FD SMS icons

1

https://learn.extension.org/events/3008

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military

Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2015-48770-24368.

The ABCs of LGBT: Learning Language and

Inclusive Practices in Work with LGBT Families

Connecting military family service providers

and Cooperative Extension professionals to research

and to each other through engaging online learning opportunities

militaryfamilies.extension.org

MFLN Intro

Sign up for webinar email notifications at militaryfamilies.extension.org/webinars

Today’s Presenter

3

Jenifer McGuire, PhD

• Associate Professor of Family Social Science

at University of Minnesota

• Areas of interest include: parent relationships

for sexual and gender minority youth, parent

socialization of adolescent sexuality, well-being

of sexual and gender minority youth, and

parenting across family transitions

• Member of Parent’s Forever and a developing

coalition for Sexual and Gender (SGM) youth

well-being

Binaries

4

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/stat_t.php

The variability within groups is often greater than the differences between

groups

Binaries

How Much People Like Ice Hockey in Minnesota

5

Women

Men

**This is not real data**Created by Bari Sobelson

The Gender Binary

6

https://pixabay.com/en/restroom-public-restroom-rest-room-99225/

7

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2015/03/the-genderbread-person-v3/

Language

8

Can you think about the ways that language impacts

how you communicate with others?

- Can you think of times when you’ve used language

that stigmatized someone?

- What are examples of language we use to discuss

mental health, gender, body image, and food?

https://pixabay.com/en/alphabet-communication-emotion-2023292/

Language is Activism

9

• Ways of talking to and about people can promote

activism and intervention

• Reframing the ways we talk about gender, age, body

image, and inclusion can lead to change

https://pixabay.com/en/love-hands-emotion-feeling-sign-1781441/

Pronouns

10

• Why do we use pronouns?

• What does it mean to state your GPs?

• Why do you think this practice of stating GPs might be

important?

• Examples:

-she/her

-he/him

-they/them

-ze/hir

https://pixabay.com/en/quote-chalk-chalkboard-words-think-791953/

Transgender/Trans

11

• Broad term for individuals who transcend conventional

boundaries of gender, regardless of physical categorization

or sexual orientation. (Feldman & Blockting, 2003)

• Can include a diverse array of social and physical transition

and identity

• Variability in identification with binary classifications of

gender

• Genderqueer identities- nonbinary in relation to fluid

• Two-spirit identity

Genderqueer Identities (Opener)

12

• Range of expression- gender as a spectrum vs. binary

• Outside and between the binary

• Ways of expressing gender

• Gender and sex are not interdependent

https://pixabay.com/en/gender-icon-male-female-human-1674893/

Two-Spirit Identity

13

• Used by Native American/Indigenous communities

• Method for describing one’s gender expression/identity

• Dwindling in recognition amongst tribe members

• Sacredness changed as a result of Westernization and

colonization

• Two-spirit does not mean trans and vice versa

http://traditionalnativehealing.com/tag/two-spirit

Sexual and Gender Identity

Characteristics

14

McGuire, J K, Doty, J L, Catalpa, J M & Ola, C. (2016). Body image in transgender

young people: Findings from a qualitative, community based study. Body Image, 18,

96-107. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.06.004

Questions About Terms?

15

https://pixabay.com/en/question-question-mark-1500082/

Approaches to Gender

16

• Gender as socialized, cultural ideal

• Gender as a performance

• Gender as an innate expression of essential differences

https://pixabay.com/en/bonding-break-casual-chilling-1985863/

How to Promote Inclusivity

17

https://pixabay.com/en/pride-lgbt-flag-rainbow-community-828056/

In the Space

• Symbols and signs

• Posted policy

• Inclusive bathrooms

18

https://pixabay.com/en/safety-pin-fixing-pin-pins-colors-390364/

Why Inclusivity Matters

• EVERYONE feels safer in more inclusive environments

• Research on schooling repeatedly finds that all youth are

safer when environments are more inclusive

• Some examples from my research with colleagues…

19

Legal Protection from Discrimination

Gender Identity and/or Expression

20

State Laws• Minnesota Human Rights Act

-Protection from discrimination in employment, housing, and

education

-Gender identity protected from discrimination

• Safe and Supportive Schools Act 2014

-Bullying prohibition statute for school-based application

-Gender expression enumerated for protection

Federal Law

• Title IX, Civil Rights Act 1973 Sex Discrimination prohibition

-Gender identity & expression and sexual orientation vary by

states but are often applied to sex discrimination by courts

Gender Variance in Family Theory

21

• How gender is enacted

• Roles and expectations

• Challenges to current theoretical assumption

The Enactment of Gender in Families

(And Society)

22

• Cisgender-An individual’s identified gender is aligned with the sex

assigned at birth

• Heteronormative-A world view that promotes heterosexuality as normal

and preferred

• Cisnormative-A belief system that there are only two genders, that

our bodies define our gender, and that our gender

necessitates certain roles in families and society

• Gender Policing-Imposing behaviors on others based on sex

or assumed gender

Cisnormativity in Social Interactions

• Extends beyond not allowing multiple gender choices

• Gendered school organization

-clothing, bathrooms

• Medical forms

• Any structure that limits gender to binary based on sex

• Our primary family theories reflect this perspective- gender

is considered constant, and based on sex, a factor that

influences interactions rather than a product of those

interactions

23

Promoting Inclusion through

Relationships

• When people feel welcome, they are included

• When their needs are easily met, they are included

• When they are treated with respect, they are included

24https://pixabay.com/en/hyacinth-flower-flowers-blue-wood-772389/

25

How can you promote inclusion?

https://pixabay.com/en/heart-sky-clouds-blue-sky-1213475/

Connect with MFLN Family Development Online!

MFLN Family Development

MFLN Family Development @mflnfd

MFLN Family Development

To subscribe to our MFLN Family Development newsletter send an email to:

MFLNfamilydevelopment@gmail.com with the Subject: Subscribe

FD SMS icons

26

MFLN Intro

27

We invite MFLN Service Provider Partners

to our private LinkedIn Group!

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8409844

DoD

Branch Services

Reserve

Guard

Cooperative Extension

Evaluation and

Continuing Education Credits/Certificate

MFLN Family Development is offering 1.0 CEU

through UT School of Social Work

Please complete the evaluation and post test at:

https://vte.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bsJEKv

DyqTHtqId

Must pass with an 80% or higher for certificate

28

Family Development Upcoming

Event

TRANSforming Conversations:

Addressing Needs of Transgender Youth

and Their Families

• Date: April 20, 2017

• Time: 11:00am Eastern

• Location:

https://learn.extension.org/events/3009

For more information on MFLN Family Development, go to:

https://militaryfamilies.extension.org/family-development/

29

www.extension.org/62581

30This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military Family

Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2015-48770-24368.