Ch. 3, LGBTQ Families

Question 1

Cisnormativity

Answer 1

assumption that a person has to be male or female, and the sex they are assigned is how they see themselves and want to be seen

Question 2

Heteronormativity

Answer 2

assumption that people will form sexual relations only across genders

Question 3

Two spirit

Answer 3

umbrella term for indigenous people who are recognized as having identities and roles beyond a sex and gender binary of male and female

Question 4

Colonialism and heteronormativity

Answer 4

enforced by settlers, patriarchal teachings of Catholic Church created this

Question 5

Case of Everett Klippert

Answer 5

arrested as a dangerous sexual offender for having consensual relations with men; age of anal consent was 21 years, age of consent for all other acts is 16

Question 6

Bawdy House laws

Answer 6

operation soap, arresting 300 gay men; could do this bc the Canadian charter didn’t include sexual orientation as a protected freedom until 2017

Question 7

When was homosexuality removed as a mental disorder from DSM 5

Answer 7

1973, however gender dysphoria still exists in the DSM-5, MOST TRANS PPL need this diagnosis in order to get medical care

Question 8

Conversion therapy

Answer 8

trying to cure people of being gay, still legal in Canada in 4 provinces

Question 9

Stonewall Uprising

Answer 9

series of protests and political actions instigated in response to a police bar raid in NYC, pride parade commemorates this

Question 10

Intersexc

Answer 10

designated as a disorder of sex development, do not meet male or female anatomical expectations or norms

Question 11

Standard North American Family, Dorothy Smith

Answer 11

assumed that parents married to each other follow white middle class christian norms

Question 12

Partnerships and mental health

Answer 12

being partnered, having greater social support, and having larger social networks are associated with positive quality of life, lower rates of disability and fewer symptoms of depression

Question 13

sameness arguments about marriage equality

Answer 13

only legalized rights for same sex marriages that simulated white ideals of two parents and kids, excluding polyamory, gender variant, asexual partnerships; therefore domesticating same sex couples

Question 14

Chosen family, Kath Weston

Answer 14

choosing community that supports the LBTQ over ones own family when they are not accepting; PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL IN AIDS PANDEMIC

Question 15

The marriage Capacity act 2001, Svend Robinson, first openly gay politician in Canada

Answer 15

first bill that tabled gay marriage, before the Civil Marriage Act 2005
marriage capacity act was supported the NDP and the Bloc Québécois, bill never made it past first reading

Question 16

First provinces to legalize gay marriage

Answer 16

Quebec and BC in 2003

Question 17

Why do half of all LBTQ couples live in the four biggest metropolitan areas?

Answer 17

many feel hesitant about being included in rural areas

Question 18

Casa Loma

Answer 18

Grand Pride Wedding, 110 couples got married after it was legalized

Question 19

What percentage of child-rearing LBTQ couples are female

Answer 19

4/5

Question 20

Development and children of LBTQ

Answer 20

researchers same development markers, despite biases that parenting is a traditionally female role and they need a “male and female” model, although the research was limited

Question 21

Poster families

Answer 21

families that are advertised on media, “ideal” example of what families should be like