Social Problems - Chapter 5

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Sex
The biological distinction between men and women.
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Gender identity
A person’s deeply held sense of their gender.
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Transgender
Having a gender identity that differs from a person's biological sex at birth.
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Cisgender
A gender identity that reflects the sex assignment a person has at birth.
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LGBTQ+ Community
Refers to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning population.
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Sexual Orientation
A person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person.
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Heterosexuality
Sexual attraction to someone of the other sex; most commonly accepted orientation.
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Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex.
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Bisexuality
Sexual attraction to people of both sexes.
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Pansexuality
A fluid pattern of sexual attraction that may include females and males but also people of any sexual identity.
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Asexual
The absence of sexual attraction to people, regardless of sex or sexual identity.
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Homophobia
An aversion to or hostility towards people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
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Pornography
Words or images intended to cause sexual arousal.
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Prostitution
The selling of sexual services.
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Sex trafficking
Commercial sex that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or involving a person under 18.
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Abortion
A termination of a pregnancy.
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Sexually transmitted infections
Infections spread by sexual contact.
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1924

First gay rights group formed in Chicago

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1964

The Civil Rights Act banned discrimination

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1968

American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as “sexual deviation”

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1969

Stonewall Riot, defining moment in growth of the movement

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1973

DSM classification changed, and homosexuality was considered a simply normal and variation in sexual orientation

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1976

Williams v. Saxbe declared that sexual harassment is a type of workplace discrimination

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1985

President Ronald Regan created the Meese Commission, concluded porn causes men to be more accepting of violent acts - including rape

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2008

Massachusetts first state to rule in favor of same-sex marriage

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2011

US military ended ban on homosexuality

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2015

US Supreme Court declared, after the case of Obergefell vs. Hodges, that same-sex couples were allowed to marry

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2020

US Supreme court banned workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation/and or transgender status

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