Gender Diversity

Question 1

What is gender dysphoria

Answer 1

• Absence of congruence between one’s birth-assigned sex and one’s gender identity
• Diagnosis (especially in societies that emphasize there are only two genders) can be stigmatizing, marginalizing, victimizing and medicalizing
• causes distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning

Question 2

Etiology of gender dysphoria

Answer 2

○ Proposed that an excess or absence of testosterone during the fetal period has a correlation to gender identity
○ Importance of early childhood experiences and the family environment

Question 3

Criteria for gender affirming surgery

Answer 3

§ Persistent, well documented gender dysphoria

§ Capacity to make a fully informed decision and consent for treatment

§ Age of majority in a given country

§ If significant medical or mental concerns are present, they must be well controlled

§ 12 continuous months of hormone therapy

Question 4

Sex vs gender

Answer 4

sex: biological attributes - but doesnt manifest in a binary

gender: socially constructed roles, stereotypes, constructs, history, identity

Question 5

what is gender/sex

Answer 5

mix of both gender (socialization) and sex (biology) when neither are meant to be solely evoked
their interaction and intertwining

Question 6

Evelyn Hooker

Answer 6

used data to debunk pathologizing of same-sex sexuality

Question 7

LGBTQ+ mental health

Answer 7

minority stress hypothesis
- stigma, prejudice and discrimination create a hostile and stressful social environment that causes mental health problems

Question 8

Psychological practice with people experiencing gender dysphoria

Answer 8

-focus on counselling and supporting client (trans affirmative, minority-stress informed)

• goal is to counsel on ways to resolve gender dysphoria (transition, work towards euphoria)

Question 9

what is reparative therapy

Answer 9

bad!

the focus on making one accept their birth assigned gender and sex