LGTB COMMUNITY

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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WITH LGBTQ COMMUNITY Sexual Identity: Which gender one feels as if one belongs to. Most homosexuals are happy with the gender they were born into. But some people feel as if they are “a man trapped in a woman’s body” and vice versa—see transsexual. Sexual Orientation: Which gender one falls in love with. Parallel: one is oriented to using the right or left hand. There is a prevailing thought that genetics plays a role in sexual orientation. Sexual Preference: Which gender one would prefer to fall in love with. Since this term implies a choice, it is a favorite of people who oppose LGBT rights. Parallel: one prefers Coke to Pepsi, but it doesn’t make much difference which one drinks if one is thirsty. One isn’t “orientated” to a food or a color, nor is one “orientated” to multiple partners.

Transsexual: A person who desires to change genders, is in the process, or who has changed. Transvestite: A person who responds sexually to wearing clothing of the opposite gender. Note: Most transvestites are heterosexual males; very few women are transvestites, though there are fewer stereotypes about appropriate clothing for women. Drag Queen: Often a professional entertainer or one hoping to be so. May be a transvestite or transsexual but often is not; may have believed that all homosexual men were supposed to behave like this.

Homophobia: The irrational fear and/or hatred of homosexuals and of homosexuality. GLBTQ OR LGBTQ: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer. Occasionally an I is added, for “intersexed.” In academic and activist circles, the trend is toward using “queer” as inclusive. Queer: Once a slur (and still used as such occasionally), reclaiming this term began with a group called the “radical fairies” in the 1980’s. Many academics now use the term not only to indicate sexual orientation but to signify other unconventional methods of thinking, “thinking outside the box.”

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN USA

SAME – SEX MARRIAGE IN CANADA Feb. 1, 2005: The federal government introduces its same-sex marriage bill in the House of Commons. The bill, if passed, would give married same-sex partners the same legal recognition as other married couples, but protects religious freedoms, the Liberals say. "No church, no temple, no synagogue, no mosque, no religious official will be asked or forced to perform a marriage that is contrary to their beliefs," says Prime Minister Paul Martin. This bill was only presented after PM Martin had the Supreme Court of Canada deem that the bill could not be challenged on the grounds of constitutional rights by those that opposed

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