5.3
Cards (9)
- Activism - collective efforts to shape and transform political, sociocultural, and other environmental status quo.
- Participation - contributing in transforming social realities by engaging and taking part in various aspects of an initiative or reform.
- Collaboration - working together towards a goal.
- Heteronormativity
- Means of relating to, or based on the attitude that heterosexuality is the only normal and natural expression of sexuality.
- We assume that everyone is HETEROSEXUAL or STRAIGHT and that is the "standard" for everyone! Anyone who does not adhere to that standard are viewed as lesser
- Examples of HETERONORMATIVITY
- Treatment of homosexuality as “a phase.”
- Media representation of heterosexual couples
- Preference for biological pronouns
- Areas where lgbtq were discriminated
- Home
- Disowned or bullied by family Members because the child is not Masculine/Feminine enough
- Work
- Could mean being fired or not being promoted just because you are not straight
- Politics
- Denying LGBT their Freedom such as anti-sodomy
- Absence of laws
- CHALLENGING HETERONORMATIVITY THROUGH ACTIVISM
- LGBT people are suffering from various forms of socioeconomic and cultural injustice. So, LGBTQ+ community-building leads the way for fighting against their rights. They do many different kind of activities and celebrate their pride
- They engage in social activism like rallies, research, pride marches and many more activities to empower LGBTQ community. Example: June- The pride month
- CHALLENGING HETERONORMATIVITY THROUGH OUR OWN WAYS
- All individuals want and need to be correctly identified. This is an activity where you would identify the individuals or the LGBTQ community in your own ways on his/her gender identity.
- Heteronormativity can be undone through activism. Social change may not be something that happens right away, but the LGBT struggle has proven that change can happen.
- You do not have to be an LGBT member to fight for equal rights.