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Sexuality. Disclaimer & Video. APALI: Safe space <3 Higher learning = higher thinking Foster healthy dialogue Everything has pros & cons Why do you agree & why do you disagree The world is dynamic, not binary Satire = exaggeration. Who did not?. Pros & Cons.
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Disclaimer & Video • APALI: Safe space <3 • Higher learning = higher thinking • Foster healthy dialogue • Everything has pros & cons • Why do you agree & why do you disagree • The world is dynamic, not binary • Satire = exaggeration
Who did not? Pros & Cons
Think back to your childhood... • 1. Who/what taught you the first things you learned about sexuality? • 2. What did they teach you (positive, negative, or neutral) about?: • “Private parts” • Masturbathing • Virginity • Having romantic & sexual interactions • LGBT peoples • Consider: Which of your early beliefs were formed from direct experience? Which were formed from indirect information?
List • 1. Who/what taught you the first things you learned about sexuality?
“Gender & Sexuality will be the most uncomfortable day in APALI”
Negative: fear, shame, silence, non-recognition, indirect exposure • 2. What did they teach you (positive, negative, or neutral) about?: • “Private parts” • Masturbathing • Virginity • Having romantic & sexual interactions • LGBT peoples • Consider: Which of your early beliefs were formed from direct experience? Which were formed from indirect information?
TEDxYouth@Brissie -Benjamin Law- Why gay rights affect straight folks • 0:47/1:40-6:50 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLZFrhS8L0
Gay Rights = Straight rights • School: unsafe & hostile environment (Bullying) • Naturalization of what behaviors are “gay” and “straight” • PEOPLE • Diverse community. Gender I. =/= Sexual O. • Gay-straight binary — shapes masculinity: • “Dude you’re a fag” • Fear of looking gay • Shaping masculinity = shaping femininity • Use of slut/whore/man-whore & prude • Women’s sexual rights
Humanism & Sexuality • “Existen tantas sexualidades como personas en el mundo” • “Siempre estamos construyendo la sexualidad”
Humanism • Is Evan Low attractive?
Humanism • Spectrum • Physical attraction • Sexual attraction • Emotional attraction • Intellectual attraction • ...
Your sexuality is UNIQUE & YOURS to experience and express. • Internalization • Sexuality: Heteronormativism • Gender: Patriarchy • Deconstruction
“Gender & Sexuality will be the most uncomfortable day in APALI”
How can I help the LGBTQIA? • Ask questions • Don’t assume it’s your right to know everything or that you’re expected to • Heterosexual privilege • Allyship* • Gender Bender • Support trans organizations • Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose • LGBTQ Youth Space, San Jose