With experience you will become more comfortable in handling it. Practice with colleagues. You can always go back to the student and say or do something else if you feel you did not respond well. Educate … If you have the time and opportunity to educate on the spot, do it.
Be prepared to provide accurate information. In a culture where women and femininity have long been denigrated and belittled, there is a danger that cis men using these words can perpetuate some of these negative tropes. Historically, queer men and women switched their use of gender pronouns so that they could openly communicate with one another in times when it was not safe to openly have same-sex relationships.
This practice — sometimes called "she-ing" — has a centuries-long history around the world, including England, Peru, the Philippines, and South Africa. Gay men calling each other "she" or "girl" was historically a way of protecting themselves as well as building community in the context of homophobic and violent mainstream culture.
Leap has traced many of the roots of American queer linguistics to the Harlem Renaissance. One of the things that you get there is incredible playing with pronouns. However, we now know that some people are born with natural variations to sex characteristics.
There will also be differences in how people individually use or define particular terms. You may also encounter outdated or even offensive terms in medical, psychological or legal contexts. No one will get the language right percent of the time for per cent of people.
The important thing is to keep trying and if you make a mistake, quickly apologise and continue the conversation. We all have a right to privacy. We should only have to bring as much of our private selves to work as we want to and feel safe doing. Allow yourself to be led by how someone talks about themselves, their family and their relationships. Ask or be guided by them about who to share this information with.
If you need to, you can simply ask people what terms they use. Discrimination is not just wrong, it is against the law. In Victoria you must not discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or lawful sexual activity. The Equal Opportunity Act also has a 'positive duty' to make sure that organisations prevent discrimination happening in the first place, rather than responding after a complaint has been made.
This term is often used to describe men who are attracted to other men, but some women and gender diverse people may describe themselves as gay. The term Multi-gender attraction MGA may also be used for those who experience attraction to more than one gender over a lifetime, regardless of self-identity or labels.
An asexual person does not experience sexual attraction, but may experience romantic attraction towards others. Queer is often used as an umbrella term for diverse genders or sexualities. People may not wish to have one of the other labels applied to them yet, for a variety of reasons, but may still wish to be clear, for example, that they are non-binary or non-heterosexual. It is important these individuals feel welcome and included in the acronym and communities spaces.
The use of queer can differ between different groups and generations. The term has been reclaimed in recent years and is increasingly used, particularly by younger LGBTIQ people, in an empowering way or to describe themselves.
A trans short for transgender person is someone whose gender does not exclusively align with the one they were assigned at birth. Trans can be used as an umbrella term, but not everyone uses it to describe themselves. Gender diverse generally refers to a range of genders expressed in different ways.
There are many terms used by gender diverse people to describe themselves. Language in this space is dynamic, particularly among young people, who are more likely to describe themselves as non-binary.
Gender incongruence — is the preferred sexual health classification of transgender and gender diverse people by the World Health Organisation WHO. The terms 'sistergirls' and 'brotherboys' are general terms used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to describe transgender people and their relationships as a way of validating and strengthening their gender identities and relationships. In short, if there ever was a time when sexual minorities were served by reminding the world of their factionalism, that time is past.
It deserves to be rediscovered. Queer is inclusive, but its radical baggage and derogatory undertones have precluded its mainstream acceptance. And so, herewith, my modest proposal: Q. If you like, you can think of it as short for queer. Give it any etymology you wish. Regardless, the term would be understood to encompass sexual minorities of all stripes. When we speak of ourselves as individuals, we would use gay or lesbian or transgender or whatever applies.
When we need a blanket term, we would simply call ourselves Q. As in: the Q population and Q equality. Q is simple and inclusive, and carries minimal baggage. When we speak of Q equality, we are saying that discrimination against sexual minorities—or for that matter sexual majorities—is not the American way.
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