A RANDOM WALK IN THE GARDEN OF HUMAN SEXUAL DIVERSITY
A Presentation on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
Dr. Janie Long is the Director of the Duke University Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
I look forward to this presentation bringing understanding to the vast array of sexual orientations and multiple genders that live in the lands between boy and girl.
To prepare for the class take a look at the Unitarian Universalist website describing the sexual and gender diversity vocabulary HERE And I especially recommend a good look at the "101" series as they give an overview of the topic.
To prepare for the class take a look at the Unitarian Universalist website describing the sexual and gender diversity vocabulary HERE And I especially recommend a good look at the "101" series as they give an overview of the topic.
Homework
Lesbians having sex with men??? Yes. Watch the video. No this is not porn but it is sexual diversity in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsqciPLwfU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsqciPLwfU
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The Problem of Bisexual Invisibility
http://www.bilerico.com/2013/07/bi_invisibility.php
http://www.bilerico.com/2013/07/bi_invisibility.php
A Man Named Sissy: An article in the LA Times and video about a man who cross dresses in Wyoming.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wyoming-cross-dresser-20131003-dto,0,2001829.htmlstory#axzz2nxntPJ5U
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wyoming-cross-dresser-20131003-dto,0,2001829.htmlstory#axzz2nxntPJ5U
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Be sure to take a close look at this essay by Gayle Rubin. This is a major academic paper on societie's take on sexual diversity. It is not easy reading but has some profound thinking on sexual diversity. Give it a try and you will be transported back to your college days when you had to read something that is really challenging. Drink a cup of coffee first as you will need all of your faculties to understand it. Read slowly. DO NOT SKIM!
Gayle S. Rubin Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality http://www.feminish.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Rubin1984.pdf
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THE WORD IS OUT -- STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES (VIDEO 2 HOURS)
A moving documentary of the gay and lesbian world of 1977 gives a penetrating look at what it was like to be in the closet. This video is available on Netflix.
TRANSGENDER SUICIDE/RELIGION LINK Story of a young m to f tG who committed suicide because of religious parents.
Asexuality Here is a link to a delightful cartoon explaining Asexuality.
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The whole subject of gender, sexual flexibility, sexual orientation is complicated -- very complicated. This piece is a pretty good example of how complicated it is. The title is:
Welcome to the new America: Straight-ish, heteroflexible, and pansexual
And the link is HERE
http://fusion.net/story/342665/new-queer-america-straight-ish-heteroflexible-and-pansexual/