Gender Terms and Our Society

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Gender Terms and Our Society

• What is in a name?

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Tomboy by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez

• http//vimeo.com/10772672
• Alex a 9year old girl fights bullying and gender
  stereotypes. I was the director and producer.
  This film is based on a book by Karleen Pendleton
  Jiménez who worked closely with me on the video.
  We won Best Animation at Orlando Hispanic Film
  Festival, Best Web Animation at Savannah
  Animation Festival, CBC Canadian Reflections
  Award among others.

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Strategies for Re-Thinking and Discussing Gender
Issues

• https//www.genderspectrum.org/images/stories/Disc
  ussing_Gender.pdf

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Gender, Self, and SocietyPsychologists believe
that a persons core identity, or sense of self,
is based on threemajor components gender
identity, style of behavior, and sexual
orientation
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Gender Spectrum

• The Gender Spectrum refers to the
• idea that there are many gender
• identities (female, male, transgender,
• two-spirit, etc.). It also acknowledges
• that there is a range of gender
• expressions, or ways in which people
• externally communicate their gender
• identity to others through behavior,
• clothing, haircut, voice, and other
• forms of presentation. Gender
• expression may or may not conform to
• common expectations around ones
• gender identity. www.pridenet.ca

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How we use Language is Important

• http//www.nohomophobes.com/!/last-week/

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Gender Terminology Starter

• http//community.pflag.org/page.aspx?pid316