There is growing worldwide acceptance and evidence for the idea that gender and sexual identity are not fixed but fluid and open-ended. Life is beautiful with love and democracy, and when we begin thinking beyond the gender and sexual... more
There is growing worldwide acceptance and evidence for the idea that gender and sexual identity are not fixed but fluid and open-ended. Life is beautiful with love and democracy, and when we begin thinking beyond the gender and sexual identity binaries.
We advocate for the integration of transgender spectrum experiences alongside cisgender experiences (i.e., having the same current gender identity label as one’s birth-assigned gender category) to provide hitherto unrealized insights... more
We advocate for the integration of transgender spectrum experiences alongside cisgender experiences (i.e., having the same current gender identity label as one’s birth-assigned gender category) to provide hitherto unrealized insights within the psychology of gender identity development. Specifically, we propose using personality theory to understand gender self-categorization for both profiles of experience because this perspective allows the structure and stability of self-categorization to be explored in a single, extant framework. Moreover, the dominant model of gender identity development in psychology and qualitative studies within sociology and related fields both suggest that self-categorization may in fact be similar between the 2 profiles. The integration also dispels 2 persistent myths about gender self-categorization: (a) that it is binary and (b) that it is an active psychological process for transgender spectrum, but not cisgender, individuals. Finally, we translate the...
Learners who do not see themselves reflected in schooling face mental health, social and academic hardships. While centring marginalized identities and pursuing efforts to queer learning spaces is vital, it cannot end with attention to... more
Learners who do not see themselves reflected in schooling face mental health, social and academic hardships. While centring marginalized identities and pursuing efforts to queer learning spaces is vital, it cannot end with attention to gender and sexuality. In order to best serve learners and community members, learning environments must commit to indigenizing as well. This paper culminates in a handbook which seeks to provide best practices for engaging with learners and holding space, as well as includes a sample curriculum and resources for further development. This handbook is focused for educators on unceded ancestral Ohlone Lands, and centres the importance of language, and Land and water as ways to queer and indigenize learning spaces. This handbook is not comprehensive and will need to continue to be developed to give further insight for administrators as well as centring other marginalized identities more explicitly
