The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
‘LGBTTTIQ’ Represent?”
Now, if you’re still with me, what does the LGBTTTIQ community think
that gender is? Here are a couple of definitions of gender which, again, have
been taken from the OK2BME website:
“Gender” 1) “A socially constructed system of classification that ascribes
qualities of masculinity and femininity to people. Gender characteristics can
change over time and are different between cultures. Words that refer to
gender include: man, woman, transgender, masculine, feminine, and gender
queer. 2) One’s sense of self as masculine or feminine regardless of external
genitalia. Gender is often confused with sex. This is inaccurate because sex
refers to bodies and gender refers to personality characteristics.”
“Gender Identity”: “One’s initial and psychological sense of oneself as
female, male, both or neither. At birth, we are assigned one of two genders,
usually based on our visible genitals. For many people this gender
assignment fits and feels comfortable. Others do not feel as comfortable in
the assigned gender, either because they find the two-gender system too
limiting or because they feel more identification with the gender opposite
that to which they were assigned at birth. Gender identity does not cause
sexual orientation. For example, a masculine woman is not necessarily a
lesbian; a feminine man is not necessarily gay.”
Now, after reading all of that . . . it’s really hard for me to know exactly
what to say . . .