Assignments
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ISSUES
: Sexuality and Gender
Index/Acknowled e
Acknowledgements
non-binary gender identities
media coverage of 20–1
non-binary icons 21
pansexuality 5
pronouns for 20
on the sexual scale 7
trans non-binary people 19
transgender identification 19, 20
pansexuality 5
pink triangle 13
queer
identification as 9
term 5, 9
use in homophobic language 28
rainbow flag 13
Russo Test 34, 35
same-sex parents 26, 27, 31–2
schools
see also
sex education
equality and diversity education 24
homophobic language in 28–9
lack of support for LGBT pupils 23, 30
Section 28 26, 30
Section 28 26, 30
self-harm rates 11, 23, 30
sex education
LGBT inclusive sex education 11, 23–4, 30
low quality of 23–4
parental opt-out rights 24
sexual orientation
as a continuum 7
finding out who you are 4
as fixed 3
fluid sexual orientation 7, 8, 9
term 1
of transgender people 19
Stonewall 23, 26, 27, 29, 38
Stonewall (film) 25
suicide, attempted 3, 11, 23, 30
television
LGBT representation in 34, 35–7
trans non-binary people 19
transgender people
see also
gender dysphoria
choice of public toilets 33
and the criminal justice system 37–8
historical figures and events 17–19
homicides of 25, 26
hormone blockers 16–17
media coverage of 35
one girl’s story 16–17
sexual orientation of 4, 19
term 1–2
transphobia 2, 16
transsexuality 14, 15
see also
gender dysphoria
transvestism 15
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