Ethnicity, Race & Cultural Background
Sociodemographic Data Collection Training
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Sexual Identity
Gender Identity
The question:
At the hub, when youth are provided the sociodemographic questionnaire the question they receive related to their gender identity is:
| I identify as: |
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| o Girl / Woman o Boy / Man o Trans woman o Trans man o Non-Binary o Two-spirit o Genderqueer o Gender fluid o Androgynous o Not Sure o Questioning o Prefer not to answer o I don't identify with any of these options |
Youth can choose more than one response option for this question.
The language used and ways in which gender and sexually diverse people self-identify and express themselves has and continues to change. It is important to reflect the ways in which young people self-identify.
Gender identity is linked to a person’s sense of self. It is a person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex. A person’s gender identity is fundamentally different from and not related to their sexual orientation.
- When it comes to gender and sexual diversity there is the need to challenge binary thinking. We have been conditioned to think that sex and gender are binaries, i.e.. that they can be only one of two things. In 2SLGBTQ+ communities, there is immense diversity when it comes to all aspects of gender and sexuality and terms and definitions will change and evolve over time.
- Please review the 2SGLBTQ+ Glossary of Terms and the Gender Elephant with more detailed definitions and knowledge. These terms and definitions are and should not be standardized, and may be used differently by different people and in different regions.
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Ethnicity, Race & Cultural Background
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