Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Sexual & Romantic Orientation/Attraction and Biological Sex/Body Presentation and Sexual Behaviour are five completely individual and separate aspects to a person’s life. We are all made up of a mixture of the five and there are as many variations as there are people.
As a heteronormative society, we tend to think of people as either male or female, gay or straight, masculine or feminine but this kind of gender-binary thinking does not represent the actuality of human gender and sexuality. Look at the following people. How would you describe their gender expression?
Can you tell what body presentation/biological sex each of the following people were born with?
Nadya Sulemon - Mom
Svend Robinson - politician
Sarah Gronert - tennis player
Isis - model
Gwen Araujo - high school student
Chas Bono - celebrity
Davin Sokup - university student
In groups, create some kind of model that shows the wide spectrum of:
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