VL8 Sex Gender Sexual Orientation

Question 1

How is Gender identity defined?

Answer 1

a person´s internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female

• not determined by sex

-it can change and develop over time

Question 2

What are the categories for the masculine and feminine dimensions?

Answer 2

Masculine sex-typed: scored high masculinity and low on femininity

Feminine sex-typed:
scored high on femininity and low on masculinity

Androgynous:
scored high on both masculinity and femininity

Undefferentiated:
scored low on both masculinity and femininity

Question 3

What does the Gender Affirmative Model include?

Answer 3

1. Gender variations are not disorders
2. Gender presentations are diverse and varied across cultures, therefore requiring our cultural sensitivity
3. To the best of our knowledge at present, gender involves an interweaving of biology, development, and socialization, and culture and context, with all three bearing on any individual´s gender self
4. Gender may be fluid, and is not binary, both at a particular time and if when it changes within an individual across time
5. If there is pathology, it more often stems from cultural reactions (e.g., transphobia, homophobia, sexism) rather than from within a child

Question 4

What are the four treatment goals of the Gender Affirmative Model

Answer 4

-Facilitating an authentic gender self
- alleviating gender stress or distress
- building gender resilience
- securing social supports

Question 5

What does Deadnaming mean?

Answer 5

Deadname is the name given to a trans or nonbinary person at birth

-They no longer use after transitioning

-deadnaming means using the deadname of the person

-> Does not respect the person´s identity
-> Can have serious negative psychological consequences

Question 6

What is conversion therapy?

Answer 6

Medical and other interventions designed to purposefully change or suppress a person´s sexual orientation or self-perceived gender identity

-> Does not work and has serious negative physical and psychological consequences

Question 7

Why does representation ands affirmation Matter?

Answer 7

-LGBTQ youth with access to spaces that affirmed their sexual orientation and gender identity reported lower rates of attempting suicide

• Social media has positive and negative impact