Mod 1 - SOGIE

Question 1

A person’s physical, romantic and/or emotional attraction to, and/or intimate relations with a person (i.e., gay, heterosexual, bisexual, pansexual, etc.

Answer 1

Sexual Orientation

Question 2

Each person’s internal and individual understanding of their gender. It is their sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s _______ may be the same as, or different from, their birth-assigned sex.

Answer 2

Gender Identity

Question 3

How a person expresses or presents themselves in ways that may be associated with gender, including how a person is perceived in relation to gender. This can include behavior and outward appearance such as dress, hair, makeup, body language, mannerisms, gait and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common ways of communicating gender.

Answer 3

Gender Expression

Question 4

A person who does not identify with any particular gender or who identifies without gender.

Answer 4

Agender

Question 5

A person who does not have sexual desire or attraction. Many _______ people experience romantic attraction and engage in romantic relationships. The term “ace” is often used as shorthand.

Answer 5

Asexual

Question 6

A person who is attracted to people of their own gender as well as other genders.

Answer 6

Bisexual

Question 7

A person whose gender identity and assigned sex at birth align (e.g., a person identifies as a man and was assigned male at birth by a doctor).

Answer 7

Cisgender

Question 8

Someone who dresses and performs as another gender for entertainment purposes. Often embodies a theatrical or exaggerated version of masculinity or femininity; does not necessarily self-identify as transgender.

Answer 8

Drag Queen/King

Question 9

A term used to describe a man who is attracted to other men. This term may also be used by people of any gender who are attracted to people of their same gender.

Answer 9

Gay

Question 10

An individual whose gender identity may continually change throughout their lifetime. These individuals may not feel confined within the socially and culturally expected gender roles and in fact may identify differently from situation to situation.

Answer 10

Gender Fluid

Question 11

Anything (such as clothing, styles, activities, or spaces) that a society or culture considers appropriate for anyone, irrespective of gender; anything that carries with it no particular gender associations.

Answer 11

Gender Neutral

Question 12

Feeling romantic, emotional, and sexual attraction to a person(s) of the opposite gender with which one identifies; sometimes referred to as being straight.

Answer 12

Heterosexual

Question 13

Feeling romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction to people of the same gender with which one identifies. This term is considered stigmatizing by many due to its history of being categorized as a mental illness. Discouraged from use unless an individual uses it to self-identify.

Answer 13

Homosexual

Question 14

An umbrella term constructed to describe variations of sex characteristics. This could include mixed chromosomes, elements of both male and female reproductive systems, or genitalia that do not appear clearly male or clearly female at birth. For example, a baby born with a vagina and testes.

Answer 14

Intersex

Question 15

A term used to describe a woman who is attracted to other women.

Answer 15

Lesbian

Question 16

An umbrella term for gender identities that are outside of the gender binary, meaning not exclusively either boy/girl, or man/woman. _________ individuals may have more than one gender, not identify with a gender, or something else altogether.

Answer 16

Nonbinary

Question 17

A person who is attracted to people regardless of sex, gender identity, or gender expression.

Answer 17

Pansexual

Question 18

Historically, this was a derogatory slang term used to identify people with diverse SOGIE. It is now a term that some people with diverse SOGIE are reclaiming and embracing as a symbol of pride that represents all individuals who fall outside of the gender and sexual orientation “norms.” It should be noted that it is not acceptable for someone who does not have diverse SOGIE to call someone ________ unless the person indicates that is their preferred identity language.

Answer 18

Queer

Question 19

An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. People under this umbrella may describe their gender identity using one or more of a wide variety of terms.

Answer 19

Transgender

Question 20

A term used by some Native American people to recognize individuals who possess qualities or fulfill roles of both genders; often considered part man and part woman or wholly man and wholly woman; often revered as natural peace makers as well as healers and shamans. Depending on the tribe, there may be different definitions.

Answer 20

Two-spirit

Question 21

Legistlation that prohibits discrimination based on age, sexual orientation, and gender identity and/or gender expression.

Answer 21

Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (section 15)

Question 22

Legislation that prohibits discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability

Answer 22

Canadian Human Rights Act

Question 23

Processes and a range of sentences to be imposed on young people 12-17 years of age to enhance their rights and protections.

Answer 23

Convention on the Rights of Children

Question 24

An act that some provinces follow, including Ontario, that requires the indication of sex designation on a birth certificate (e.g., male, female, non-binary). Can be changed through application by parent (15 and younger) or by the adolescent (16 and older).

Answer 24

Vital Statistics Acts

Question 25

What year was consexual sex between same sex adults decriminalized?
a. 1973
b. 1969
c. 1956
d. 1974

Answer 25

b. 1969