Key Terms
Context
This shift happened as medicine gained cultural power through germ theory, surgical antisepsis, and anesthesia.
THIRD SEX
Concept in which individuals are categorized as neither man nor woman.
Applied based on
Sexual behavior AND psychic reactions (thoughts, feelings, fantasies).
Significance
Disclosed a surprising number of self-identified LGB persons and revealed sexuality as a fluid spectrum, not a binary.
Christine Jorgensen
Began physical transition (male to female) in the early 1950s; writer, lecturer, entertainer; brought transgender experi
Documented across the entire lifespan
Childhood through late adulthood.
MINORITY STRESS MODEL (Ilan Meyer)
Sexuality- and gender-related stressors explain these health problems.
Intersectionality
Race, ethnicity, ability status, and other oppressed identities amplify LGBTQ+ health issues.
PANSEXUAL
Sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction toward people regardless of sex or gender identity.
Source
Institute of Medicine, The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People (National Academies Press, 2011).
Strongest protective factor
Family and parent support — above and beyond all other support systems.
GENDER IDENTITY
Personal sense of one's own gender; may or may not correspond with sex assigned at birth.
GENDER EXPRESSION
Behavior, mannerisms, interests, and appearance associated with gender in a particular cultural context.
GENDER NONCONFORMITY
Behavior or expression that does not match masculine or feminine gender norms.
GENDER DYSPHORIA
Distress caused by mismatch between gender identity and sex assigned at birth.