1. Sexuality

2. Higher learning = higher thinking Foster healthy dialogue
Disclaimer & Video
APALI: Safe space <3
Higher learning = higher thinking
Foster healthy dialogue
Everything has pros & cons
Why do you agree & why do you disagree
The world is dynamic, not binary
Satire = exaggeration

3. Pros
&
Cons
Who did not?

4. Think back to your childhood...
1. Who/what taught you the first things you learned about sexuality?
2. What did they teach you (positive, negative, or neutral) about?:
“Private parts”
Masturbathing
Virginity
Having romantic & sexual interactions
LGBT peoples
Consider: Which of your early beliefs were formed from direct experience? Which were formed from indirect information?

5. 1. Who/what taught you the first things you learned about sexuality?
List
1. Who/what taught you the first things you learned about sexuality?

7. “Gender & Sexuality will be the most uncomfortable day in APALI”

8. Negative: fear, shame, silence, non-recognition, indirect exposure
2. What did they teach you (positive, negative, or neutral) about?:
“Private parts”
Masturbathing
Virginity
Having romantic & sexual interactions
LGBT peoples
Consider: Which of your early beliefs were formed from direct experience? Which were formed from indirect information?

9. TEDxYouth@Brissie -Benjamin Law- Why gay rights affect straight folks
0:47/1:40-6:50

10. Humanism Terminology Heteronormativism

11. Gay Rights = Straight rights
School: unsafe & hostile environment (Bullying)
Naturalization of what behaviors are “gay” and “straight”
PEOPLE
Diverse community. Gender I. =/= Sexual O.
Gay-straight binary — shapes masculinity:
“Dude you’re a fag”
Fear of looking gay
Shaping masculinity = shaping femininity
Use of slut/whore/man-whore & prude
Women’s sexual rights

12. Humanism: No Judgment

13. “Existen tantas sexualidades como personas en el mundo”
Humanism & Sexuality
“Existen tantas sexualidades como personas en el mundo”
“Siempre estamos construyendo la sexualidad”

14. Humanism
Is Evan Low attractive?

15. Intellectual attraction ...
Humanism
Spectrum
Physical attraction
Sexual attraction
Emotional attraction
Intellectual attraction
...

16. Sex =/= Gender =/= Sexuality

17. Sexual Preference =/= Sexuality

18. Your sexuality is UNIQUE & YOURS to experience and express.
Internalization
Sexuality: Heteronormativism
Gender: Patriarchy
Deconstruction
Your sexuality is UNIQUE & YOURS to experience and express.

20. “Gender & Sexuality will be the most uncomfortable day in APALI”

21. How can I help the LGBTQIA?
Ask questions
Don’t assume it’s your right to know everything or that you’re expected to
Heterosexual privilege
Allyship*
Gender Bender
Support trans organizations
Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose
LGBTQ Youth Space, San Jose