Sentences with phrase «gender identity does»

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.

«If the way a person expresses their gender identity does not «match» the gender in their passport this can lead to distressing questions.

For transgender people, their birth - assigned sex and their own internal sense of gender identity do not match.

If the person was committing sexual harassment in the bathroom, their gender, sex, and gender identity don't matter.

Not exact matches

«If you are willing to risk your life for our country and you can do the job, you should be able to serve — no matter your gender identity or sexual orientation,» she said Thursday.

After openly supporting same - sex marriage and striking down the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, the President of the United States also hopes to ban workplace discrimination based on employees» sexual orientation and 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.

Yet, McCorkle also suggested Salesforce's expansion wouldn't have happened if the General Assembly and Pence hadn't scaled back RFRA to ensure the law didn't override local ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Identity has a lot of components, some of which have to do with sexuality and gender.

Gender issues and sexuality issues are not synonymous (hence the difference drawn between gay people and transgendered people), and I really don't know much about gender minorities or gender identity iGender issues and sexuality issues are not synonymous (hence the difference drawn between gay people and transgendered people), and I really don't know much about gender minorities or gender identity igender minorities or gender identity igender identity issues.

And, at the core, I consider myself to have a female gender much more than a male gender identity... and Germain probably would think otherwise... but she holds nothing that I desire... therefore, in reality, her opinion does not matter to me.

They were sexual orientation and gender identity antidiscrimination statutes that did not answer the hardest questions.»

Spokeswoman Elizabeth Bristow noted the ERLC's «longstanding policy that we do not support elevating sexual orientation and gender identity to a protected class.»

Gay pride means making sure that the next generation has an easier time in school than they did, having families more accepting of their sexual orientation and gender identity than families in the past.

Genes have nothing to do with it, though society identifies certain genetic characteristics with a specific gender, causing all sorts of identity problems.

Is the gender inclusion more pressing because it doesn't actually affect his own position, whereas to say the same about gender identity and sexual orientation issues would require him to lay aside his own ordination?

She had struggled with a gender identity that did not conform to her biological sex ever since she could remember.

The report calls on the Member States to provide «adolescent - friendly sexual and reproductive health services which are in accordance with age, maturity and evolving capacities, which do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation / identity, and which are accessible without the consent of parents or guardians.»

I have a problem with trying to get gay people to use clinical sounding terms like same - gender attracted (neatly accronymed to SGA) so they don't have to admit that they are in fact gay, with telling them that «gay» is an identity that they can choose to own or not own.

My point is really that sexual orientation, like gender identity, is also complicated and full of greys and is also impacted by gender, which is so many different shifting shades of grey, that to say we know where they intersect and where they don't, to pretend one is clear and one is not, seems impossible, especially without better defining our terms.

«The kindest thing we can do is to help the child with the gender identity disorder - and help them to live in the body that they have.»

He said: «I've got a six - year - old girl, she doesn't know what gender identity is, yet teachers are now asking a five - year - old child «how are you feeling today?

Why do we tend to panic or become despondent every time we hear of another story about sexual identity and gender politics?

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?

Once the progressive admits of the possibility of an error concerning gender identity — which she must do in order to lend legitimacy to the transgendered person's grievance in the face of obvious physiological incongruities — she exposes to the possibility of error her professed organ of gender reality, the will.

You don't have a clue as to the causes of gender identity.

People do not typically choose their sexual orientations or gender identities the way one might choose to wear a watch or to take cream in their coffee.

We either defend God - given fixed sexual identity (and in doing so allow ourselves to continue to use sexed language), or we accept mind - based fluid gender identity, leading to gender - neutral (de-sexed) language.

Gender identities can not have personal pronouns for the same reason that ages and skin colours can not, namely that sexes do have pronouns.

Superimpose on that all the layers that are influenced by culture and society, the expectations and prejudices having to do with gender roles and gender expression, and try to separate those from gender identity.

Let me interject here that the research being done about inter-sex children, those who are born «eunuchs» from their mother's womb, is shedding new light into this whole issue of gender identity and sexual attraction.

The conclusion is we do not choose our sex (biological plumbing), our gender identity (the brain wiring), nor or orientation (who we are attracted to).

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.

So the «immoral agenda» he alleges is that any «man» who uses a woman's rest room or shower facilities because it best fits with what the individual feels is their gender identity by «mandate of law» is not doing so out of being a civil right issue and him being criticised for expressing that view.

The council's policy did not support groups that «discriminate on the basis of ancestry, nationality, creed, philosophy, economic disadvantage, physical disability, mental illness or disorders, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.»

* I use the term «mom» to refer to the pregnant or birthing parent for the sake of simplicity in the writing, but I realize this is a gendered term that doesn't always correctly reflect the identity of the person.

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However, what is puzzling, is why do women (or any other identity - politics aficionados who care more about gender than a person's individual qualities) who complain about lack of women being elected, don't actually put their money where their mouths are and support and vote for those women who DO run for officdo women (or any other identity - politics aficionados who care more about gender than a person's individual qualities) who complain about lack of women being elected, don't actually put their money where their mouths are and support and vote for those women who DO run for officDO run for office?

A number of features stand out: gender; left - wing identity; social liberalism; campaign activism; feelings about the leadership; and the possibility that the ranks of the newer members, and those that support Jeremy Corbyn, may have been swollen by what we call «educated left - behinds» — people who, given their qualifications, might have been expecting to earn more than they currently do.

«Whatever our race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, whether we are immigrant or native - born, whether we live with disabilities or do not, in wealth or in poverty, we are all exceptional in our commonly held yet fierce devotion to our country.»

The definition of consent does not vary based upon a participant's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Today, I finally read what I think is the text of the bill and its accompanying analysis from the official site of the Canadian parliament and, as far as I can tell, all this bill is doing is adding gender identity to the list of reasons for which one should not be discriminated against.

As science looks more closely, however, it becomes increasingly clear that a pair of chromosomes do not always suffice to distinguish girl / boy — either from the standpoint of sex (biological traits) or of gender (social identity).

One of the best things he did is to accept that I simply am transgender and that not all my issues are about my gender identity.

Transgender is an umbrella term for individuals whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.

Many trans people feel that parts of their body don't fit with their gender identity.

Studying children before and during their experiences of gender mismatch may help untangle this, but would be difficult to do, says Case — not least because these body parts are typically private areas, and children may not be very articulate about their gender identity.

«[Our experiment] doesn't tell us why these differences exist, but we hope it adds to the medical understanding of gender identity and the importance that physical transition has to many individuals,» says Case.