week one | diversity and lgbtq+

Question 1

the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

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ethnicity

Question 2

assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.

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acculturation

Question 3

can correlate with a person’s assigned sex or can differ from it.

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gender identity

Question 4

a person’s identity in relation to the gender or genders to which they are sexually attracted.

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sexual orientation

Question 5

the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.

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religion

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the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

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spirituality

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a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

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disability

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blended families. divorced, cohabitating, and same-sex couples. single parents by choice. families with adopted, foster, or stepchildren.

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non traditional families

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problems that span from generation to generation

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multigenerational issues

Question 10

interconnected nature of social categorizations, such as race, class, and gender, as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

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intersectionality

Question 11

indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a historically oppressed group.

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microagression

Question 12

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control that is both interpersonal and institutional and can be internalized.

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oppression

Question 13

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

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discrimination

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denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.

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heteronomative

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prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control that is both interpersonal and institutional and can be internalized.

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oppression

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the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

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immigration

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movement of people from one “usual place of residence” to another.

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migration

Question 18

process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage ore absorbed into the dominate culture of a society.

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assimilation

Question 19

the term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth.

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cisgender

Question 20

discrimination and exclusion that oppresses individuals who are differently abled or socially defined as disabled, including differences in cognitive, emotional, and/or physical abilities.

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abelism

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a term for an individual whose brain develops or works in ways that differ from dominant societal standards of neurocognitive functioning, such as ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette’s, epilepsy, autism, etc.

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neurodivergent (ND)

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procedures that can help people adjust their bodies to match their innate gender identity more closely.

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gender affirming surgery (GAS)

Question 23

distress caused when a person’s assigned sex at birth and assumed gender is not the same with which they identify.

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gender dysmorphia

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a broad term for those who challenge or subvert dominant societal expectations or expressions, roles, or stereotypes, or who expand ideas of gender expression or identity.

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gender non-conforming (GNC)

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people who typically reject notions of static categories of gender and embrace a fluidity of gender identity and often sexual orientation. people who identify as this may see themselves being both male and female, neither, or falling completely out of these categories.

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genderqueer

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term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex that they were assigned at birth. can identify as straight, gay, bisexual, etc.

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transgender

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term refers to a variety of conditions where a person is born with sexual and/or reproductive anatomy or chromosomal patterns that don’t fit the standard categorization of “male” or “female” bodies

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intersex

Question 28

a dangerous and unethical practice that holds the goal of changing a person’s sexual orientation from gay or bisexual to straight

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conversion therapy

Question 29

this action can affect relationships with friends or family, feelings of safety. can bring about changes in how they are viewed by others and create homophobia

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coming out

Question 30

discrimination, verbal abuse, assaults, violence, suicide

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risk for lgbtq+

Question 31

it’s important to ask about this when beginning work with clients and to put on paperwork

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pronouns