Gender Orientation/diversity

Question 1

Year homosexuality was declassifyed as a psychopathology in the DSM

Answer 1

1973

Question 2

Year homosexuality was taken out of the criminal code of canada

Answer 2

1969

Question 3

Minority stress

Answer 3

Differences in the prevalence of mental health problems among non-heterosexual/non-cisgencer populations can largely be explained as a consequence of social stigma, prolonged stress

Question 4

Meyer’s minority stress model

Answer 4

1. Experiencing social exclusion leads to increased exposure to stressors
2. Overexposure to stressors siminishes ability to cope
3. These challenges lead to negative consequences on relationships/ability to maintain social supports
4. Cognitive processes may be affected
5. Increased risk of developing psychopathologies

Question 5

Microaggressions

Answer 5

Subtle forms of discrimination -> demeaning messaging

Question 6

Microagressions theory

Answer 6

An accumulation of demeaning/degrading human interactions has consequences on individuals ability to feel safe, accepted and valued in society

Question 7

Microinvalidation

Answer 7

-comments excluding, negating, rendering impossible the psychological thoughts/feelings/reality experienced by a member of a marginalized group

Ex: telling a same sex couple that they aare overreacting when they say theyre afraid to hold hands in public

Question 8

Microassaults

Answer 8

-more «traditional» forms of discrimination
-specific conditions that act in the perpetrators favour

-ex: leaving anonymous comments online, ew she looks like a man next to pic of lesbian

Question 9

Microinsults

Answer 9

-statements/actions that demean/devalue individuals identity
-may not always be percieved
-telling a trans woman that she looks like a «real woman» today

Question 10

Oh an orange scarf, thats a choice! You can pull it off congrats! -> microinsult?

Answer 10

No because there is no marginalized social identity being insulted

Question 11

Microaffirmations

Answer 11

-small acts that are usually private, often unconscious but very effective
-ex father in law introducing son in law as «my sons husband» makes him feel seen

Question 12

Queer

Answer 12

-fluid category
-has been used as a slur

Question 13

Two-spirit

Answer 13

-indigenous specific word
-not having to use white western words

Question 14

Intersex

Answer 14

People whos physical sex characteristics dont fit those of a man or woman

Question 15

Asexual

Answer 15

-people that do not have sexual attraction or want to have sex
-its a spectrum

Question 16

Gender fluid

Answer 16

-someones gender identity changes over time
-can feel like a boy one day and a girl the next

Question 17

Binary system

Answer 17

The idea that there are only two categories: male and female

Question 18

Gender identity

Answer 18

Persons internal sense of their gender, may not align with assigned sex

Question 19

Sex

Answer 19

Biological characteristics, male,female,intersex

Question 20

Sex assigned at birth

Answer 20

Label given at birth based on physical characteristics