Class 4 - Transgender

Question 1

What does it mean to be transgender?

Answer 1

• a person whose gender identity and SAAB do not correspond based on tradition expectations
  ex. Person assigned female sex at birth who identifies as a man

Question 2

Does being transgender also include people with gender identities outside the girl/woman and boy/man gender binary structure?

Answer 2

yes
- ex. people who are gender fluid or non-binary

Question 3

What does non-binary mean?

Answer 3

• Describes a person whose gender identity falls outside the traditional gender binary structure of girl/woman and boy/man
• sometimes abbreviated as NB or enby

Question 4

What is a trans man?

Answer 4

• a transgender person whose gender identity is a boy/man/male may use this term to describe themselves

Question 5

What is a trans woman?

Answer 5

• A transgender person whose gender identity is girl/woman/female may use these terms to describe themselves
• some will use the term woman

Question 6

Continuing from the last deck, what is a two-spirited person? (2)

Answer 6

• embodies masculine and feminine traits
• traditionally hold special roles and privileges in their communities to maintain piece and balance

Question 7

Is two-spirit an identity by itself?

Answer 7

no because it has different meanings for each nation

Question 8

According to WHO, what is gender affirming care? (2)

Answer 8

• encompasses a range of social, psychological, behavioural, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were assigned at birth
• The interventions help transgender people align various aspects of their lives (emotional, interpersonal, and biological) with their gender identity

Question 9

Gender affirming care is an unbrella term which includes what factors? (4)

Answer 9

1. Using language and pronouns that affirm the client’s gender identity
2. Providing a clinical space which is welcoming to transgender/non-binary individuals
3. Having staff in all areas who are trained in gender-affirming care
4. Medical procedures that align with one’s gender identity and this can include surgery or hormone treatment , surgical procedures, laser hair removal, hormone therapy, etc.

Question 10

Does gender affirming care just a new word for “sex change” or “sex reassignment?”

Answer 10

no, it refers to the holistic approach that addresses a person’s mental and physical wellbeing

Question 11

What are the best practices for gender affirming-care? Answer the following:
1. Assume
2. Ask
3. Use
4. Mirror
5. Apologize

Answer 11

1. Never assume a patient’s identity
2. Ask patients about how they share their gender identity with others in their social circle
3. Use gender neutral language
4. Mirror the language they use - if you do not know what a word means, ask
5. Apologize if you use wrong pronouns and move on

Question 12

Gender neutral terms chart

Answer 12

Question 13

What is sexual response?

Answer 13

• was initially identified by physiological measures but since then, psychological and sociological factors, including motivation and desire inform present day models of sexual response

Question 14

Wha influences motivation? (3)

Answer 14

• libido
• sexual drive
• desire

Question 15

What influences arousal? (3)

Answer 15

• “turned on”
• release of neurotransmitters
• sexual excitement

Question 16

What is genital congestion? (3)

Answer 16

• parasympathetic nervous system
• Vaso-constriction
• Genital Swelling

Question 17

What occurs in orgasms? (3)

Answer 17

• Pelvic floor contractions
• Ejaculation
• Nct released

Question 18

What occurs in resolution? (2)

Answer 18

• sense of wellbeing
• Muscle relaxation

Question 19

What is the order for sexual response? (5)

Answer 19

1. Motivation
2. Arousal
3. Genital congestion
4. Orgasm
5. Resolution