Gender Identity Who makes the call (and how)? Introduction 1. Identify what each letter stands for in the following, ever-growing list of acronyms. LGB =
LGBTQIA =
LGBT =
LGBTQIAPK =
LGBTQ = 2. Each one of the issues represented is somewhat independent and unrelated. What message is sent by continuing to group more and more of these sex and gender issues together?
How Does the Medical Community Define the Issue? Match the following terms with their commonly accepted definitions within the medical community. 1. _____ Sex
a. Someone who occasionally wears the clothing of the opposite sex but does not wish to permanently change his or her sex.
2. _____ Gender Identity b. Someone whose sex and gender identity match. 3. _____ Transgender
c. An individual whose sex at birth is unclear, possessing anatomical traits of both sexes.
4. _____ Cisgender
d. The biological classification of male or female, determined primarily by chromosomes and reproductive organs.
5. _____ Transsexual
e. Someone whose sex and gender identity do not match.
6. _____ Cross-Dresser
f. A transgender person who seeks to make his or her sex and gender identity match through medical intervention, such as hormonal treatment and surgery.
7. _____ Intersex
g. One’s identification as male or female (or something else), determined by personal perception and cultural expectations.
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