BB-healthy_sexuality-mod1 – Girls Inc. of Metro Denver

Warm-Up: Seeing Difference
Seeing difference can be easy for some and uneasy for others. How do you feel about people being different and how do you view them? View the photograph and describe the person without using words like she/her, he/him, man, woman, feminine, masculine.
Describe*
Write descriptions of what and who you see in the photograph.

Reflect: What's What?
What do you think? Let’s see how you define gender, sex, and sexuality. Write your definitions in the text box.
Gender*
Sex*
Sexuality*

Reflect: What's What
Now, read definitions of gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, and sexual orientation.
Gender Identity: A person’s deep-seated, internal sense of who they are as a gendered being – specifically, the gender as which they identify. All people have a gender identity

Transgender: An adjective used to describe a person whose gender identity is incongruent with (or does not “match”) the biological sex they were assigned at birth

Cisgender: An adjective used to describe a person whose gender identity is congruent (or “matches”) the biological sex they were assigned at birth. (Some people abbreviate this as “cis”)

Gender Expression: A person’s outward gender presentation, usually comprised of personal style, clothing, hairstyle, makeup, vocal inflection and body language

Sex Assigned at Birth: The decision made about a person’s sex based on the visual appearance of the genital’s at birth - the sex someone is labeled at birth

Sexual Orientation: A person’s feelings of attraction (emotional, psychological, physical, and/or sexual) towards other people

Sexuality: The way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, erotic, physical, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors.

Reflect: Gender Unicorn
Take time to reflect on where you identify along the spectrum of gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, and sexual orientation. It’s ok if you are unsure! Play around with the spectrums to see the possibilities! Complete the interactive Gender Unicorn activity.

After you are finished exploring the gender unicorn, save your personal gender unicorn and upload it below.
Personal Gender Unicorn*
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Now read the definitions on the Gender Unicorn webpage.

Analyze: Different Experiences
Gender identity exists on a spectrum. The only person who gets to define your gender identity and how you express your gender is you! Read the I'm Fluid poem.
What is one thing you learned from the poem?*
Human beings can be attracted to people of any gender! Listen to Six Minute Sex Ed podcast.
What is one thing you learned from the podcast?*
Intersectionality helps people understand the many identities people have and how they intersect with oppression, power and privilege. What are your multiple identities? Where do you hold power? Privilege? Watch Queer 101 | What Is Intersectionality? .

Can't see the video? Find it on Youtube here.
What is one thing you learned from the video?*

Apply: Gender is a Story, Not a Word
What does it mean to be genderless? Watch Alok Vaid-Menon video about genderless fashion.
Can't see the video? Find it on Youtube here.
What confused you about Alok’s beauty?*
What does this video make you think about yourself?*
Fill in a text box with a message to the fashion world: What the fashion industry needs to know about me!*

Module 1: Gender and Sexuality Identities