DIRECRIVE 4.15 Flashcards
- Gender
- A persons actual or perceived sex.
- Transgender
- An umbrella term. Referring to individuals whose gender is different from what society expects that person to be at birth
- What terms are included under transgender
- Intersex individual
- Cross dresser
- Transsexual
- Intersex individuals
- Individuals who are born with physical characteristics that make their biological sex ambiguous
Cross dressers
Individuals whose identity marches their birth assignment sex. But who sometimes prefer to wear clothing not traditionally associated with their sex. They are NOT living as members of the opposite sex
Transsexual
Refers to individuals who wish to change or have changed their birth assigned sex, through hormones , surgery , or physical procedures
Most transgender prefer the term transgender. Not transsexual
Gender identity
Self perception , or perception by others , as male or female based on appearance , behavior , or physical characteristics that may conflict with the persons anatomy
Gender expression
The actual perceived identity of a person as being male or female. Term refers to persons self identification as male or female. Or perceptions by others.
Expression includes the outward manifestations of an individual’s gender, including behavior , dress, and appearance
Sexual orientation
Persons sexual preference
- How will officers treat transgenders
- In a manner appropriate to the individuals gender or gender identity/expression
- If officers are uncertain of a persons gender. What should they do
- When asked by a person. How Will the officer address them
- Respectfully ask the individual for clarification.
- Address the individual by the name based on their gender identity. Rather then the name on their government issued identification
- How will a transgender persons gender be classified , when they are arrested
- Classified by as it appears on the individuals government issued identification card
- For purposes of listing gender in citations , arrest reports , or other documentation. What gender will the officer use
- The gender listed on the most recent records in the government database , starting with BMV
- How will a transgender persons gender be classified , when they are arrested and have had gender confirming / affirming surgery regardless or what their government identification says
- A male to female will be processed as a female
2. A female to male. Will be processed as a male.
- How will a transgender persons gender be classified , when they are arrested and DO NOT have government identification.
- If the individual states they have make genitajia, they will be classified as a male.
- If they do not have make genitalia , they will be classified as a female