week one | diversity and lgbtq+ Flashcards
the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
ethnicity
assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
acculturation
can correlate with a person’s assigned sex or can differ from it.
gender identity
a person’s identity in relation to the gender or genders to which they are sexually attracted.
sexual orientation
the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
religion
the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
spirituality
a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.
disability
blended families. divorced, cohabitating, and same-sex couples. single parents by choice. families with adopted, foster, or stepchildren.
non traditional families
problems that span from generation to generation
multigenerational issues
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.
intersectionality
indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a historically oppressed group.
microagression
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control that is both interpersonal and institutional and can be internalized.
oppression
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.
discrimination
denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.
heteronomative
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control that is both interpersonal and institutional and can be internalized.
oppression
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
immigration
movement of people from one “usual place of residence” to another.
migration
process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage ore absorbed into the dominate culture of a society.
assimilation
the term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth.
cisgender
discrimination and exclusion that oppresses individuals who are differently abled or socially defined as disabled, including differences in cognitive, emotional, and/or physical abilities.
abelism
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.
neurodivergent (ND)
procedures that can help people adjust their bodies to match their innate gender identity more closely.
gender affirming surgery (GAS)
distress caused when a person’s assigned sex at birth and assumed gender is not the same with which they identify.
gender dysmorphia
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.
gender non-conforming (GNC)
