LGBTQ2+ Health

1. LGBTQ2+ Health GSD20.4 - I can make informed decisions for my sexual health and wellbeing and identify resources to help myself and others who are GSD individuals.GSD20.3- I can identify factors that affect the health of GSD individuals and explain consequences on their health.

2. Saskatchewan Medical Transition Guidehttp://www.transsask.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Saskatchewan-Medical-Transition-Guide-Final-Draft-1.pdf • Give the SK Medical Transition Guide a read over and answer the following: 1. Where are services for transitioning mostly offered in Canada? 2. How many different doctors offer supports in SK? What can we infer form this? 3. What is a specific type of medical transition that was either unknown or particularly interesting to you? 4. Are there things that you feel should be covered, but are not and require additional out of pocket expenses?

3. What are other resources available to members of the LGBTQ2+ community? • What are resources available in SK? What do they offer?

4. What are other resources available to members of the LGBTQ2+ community? • What are resources available in SK? What do they offer?Planned Parenthood – Regina/SaskatoonTeen Wellness Clinic – (confidential) STI testing, contraception, bloodwork, emergency contraception, education, parenting classes, counselling.*Family Wellness Clinic* - School GSAs, Counsellors, Allies – Moose Jaw Pride, OUT Saskatoon, Rainbow Youth Centre

5. What are other resources available to members of the LGBTQ2+ community? • What are resources available in SK? What do they offer?OutSaskatoonMJ PrideCamp Fyrefly – University of SaskatchewanTransSask Support Services

6. What are other resources available to members of the LGBTQ2+ community? • What are resources available elsewhere? What do they offer? Facilitators and barriers to health care for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) People Rapid Response Service. (2014). Rapid Response: Facilitators and barriers to health care for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Retrieved from http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Knowledge-Exchange/Rapid-Responses/Documents/RR79.pdf Ministry of Education, Ontario. (2015). The Ontario curriculum grades 9 to 12; Health and physical education. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/health9to12.pdf Teen Health Source. http://teenhealthsource.com/topics/giso/ The Lancet. (2016). Transgender Health. Retrieved from http://www.thelancet.com/series/transgender-health Trans Lifeline. https://www.translifeline.org/ World Professional Association for Transgender Health http://www.wpath.org/

7. Influences on Sexual Decision-Making What all influences an individual’s sexual decision-making?

8. Influences on Sexual Decision-Making What all influences an individual’s sexual decision-making?Home lifeEducation – what you know about sexual healthBeliefs – “when is it okay to be sexually active?”Body/Physical “Limits” – Body Confidence Peer/Social (Partner) PressurePerson you’re with/potential partnerPersonal experience Mental health/mental state (could be in a vulnerable state of mind)Chemical, drugs, alcohol influence.SettingMedia – what you see/what you watchCuriosity

9. Influences on Sexual Decision-Making What all influences an individual’s sexual decision-making? • Personal values • Limits and communicating them (emotional/physical) • Being aware of/respecting limits of others. • Peer/family expectations. • Media messages • Substance use • Religion • Physical and/or emotional desires.

10. Stressful Sexual Situations What are some examples of stressful sexual situations? How do we personal and interpersonal skills to deal with personally stressful situations or to help others deal with them? What are barriers to doing “what we know we should do”?

11. Stressful Sexual Situations What are some examples of stressful sexual situations? • Meeting romantic partners found with the help of technology, • Being asked to engage in unsafe sex, • Coming out or having a friend come out to you. How do we use personal and interpersonal skills to deal with personally stressful situations or to help others deal with them? What are barriers to doing “what we know we should do”?

12. Online Dating Apps • What are some examples of dating websites and apps? • What are potential issues and concerns of these apps? • Are there “alarm bells”? • What is acceptable and what isn’t? • Is it okay to just “hook up”?

13. Online Dating Apps • What are some examples of dating websites and apps? Tinder, Grindr, Christian Mingle, Elite Singles, Ashley Madison • What are potential issues and concerns of these apps? • Are there “alarm bells”?Are these “alarm bells” subjective? • What is acceptable and what isn’t? • Is it okay to just “hook up”?Yes? No?

14. Consent & CopingExplain how the concept of consent, sexual limits and communication contributes to overall health and wellbeing. • What is consent? What are sexual limits? • How does communication connect into both? Tea Consent - Video

15. Consent & CopingExplain how the concept of consent, sexual limits and communication contributes to overall health and wellbeing. • What is consent? What are sexual limits? • How does communication connect into both? Tea Consent - Video

16. Factors that affect health of LGBTQ2+ individuals GSD20.3 I can identify factors that affect the health of GSD individuals and explain consequences on their health.

17. Understanding our Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation What are societal factors that influence these? How might they do so? How does personal perception of these play a role?

18. Understanding our Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation What are societal factors that influence these? How might they do so? How does personal perception of these play a role? • acceptance, • stigma, • culture, • religion, • media, • stereotypes, • homophobia, • self-image, • self-awareness

19. Rights and Access • How do these factors influence an individual’s capacity to access rights, services, and other areas affecting health and well-being?Examples:medical treatment (see d.), washrooms (see c.), jobs (see b.), housing (see a.), education (see e.)homeless shelters (see f.), sports institutions (see g.), businesses (see h.), • Examples we’ve discussed:a. - “The Gay Agenda” TEDTalkb. - Military Policies (Canada and USA’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”c. – All Gender Washroom at Centrald. Sask Transition Guidee. Ontario Sex Ed Curriculumf. LGBTQ2+ denied access to shelters (religion-affiliated)g. Gender division in sport, gender requirements in ballroom dancing.h. not serving LGBTQ2+ members (or other individuals of diversity)

20. Gender Transitioning • What all goes into it? • Does this look the same from case-case or person-person?

21. Gender Transitioning • What all goes into it?emotional (sense of self), physical (presentation to others), medical (hormones, surgery), social (impact on the individual, peers, family, school, coworkers) • Does this look the same from case-case or person-person?Of course not! Medical transitions look different from case-case, social transitions look different from case-case.

22. Poster Projectsee assignment sheet for more details • Select a resource or topic in this unit to create a resource we can make available to students in the school. • This can include consent, warnings about online dating,information about a certain aspect of LGBTQ2+ rightsor services for transitioning individuals. • You can use an existing ad from a resource, however,you will need to write a more detailed reflection on why you selected this resource (what need are you addressing, why, how will this help, what are potential complications)?