The Commons Institute, The Status of Family Status as well
as Gender Identity and Expression in Ontario, February 2013
Momma Tried is an interdisciplinary art collaboration focused on site - specific installations and an artist periodical by the same name, rooted in constructivism and the confrontation of cooperative fictions such
as gender identity and memory.
Sara Greenberger Rafferty's videos often address important political issues such
as gender identity using references from comedy and popular culture.
Transgender people are usually defined
as those the gender identity of which does not coincide with the sex defined originally.
While this number is consistent with previous research, analysis of the survey findings also provides insight into how experiences vary slightly across student demographics such
as gender identity.
This type of sexual attraction is also followed for any sex as well
as gender identity.
Berenbaum said this tendency has been hypothesized to result from such factors
as gender identity and personal characteristics.
Not exact matches
As more and more people opt to make their diverse sexual and gender identities public, and as choice - craving individuals seek clothing that perfectly reflects their personal style, retail and fashion insiders expect sales of androgynous duds to climb in the years ahea
As more and more people opt to make their diverse sexual and
gender identities public, and
as choice - craving individuals seek clothing that perfectly reflects their personal style, retail and fashion insiders expect sales of androgynous duds to climb in the years ahea
as choice - craving individuals seek clothing that perfectly reflects their personal style, retail and fashion insiders expect sales of androgynous duds to climb in the years ahead.
-- Harassing an employee because of a
gender transition, such
as by intentionally and persistently failing to use the name and
gender pronoun that correspond to the
gender identity with which the employee identifies, and which the employee has communicated to management and employees.
It's truly ironic that the field responsible for branding has a brand
identity that's about
as unambiguous
as Facebook's 58
gender options.
Transgender can refer to any range of diverse
gender identities or expressions — such
as transgender, trans man, trans woman, intersex, non-binary, genderless, two - spirited, and many others — and is better expressed under the umbrella term trans.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals
as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and
gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»
Born
as Bradley Manning to a Welsh mother and an American father, Manning also elevated discussion on LGBT rights in the military after her struggles with
gender identity came to light in the midst of the WikiLeaks scandal.
As it stands, the law prevents local governments in North Carolina from passing nondiscrimination ordinances, and bans transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their
gender identity.
The changed legal positions already advanced by Sessions means minority voters looking to prove that the state's strict voter ID law is intentionally discriminatory will probably have to do without the federal government's backing,
as will transgender students who argue that the law allows them to use the bathroom that matches their
gender identity.
Tim Manning served
as Chair of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in 2015 - 16 — a year in which the organization made headlines by achieving a
gender - balanced board of directors, released its milestone report the Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard 2016, and adopted a new name and regional
identity, following a historic vote by its Members.
As the number of choices for
gender identity proliferates, it's unclear why the difference between male and female should matter that much.
So the proliferation of
gender identities logically undermines
gender or,
as it used to be called, sex.
As to whether the devil is straight: Conjectures based on the textual evidence are admittedly just that — conjectures — but that should not stop us from retrojecting our notions of
gender identity.
There are few things
as deep to a person's self -
identity as their sexual orientation and
gender identity... and few treasures held so deeply.
«Although I disagree with painting sexual orientation and
gender identity as a biblical sin, Wheaton has a right to that interpretation,» Knapp said.
«By teaching [students] that this «
gender identity» is their «authentic self,» disassociated from the body, we are actively training children into a state of «
gender dysphoria»
as the normal,» Davies Arai states on her blog, Transgender Trend.
The point applies to our choices about
gender identity — especially the choices our children will have to make
as they grow up, unlike us, having no choice but to choose in this particular marketplace.
I think the church, from a position of strength, conceded far too much by supporting the legislature's use of dubious psychological concepts such
as «
gender identity» and «sexual orientation» in state anti-discrimination law.
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and other evangelical leaders who oppose recognizing sexual orientation and
gender identity (SOGI)
as protected classes spoke out against Trump's decision to keep the controversial Obama order.
Proponents see these policies
as examples of sexual - orientation, sex, and
gender -
identity discrimination that should not occur in state - funded programs.
While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just
as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide
as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their
gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.
I am not convinced that... surgical interventions are necessarily the right response for people... The reason I'm unsure is that if someone's
gender identity does not match with their physical body, our culture treats our
gender identity as what really defines us, rather than our physical sex.
The differentiation of homosexual orientation from
gender identity (for females
as well
as males) has been increasingly recognized, and a highly competent summing up is available in Man and Woman: Boy and Girl, by John Money and Anke A. Ehrhardt (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1972).
Gender Identity is about who you'd like to go to bed
as.
The
gender ideology process treats motherhood and human spousal / heterosexual
identity as social constructions or stereotypes that must be deconstructed to grant each individual an equal access to «free choice».
I think the fact that Hinduism so displayed the unknowable god
as female, male, intersexed, with
gender identities that could be masculine or feminine, or both, regardless of biological sex... it added layers of meaning.
Denied recognition
as a minister by the Atlanta presbytery, Erin now works
as «a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in
gender -
identity issues.»
It defines conversion therapy
as any therapeutic approach assumes one
gender identity is «inherently preferable to any other, and attempts to bring about a change of sexual orientation or
gender identity, or seeks to supress an individual's expression of sexual orientation or
gender identity on that basis.»
So rather than talk about
gender roles, gay and lesbian issues, etc., we decided to talk about what we saw
as the basic concern in all of this - belonging, i.e., can I belong in a community and have my
identity and sexuality supported and upheld?
Much of the ideology surrounding the civil rights defense is built on the premise that sexuality is inextricably tied to
identity, just
as a person's race,
gender or country of origin is.
Where did they get the idea that our sexual
identity («
gender» was the term they preferred)
as men or women was in the category of things that could be changed?
Without recourse to an immutable reality impervious to biological aberration, the progressive can not defend the will
as any more reliable an indicator of
gender identity than the rest of the fallible human body to which it belongs.
You don't have a clue
as to the causes of
gender identity.
Science and psychology continue to confirm this
as a reality, with the American Psychological Association no longer characterizing variations in sexual orientation and
gender identity as disorders, only warning that stigmatization based on them can negatively affect mental health.
4) Thou shall treat all humans
as equals, regardless of race,
gender, age, creed,
identity, orientation, physical ability, or status.
While most people indeed have a heterosexual orientation and identify with a single
gender that was assigned to them at birth, it has become increasingly clear that this is not the case for everyone, that
gender and sexuality might better be understood
as manifesting themselves along continuums, with male / female, masculine / feminine, heterosexual / homosexual existing at the poles but with a variety of
identities, orientations, and expressions in between.
Concepts such
as sexual orientation and
gender identity catapult huge stones into the pool of language, kicking up its surface and causing waves to spread outwards.
Whereas the old left, from the Progressive Era to the Depression, openly asserted the interests of the «working man» and organized labor, advocates of feminism, diversity, and
gender identity, and neoliberal economics, too, justify their positions
as a generic social justice or economic freedom.
As though by magic, the difference between
Gender and sex serves a purpose: in confronting us with what we are not — homogenised states of mind — the ideology named
Gender points us back towards the nature of sexual
identity, sexual difference, language, and knowledge itself.
From Carrie:
As someone who isn't convinced that there are innate
gender characteristics (although I do, of course, recognize biological differences and see how those might affect
identity), I have trouble distinguishing how a transgender person conceives of her
gender identity.
For ninety - nine percent of the population who have never questioned if they are male or female because their
gender identity aligns with their biological sex, I challenge you in the same way Jesus challenged his disciples — try to wrap your brain around the fact that not everyone is wired
as you are; you are in the fortunate majority that somehow beat the odds in the crap - shoot of
gender identity.
Leaders from nearly 90 evangelical seminaries, publications, ministries, and churches —
as well
as Catholic and Orthodox clergy — signed a statement last month rejecting any legal efforts to protect sexual orientation and
gender identity (SOGI).
In the meantime, check out God and The Gay Christian
as well
as The Reformation Project, which seeks to equip LGBT Christians and allies to reform church teachings on sexual orientation and
gender identity (and which has a conference coming up in November).
According to the Daily Mail, Cardinal Vincent Nichols told a group of Catholic school head teachers in London that even if children question their
gender identity, schools should not give transgenderism
as a possible solution.