Week 9 - LGBTQIA and Anesthesia

Question 1

What is the difference between sex and gender?

Answer 1

Sex = assigned at birth
-based on appearance of external genitalia, chromosomes, reproductive organs and their function

Gender = how a person identifies
-doesn’t relate to sex

Question 2

Define gender identity, gender expression, gender norms

Answer 2

Gender Identity - personal sense of self and being

Gender Expression - clothing, mannerisms, voice or how a person communicates identity to others

Gender Norms - social and cultural expectation of expression

Question 3

What are different terms to describe non-binary identities?

Answer 3

• Genderqueer
• Gender fluid
• Gender nonconforming
• Agender

*use they, them, their pronouns

Question 4

What is the definition of a trans man and trans woman?

Answer 4

Trans Man = person assigned female at birth and identifies as a man

Trans Woman = person assigned male at birth and identifies as a woman

*use the persons self-identifies name and pronouns

Question 5

What are the different types of sexual identity/orientation?

Answer 5

Heterosexual
Queer (umbrella term)
Homosexual
Bisexual
Lesbian
Gay
Pansexual
Asexual
Questioning