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Learn about pronouns, gender neutral language, and the importance of inclusivity. Discover how different words relate to sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. Explore the significance of pronouns in different languages, including French.
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Why do we talk pronouns? • What are pronouns? • What are gender neutral pronouns? • What are your pronouns? • What about French pronouns? Learning moment!
Gender Neutral Language & Pronouns • Gender neutral language makes room for everyone on the gender and sexual orientation continuum.
Introductions • Name? Pronoun? • Work location and role? • What you hope to get from this training?
Activity • Take a piece of paper and split it into 4 with the following categories: Sex, Gender Identity, Gender Expression &Sexual Orientation
Place the following words into the boxes: • Curious • Appearance • Gay • Make-up • Personal • Female • Genitalia • Two-Spirit • Public • Asexual • Clothing • Transgender • Anatomical • Woman • Intersex • Male • Bisexual • Assigned at birth • Voice • Cisgender • Hair • Masculine • Feminine • Trans • Internal • Pronoun • Transsexual • Genderqueer • Pansexual • Lived Identity • Lesbian • Straight • Man • Individual Are there other words you can think of?
What are these categories • Sex, Gender Identity, Gender Expression &Sexual Orientation are the 4 human rights categories that are protected in most provinces, and hopefully federally soon • They are what we as a community use to understand gender & sexual diversity
SEX: • Anatomy • Genitalia
Lived Personal Internal Transgender Cisgender Gender queer