at birth and identifies as a man
• Trans Woman


  • Someone who was assigned male at birth and identifies as a woman
• Gender Fluid


  • Someone who may fluctuate between genders or express multiple genders at the same time. Their gender may also vary at random or vary in response to different circumstances
• Gender Outlaw


  • A person who refuses to allow society's definition of "male" or "female" to define them
• Genderqueer


  • This gender identity is neither male nor female, is between or beyond genders, or is some combination of genders
• Non-binary


  • Often used as an umbrella term for identities that fall outside the male/female gender binary. Has a very broad meaning and may vary from person to person
• Polygender and Pangender


  • People who experience and display parts of multiple genders
• Two Spirit


  • An umbrella term that encompasses different sexualities and genders in Indigenous Native American communities
• Gender identity (and expression) develop early and stay the same over time for some, while for others either one may change at any time during a person's life, more commonly during childhood and adolescence than later in adulthood
• The mirror stage entails a "libidinal dynamism" caused by the young child's identification with his own image (ideal ego). It's a big moment in a child's development because it's when they start to recognize themselves as an individual
• Pros of using labels as tools

  • Self-discovery and understanding
  • Can give sense of Pride
  • Community Building
• Cons of using labels as tools

  • Limits self-expression
  • Focusing on labels instead of lived experiences
  • Misunderstandings between the community
• refers to a person's biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, or intersex

  Sex