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Diversity and Inclusion Center for Diversity and Inclusion

Sex, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Self-Study Guide

The purpose of this study guide is to present topics and issues related to sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Before diving into the following resources, review the differences between key terms:

  • Sex: separate from gender, this term refers to the cluster of biological, chromosomal and anatomical features associated with maleness and femaleness in the human body.
  • Gender: social, cultural and psychological traits linked to males and females that define them as masculine or feminine.
  • Gender Identity: refers to a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being a man or woman, or something other or in between, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth.
  • Gender Expression: how an individual presents their gender outwardly to others through mannerisms and appearance.
  • Sexual Orientation: refers to the spectrum of emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction.

Video

  • Men-How You See Me
  • Women- How You See Me
  • Things Not To Say To A Non-Binary Person
  • Unerased: Mic’s Database of Trans Lives Lost to Homicide in the US

News Publications

  • The Movement of #MeToo
  • When a Student Says, ‘I’m Not a Boy or a Girl’
  • Transgender bathroom users will not endanger women, but twisted social norms might

Resources

  • Guys, We Have A Problem: How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men– NPR Podcast
  • Women’s March

Academic Journals and Books

Connell, R., & Messerschmidt, J. (2005). Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept. Gender and Society, 19(6), 829-859.

Robinson, J., & Espelage, D. (2012). Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ—Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice. Educational Researcher, 41(8), 309-319.

Seelman, K.L. (2014). Transgender Individuals’ Access to College Housing and Bathrooms: Findings from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.

Lombardi, E. L., Wilchins, R. A., Priesing, D., & Malouf, D. (2001). Gender violence: Transgender experiences with violence and discrimination. Journal of Homosexuality, 42(1), 89-101.

University Courses

L77 WGSS 100B — Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

L98-4252 section 01: Seminar in Video Games: Video Games, Gender and Sexuality

L48 Anthro 161 —Gender, Youth, and Global Health

L48 Anthro 3201 — Gender, Culture, and Madness

L51 Korean 455 — Topics in Korean Literature and Culture: Gender in Korean Literature and Film

L22 History 3173 — Service Learning: Documenting the Queer Past in St. Louis

L45 LatAm 457 — Gender and Modernity in Latin America

L77 WGSS 3014 — Queering Citizenship

L77 WGSS 308 — Masculinities

L77 WGSS 3101 — An Intellectual History of Sex and Gender

L77 WGSS 393 — Gender Violence

L77 WGSS 4363 — Sex, Gender, and Power

S40-5809 — Women’s Issues in Social Welfare & Social Work Practice

S31-5243 — Social Work Practice with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Populations

S55-5372 TPS —Gender, Poverty, and Global Health

S40-5784 — Regulating Sex: Historical & Cultural Encounters Seminar

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