Exploring Gender and Sexuality
9th Grade · Health · 65 min
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Learning Objective
I can define key terms related to gender and sexuality.
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Gender identity is a person's own sense of their gender, while gender expression is how they present themselves to the world.
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Sexual orientation concerns what gender(s) an individual is sexually and/or romantically attracted to, while gender identity is about how you identify yourself.
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Using the wrong pronouns or a dead name can cause a deep sense of shame, loss of self-esteem, and lead to harassment and discrimination; this is known as being misgendered.
