Sentences with phrase «gender and sexuality as»

Central to LGBTIQ - Affirmative Practice is an emphasis on an exploration of practitioners» understandings of their own gender and sexuality as well as their understanding of the heteronormative assumptions they were conditioned by and the heterosexual privilege they experience (if heterosexual) in daily life.

Rather than rendering identity as fixed, the works on view consider gender and sexuality as negotiations that are shaped by the human psyche, the passage of time, and the complex relationship between self and other.

Lucas's exhibition at the Legion of Honor will comprise existing and new work that show the full breadth of her material and her formal engagement with questions of gender and sexuality as she continues to take a demonstrative stance against female objectification and for the empowerment of woman.

The exhibition New Gravity / Interesting Thing includes video and performance works that address, in diverse ways, gender and sexuality as central elements of broader social issues.

NYQueer is a working group of the New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) that focuses on gender and sexuality as they relate to school communities.

Not exact matches

Most Christianity today is, in my opinion, not a religion that Jesus preached, but a religion made up about Jesus by various authorities, and as the cartoon points out, some still have a lot of issues with gender, sexism, sexuality, power and control.

This reminds me of the way the church deals with critical issues today such as women's rights, racism, sexual abuse, sexuality and gender, same - sex marriage, corruption among its leaders, and so on.

The gospel has become a tool of discrimination in so many areas such as race, gender and sexuality.

But in one short response that just took a minute, Bell provided an affirming answer as well as a template that can be used to respond to questions concerning sexuality, gender and other important issues.

Those words I toss around so casually in my lectures — faith, doubt, fundamentalism, gender, sexuality, church — are potent seeds that have nestled, split, and grown inside of them, over many years, producing testimonies as unique and as urgent as the ones they print in Christianity Today, but without the tidy endings.

As Michael Uhlmann has remarked, it becomes impossible finally to talk about marriage without using that «N - word,» nature, and without talking about the sexuality imprinted in our «gendered» existence: «Male and female created He them.»

As women open up with each other about issues like dual callings, sexuality, gender, body image, and more, they have more freedom to make a statement and challenge assumptions than if they were tied to an organization.

Whether it is diversity in gender, sexuality, lifestyle, economics, race, age, ability, or beliefs, these are, when given space, all manifestations of the deep and underlying unity and reconciliation of all things, and are appreciated as such.

However, as the humane ends sought by Protestants moved into areas of gender and sexuality and abortion, this alliance was split.

If one believes, as I certainly do, that it is immoral to abort gay and female fetuses, that must be because there is some value in the expression of such a sexuality or such a gender.

All men and all women are different, (and, as we're becoming increasingly aware, gender and sexuality can be expressed in a variety of ways), so it would be irresponsible to try and explain in great detail exactly why the Church needs both feminine and masculine influences.

At New York University, a Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies is being formed to study women and men as well as homosexuals, bisexuals, and transsexuals» so called «queer studies,» which have experienced a burst of growth in the last few years.

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?

According to MacKinnon, sexuality is «socially organized to require sex inequality for excitement and satisfaction,» or, «to put it another way, perhaps gender must be maintained as a social hierarchy so that men will be able to get erections; or, part of the male interest in keeping women down lies in the fact that it gets men up.»

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not so fragile as to be unpinned by the reality that variations in gender and sexuality exist, nor is it so narrow as to only be good news for people who look and live like Ward and June Cleaver.

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.

As with any distortion of the truth and meaning of human sexuality, the theory and ideology of «gender» bears bitter fruits — confusion, suffering, damaged lives and personal tragedies, even suicide.

And then comes: the taboo subjects; talking about people as if they are not there (or as if they are an «issue», not a person); assuming everyone (who counts) is of a certain race, ability, class, language, sexuality or gender; various non-biblical behavioural rules; the targeted enforcement of church rules (whether «biblical» or not) on particular groups; and the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw churcAnd then comes: the taboo subjects; talking about people as if they are not there (or as if they are an «issue», not a person); assuming everyone (who counts) is of a certain race, ability, class, language, sexuality or gender; various non-biblical behavioural rules; the targeted enforcement of church rules (whether «biblical» or not) on particular groups; and the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw churcand the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw church).

Now, the Catholic Church of the 1980s was nothing like as potent a force as it had been in the age of Cardinal Spellman, when it could count on the solid electoral support of most of its faithful, and it already faced major revolts over issues of gender and sexuality.

If gender is a pure social construction, then all social representation of sexuality appears as constructed, acquired, and artificial.

I also believe it is possible to discuss same - sex relationships, as well as other issues related to gender and sexuality, with respect, kindness, passion, and grace, and I hope to model that as best as I can here on the blog, in conversation with you.

(Check out my past posts on gender and sexuality, as well as several other «follow Fridays» for links to LGBTQ writers, ministers, and activists.)

I've been meaning to highlight Megan DeFranza's work for months now, as it has proved immensely helpful in some of my «real life» conversations about gender and sexuality, particularly with more conservative friends and family who are somewhat new to the conversation.

She has a degree in Sociology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality studies from Wesleyan University and developed her passion for the field while working as a Peace Corps volunteer at a maternity clinic in Benin, West Africa.

The money will be used to create community workshops on bullying prevention, provide more funding for student clubs such as Gender and Sexuality Alliances, expand mental health training, and create a «bullying complaint portal» for families that is expected to launch in 2019 to report incidents.

Gender and Sexuality Columnist C.C. Hendricks discusses Christine Quinn's criticism of Cynthia Nixon as an «unqualified lesbian» and its impact on debates about qualifications for public service.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling for more inclusive, up - to - date and age - appropriate SRE to begin at Key Stage 2 and include specific provision on sexuality and gender identity as is suitable.

This has dragged on for well over a week now, and there's nothing that she seems to be able to say that isn't misinterpreted by the self - appointed guardians of feminism, gender, and sexuality on twitter as another gross personal insult to those for whom it is a professional requirement to take umbrage all the time.

Galha is honoured to have Dr Matt Cook as a speaker, whose works on the history of sexuality and gender in ninetieth and twentieth century Britain is unparalleled.

Identity politics can co-exist with the corporate boss who makes more money in a week than his cleaner takes home in a year — as long as the chances of being the boss are assigned proportionally among different ethnic groups, sexualities and genders.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have pledged to «deliver a Wales that works for you, regardless of your sexuality or gender» as they launch a range of policies for LGBT + (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people in Wales.

Contributions include discussions on racial disparities in special education placements, the intersection of disability with other identity variables such as gender and sexuality; the exploitation of disabled bodies to generate resources for humanitarian projects; and suggestions for how a human rights framework can promote inclusivity and better health outcomes.

The focus on how eating - and body distress may be used to negotiate dominant ideas about gender and sexuality is similarly applicable to male patients, as well as gender minorities, even whilst the cultural constructions at stake may be different.»

In a 2013 analysis of the myPersonality data published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team led by Kosinski showed that the pattern of people's likes on Facebook is enough to predict their personal traits such as gender, race, political persuasion, and even sexuality.

As equality and diversity become the new buzz words in the fashion commentator's vernacular, the calendar has come at a time when sexuality, gender, colour and creed are all in a positive state of flux.

Lynn Comella, an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, told the Associated Press last year that it is not unusual for students to turn to sex work such as stripping, prostitution or webcam work to pay for school.

Still others still believe that as sexuality and gender identity become more fluid — and more accepted as such — people will cease dividing potential partners by gender and sexuality, and instead seek others based on personality profile.

Becoming Chaz is undoubtedly one of the most thought - provoking films you will see on any screen this year, a frankly chronicled tale of Chaz's life as a transgender man that opens a more than occasionally mind - blowing conversation about the essentials of gender, and subsequently, sexuality.

More subversive and inspiring than Marston's lineage, which includes the Gal Gadot led reboot (a formidable step in the right direction, especially as concerns box - office standards), a film also robbed of its source material's original enlightened subtexts on sexuality and gender norms, Robinson's take on the material is effective, even if it stops short of being exceptional.

Not all of Kevin / Dennis» 23 distinct personalities are so cruel, though; they manifest as different ages, genders, and sexualities, including a meek young child named Hedwig.

The film teases the audience with clues and foreboding hints at the causes of the malaise, but never offers anything concrete or literal, instead creating a rich allegorical framework from which an endless array of fascinating questions are raised as to how power may be intermingled with issues such as history, education, class, family, gender, sexuality and ultimately the impossibility of human communication and understanding.

In Between begins as an enjoyably light drama about three Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv, and then transitions into a more serious film to explore issues of religion, gender and sexuality.

Sally Potter: An English filmmaker whose intelligent and sophisticated film style often explores the capacity of aesthetic, and human intimacy to transcend categories such as gender, sexuality, religion, culture and politics.

As its Grand Guignol and penny dreadfulness unfold in the dockyards, back alleys, gin houses and opium dens of a corrupted capital baying for blood (and that enjoys a good show), the film's commitment to anatomising a marginalised demimonde oppressed either for its class, ethnicity, gender or sexuality might almost earn it the label of Marxist.

Firstly, an article dating back to December 2011 revealed that Ullmann was scouting Ireland as a potential location for an adaptation of August Strindberg «s classic Swedish play «Froken Julie» (or «Miss Julie «-RRB--- a fascinating, controversial work exploring power, sexuality, class, identity, love and gender set in 1874 which will see Ullmann «use Irish actors as servants and British as the masters of the house.»