Reviewer for GES midterm PART 2 Flashcards
- Gender Recognition Act
2004
Irrational fear and hatred of people who identify as lesbian or gay
Homophobia
Assumption everyone is heterosexual (also “heteronormativity”)
Heterosexism
Sex Discrimination Regulations,
1999
Sexual Offences Act - partial decriminalization of homosexuality
1967
1960’s
Jose Sarria
Stonewall Riot:
umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression diverges in some way from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Trans (transgender)
First report of AIDS
AIDS quilt project
ACT UP group formed
1980’s
who you are
Gender Identity
Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1989).
1989
Repeal of section 28 of the Local Government Act 1989
Sexual orientation regulations providing protection in employment and vocational training
Criminial Justice Act tougher sentences for hate crimes, motivated by hatred on grounds of gender
2003
1970’s
APA removes homosexuality from mental illness definitions:
Anita Bryant protest:
Florida bans gay adoption
Targeting of Businesses:
Anti-gay partner laws:
Black list
FBI moral perversion investigation
Federal employment restrictions
Kinsey reports
1940’S - 1950’S
over 1000 men were in prison for “homosexual acts”
1951
A name for the LGBTQ+ community that safely includes everyone, even if your particular letter has yet to be added.
The rainbow community
Civil Partnerships Act
2005
Sexual Offences Amendment Act - age of consent for gay men reduced from age 21 to 18
1994
People who are intimately, emotionally and/or sexually attracted to people of both sexes.
Bisexual
Marriage (same sex couples) act becomes law in England and Wales.
2014
Refers to the idea that all human behaviour is innate, determined by genes, brain size, or other biological attributes.
Biological determinism
Males who are intimately, emotionally and/or sexually attracted to someone of the same sex. Some Lesbians identify as “gay.”
gay male
1990’s
Los Angeles Riot
American Medical Association
Employment Non-discrimination Act defeated in US Senate
Considered a natural outcome of this sex difference due to the drive to reproduce the species
Heterosexuality
1940’S - 1950’S
Targeting of Businesses:
Anti-gay partner laws:
Black list
FBI moral perversion investigation
Federal employment restrictions
Kinsey reports
Los Angeles Riot
American Medical Association
Employment Non-discrimination Act defeated in US Senate
1990’s
Who you are attracted to.
Sexual Orientation
Age of Consent equaliseed for gay men
2001
APA removes homosexuality from mental illness definitions:
Anita Bryant protest:
Florida bans gay adoption
1970’s
: a prejudice similar to heterosexism, racism, and sexism. It denies, ignores, denigrates, or stigmatizes non-cisgender forms of expression, sexual activity, behavior, relationship, or community.
Cisgenderism
Biological facts of sex are thought to constitute natural differences between men and women
Biological determinism
equal rights granted to same-sex couples applying for adoption
2002
British Government lifts ban on lesbian & gay people serving in the Armed Forces.
2000
Irrational fear and hatred of bisexual people
biphobia
Females who are intimately, emotionally and/or sexually attracted to someone of the same sex
lesbian
: irrational fear and hatred of trans people.
Transphobia
: a term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth.
Cisgender
1980’s
First report of AIDS
AIDS quilt project
ACT UP group formed
Jose Sarria
Stonewall Riot:
1960’s
people who are intimately, emotionally and/or sexually attracted to someone of the opposite sex.
Heterosexual
Goods & Services
2006
