IT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUAL: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & SOCIALABOUTARTICLESEDUGRAPHICSIT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUALBOOKSVIDEOS It's Pronounced Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Justice. It's Pronounced Metrosexual (IPM) is your free, uncopyrighted, totally-accessible online resource for learning (on your own) & teaching (others, by sharing and facilitating) about gender, sexuality, & social justice created by Sam Killermann in 2011 . I'm happy to tell you more! THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person - It's Pronounced Metrosexual. The Genderbread Person. The Genderbread Person is a cute, approachable model for understanding the social construction of gender, based on the input of thousands of voices over several decades. Every version I ( Sam Killermann) have made is yours to use however you’d like, having 30+ EXAMPLES OF MALE PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Male Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of male privileges. If you are male (and a man), listed below are benefits that result from being born with that gender and sex. If you identify as a man, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant of these privileges in

your daily

HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE GENDER QUESTION ON AN APPLICATION If you like what I'm creating here, you'll love my book A Guide to Gender.It's just like this site, but made of paper. I co-authored Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation with Meg Bolger to help you teach everything you read here to others.. I wrote Defining LGBTQ+ to give you a head start on all the vocab.It's only available as an e-book

(for now).

30+ EXAMPLES OF CISGENDER PRIVILEGES Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If cisgender is a new term to you, here’s how I define it in my list of LGBTQ+ vocabulary: cisgender /“siss-jendur”/ – adj. : 7 LESSONS FROM A DECADE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM 6. Money scares us. The social justice movement – and many of the movements within it – have a complicated relationship with money. Many of us are afraid that a focus on class (or socioeconomic status) will derail our focus on other dimensions of discrimination and oppression (e.g., via YOU SOUP: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND THE INTERSECTIONS OF You, at a basic level, are a combination of dozens (or more) of identities that merge to form one unique individual. Some of these identities were granted to you at birth (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality), others were imposed on or ascribed to you as a child (e.g., socioeconomic status, geographical location, education),

some are your

HOW TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE USES NON-INCLUSIVE (OR BIGOTED 3. DON’T make them feel like bad people. Focus on the behavior, not the person. They aren’t bad people, unless they are squirting vinegar at bees. Then they might be bad people. Unless bees are secretly into that sort of thing, in which case, go you. 4. DO provide a correction for the future. WHEN SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU: DO & DON’T And the facilitator’s answer elegantly touched on three different ideas: (1) that coming out is a personal decision; (2) there isn’t only one closet; and (3) it’s difficult to gauge how people might respond to the coming-out-er, so sometimes the risk of a bad response doesn’t outweigh the gain of a positive one. 💌 Most Wednesdays. 5 REASONS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE FEMINISM HATES MEN “The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.” IT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUAL: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & SOCIALABOUTARTICLESEDUGRAPHICSIT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUALBOOKSVIDEOS It's Pronounced Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Justice. It's Pronounced Metrosexual (IPM) is your free, uncopyrighted, totally-accessible online resource for learning (on your own) & teaching (others, by sharing and facilitating) about gender, sexuality, & social justice created by Sam Killermann in 2011 . I'm happy to tell you more! THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person - It's Pronounced Metrosexual. The Genderbread Person. The Genderbread Person is a cute, approachable model for understanding the social construction of gender, based on the input of thousands of voices over several decades. Every version I ( Sam Killermann) have made is yours to use however you’d like, having 30+ EXAMPLES OF MALE PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Male Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of male privileges. If you are male (and a man), listed below are benefits that result from being born with that gender and sex. If you identify as a man, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant of these privileges in

your daily

HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE GENDER QUESTION ON AN APPLICATION If you like what I'm creating here, you'll love my book A Guide to Gender.It's just like this site, but made of paper. I co-authored Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation with Meg Bolger to help you teach everything you read here to others.. I wrote Defining LGBTQ+ to give you a head start on all the vocab.It's only available as an e-book

(for now).

30+ EXAMPLES OF CISGENDER PRIVILEGES Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If cisgender is a new term to you, here’s how I define it in my list of LGBTQ+ vocabulary: cisgender /“siss-jendur”/ – adj. : 7 LESSONS FROM A DECADE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM 6. Money scares us. The social justice movement – and many of the movements within it – have a complicated relationship with money. Many of us are afraid that a focus on class (or socioeconomic status) will derail our focus on other dimensions of discrimination and oppression (e.g., via YOU SOUP: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND THE INTERSECTIONS OF You, at a basic level, are a combination of dozens (or more) of identities that merge to form one unique individual. Some of these identities were granted to you at birth (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality), others were imposed on or ascribed to you as a child (e.g., socioeconomic status, geographical location, education),

some are your

HOW TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE USES NON-INCLUSIVE (OR BIGOTED 3. DON’T make them feel like bad people. Focus on the behavior, not the person. They aren’t bad people, unless they are squirting vinegar at bees. Then they might be bad people. Unless bees are secretly into that sort of thing, in which case, go you. 4. DO provide a correction for the future. WHEN SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU: DO & DON’T And the facilitator’s answer elegantly touched on three different ideas: (1) that coming out is a personal decision; (2) there isn’t only one closet; and (3) it’s difficult to gauge how people might respond to the coming-out-er, so sometimes the risk of a bad response doesn’t outweigh the gain of a positive one. 💌 Most Wednesdays. 5 REASONS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE FEMINISM HATES MEN “The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.”

EDUGRAPHICS

Edugraphics are really fun to make — maybe my favorite things to make. I like making these things so much I made up a word to describe them. Some fall into the categories of gender, sexuality, and social justice.Some are printable.All are delightful. 30+ EXAMPLES OF CISGENDER PRIVILEGES Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If cisgender is a new term to you, here’s how I define it in my list of LGBTQ+ vocabulary: cisgender /“siss-jendur”/ – adj. : THE GENDERBREAD PERSON VERSION 2 The Genderbread Person version 2 - It's Pronounced Metrosexual. An Edugraphic about Gender. The Genderbread Person version 2. Over 100K Shares. Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but don't. This tasty little guide is meant to be an appetizer for understanding. It's okay if you're hungry for more. 30+ EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE-TO-UPPER CLASS PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of middle-to-upper class privileges. If you are a member of the middle class or upper class economic groups (or, in some cases, perceived to be) listed below are benefits that may be granted to you based on your group membership — benefits not granted to

folks

THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person is an infographic that breaks down gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, and sexual orientation into an easy to understand visual. It’s been around in some form for many years, and this is my whack at making an inclusive, adorable, easy to understand depiction. 30+ EXAMPLES OF HETEROSEXUAL (STRAIGHT) PRIVILEGES Following is a list of examples of heterosexual privilege. If you are straight, these are unearned benefits you receive as a result of the sexuality you were born with. If you are straight (or in some cases, perceived to be), you can live without ever having to think twice, face, confront, engage, or cope with anything listed below. WHEN SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU: DO & DON’T And the facilitator’s answer elegantly touched on three different ideas: (1) that coming out is a personal decision; (2) there isn’t only one closet; and (3) it’s difficult to gauge how people might respond to the coming-out-er, so sometimes the risk of a bad response doesn’t outweigh the gain of a positive one. 💌 Most Wednesdays. THE GENDERBREAD PERSON VERSION 4 The Genderbread Person is a model that depicts the ways society constructs gender, and the different components that go into that. It’s meant to be a digestible introduction to these ideas, for beginners, in a way that makes sense to most people. The Genderbread

Person is not:

WHY I SAY “PARTNER” INSTEAD OF BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND 2. Saying partner makes lesbian, bi-, and gay people feel safer around me. Taking the initiative to use an inclusive word like partner is tantamount to pinning a button to my chest that says “I care.”. This goes for everyone, straight, bi-, gay, lesbian, or otherwise. Partner is a recognized word of safety and concern within the LGBTA SEXUAL ORIENTATION FOR THE GENDERQUEER PERSON Conventional terms to describe sexual orientation (hetero-, homo-, and bisexual) don’t work well outside of the cisgender world. Many have argued that I shouldn’t use those terms at all in my gender article because they aren’t inclusive of genderqueer folks. While that’s true, the conventional (and non-genderqueer-inclusive) terms are IT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUAL: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & SOCIALABOUTARTICLESEDUGRAPHICSIT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUALBOOKSVIDEOS It's Pronounced Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Justice. It's Pronounced Metrosexual (IPM) is your free, uncopyrighted, totally-accessible online resource for learning (on your own) & teaching (others, by sharing and facilitating) about gender, sexuality, & social justice created by Sam Killermann in 2011 . I'm happy to tell you more! THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person - It's Pronounced Metrosexual. The Genderbread Person. The Genderbread Person is a cute, approachable model for understanding the social construction of gender, based on the input of thousands of voices over several decades. Every version I ( Sam Killermann) have made is yours to use however you’d like, having 7 LESSONS FROM A DECADE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM 6. Money scares us. The social justice movement – and many of the movements within it – have a complicated relationship with money. Many of us are afraid that a focus on class (or socioeconomic status) will derail our focus on other dimensions of discrimination and oppression (e.g., via YOU SOUP: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND THE INTERSECTIONS OFTEA SOUP RECIPETEA SOUP RICEBONE SOUP READ ALOUDSTONE SOUP READ ALOUDSTONE SOUP READ ALOUD ONLINESTONE SOUP READ ALOUD YOUTUBE You, at a basic level, are a combination of dozens (or more) of identities that merge to form one unique individual. Some of these identities were granted to you at birth (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality), others were imposed on or ascribed to you as a child (e.g., socioeconomic status, geographical location, education),

some are your

30+ EXAMPLES OF CISGENDER PRIVILEGES Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If cisgender is a new term to you, here’s how I define it in my list of LGBTQ+ vocabulary: cisgender /“siss-jendur”/ – adj. : WHY WE WON'T DEFUND THE POLICE (IN TWO GRAPHS) A month ago, when we were in the midst of a resurgence of international Black Lives Matter marches and activism, hearing calls for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of lethal police brutality, I dedicated the header of this site to a movement proposing solutions. 4 REASONS YOU SHOULD STOP SAYING “NON-STRAIGHT” With all the talk of marriage equality, gay comic book weddings, and even gayer flowcharts flowing around the web, people are getting ever more sensitive about using inclusive language when they can.. That’s great! But more often than ever I am hearing folks use the term “non-straight” to refer to people who are lesbian, gay, bi-, pan-

or even trans*.

30+ EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE-TO-UPPER CLASS PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of middle-to-upper class privileges. If you are a member of the middle class or upper class economic groups (or, in some cases, perceived to be) listed below are benefits that may be granted to you based on your group membership — benefits not granted to

folks

HOW TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE USES NON-INCLUSIVE (OR BIGOTEDNON INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE EXAMPLESNON INCLUSIVE LISTNON INCLUSIVE MEANNON INCLUSIVE SYNONYMINCLUSIVE WORDS LIST 3. DON’T make them feel like bad people. Focus on the behavior, not the person. They aren’t bad people, unless they are squirting vinegar at bees. Then they might be bad people. Unless bees are secretly into that sort of thing, in which case, go you. 4. DO provide a correction for the future. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS VS. INCLUSIVENESS The Skinny on Political Correctness and Being Inclusive. Being politically correct is behaving in a way that will gain you approval from others. It makes you look good to those in power (voters, friends, parents, teachers, Mark Zuckerberg) so that they will think favorably of you. Being inclusive is all about being a better person

to other people.

IT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUAL: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & SOCIALABOUTARTICLESEDUGRAPHICSIT'S PRONOUNCED METROSEXUALBOOKSVIDEOS It's Pronounced Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Justice. It's Pronounced Metrosexual (IPM) is your free, uncopyrighted, totally-accessible online resource for learning (on your own) & teaching (others, by sharing and facilitating) about gender, sexuality, & social justice created by Sam Killermann in 2011 . I'm happy to tell you more! THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person - It's Pronounced Metrosexual. The Genderbread Person. The Genderbread Person is a cute, approachable model for understanding the social construction of gender, based on the input of thousands of voices over several decades. Every version I ( Sam Killermann) have made is yours to use however you’d like, having 7 LESSONS FROM A DECADE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM 6. Money scares us. The social justice movement – and many of the movements within it – have a complicated relationship with money. Many of us are afraid that a focus on class (or socioeconomic status) will derail our focus on other dimensions of discrimination and oppression (e.g., via YOU SOUP: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND THE INTERSECTIONS OFTEA SOUP RECIPETEA SOUP RICEBONE SOUP READ ALOUDSTONE SOUP READ ALOUDSTONE SOUP READ ALOUD ONLINESTONE SOUP READ ALOUD YOUTUBE You, at a basic level, are a combination of dozens (or more) of identities that merge to form one unique individual. Some of these identities were granted to you at birth (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality), others were imposed on or ascribed to you as a child (e.g., socioeconomic status, geographical location, education),

some are your

30+ EXAMPLES OF CISGENDER PRIVILEGES Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges. If you are cisgender, listed below are benefits that result from your alignment of identity and perceived identity. If cisgender is a new term to you, here’s how I define it in my list of LGBTQ+ vocabulary: cisgender /“siss-jendur”/ – adj. : WHY WE WON'T DEFUND THE POLICE (IN TWO GRAPHS) A month ago, when we were in the midst of a resurgence of international Black Lives Matter marches and activism, hearing calls for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of lethal police brutality, I dedicated the header of this site to a movement proposing solutions. 4 REASONS YOU SHOULD STOP SAYING “NON-STRAIGHT” With all the talk of marriage equality, gay comic book weddings, and even gayer flowcharts flowing around the web, people are getting ever more sensitive about using inclusive language when they can.. That’s great! But more often than ever I am hearing folks use the term “non-straight” to refer to people who are lesbian, gay, bi-, pan-

or even trans*.

30+ EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE-TO-UPPER CLASS PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of middle-to-upper class privileges. If you are a member of the middle class or upper class economic groups (or, in some cases, perceived to be) listed below are benefits that may be granted to you based on your group membership — benefits not granted to

folks

HOW TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE USES NON-INCLUSIVE (OR BIGOTEDNON INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE EXAMPLESNON INCLUSIVE LISTNON INCLUSIVE MEANNON INCLUSIVE SYNONYMINCLUSIVE WORDS LIST 3. DON’T make them feel like bad people. Focus on the behavior, not the person. They aren’t bad people, unless they are squirting vinegar at bees. Then they might be bad people. Unless bees are secretly into that sort of thing, in which case, go you. 4. DO provide a correction for the future. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS VS. INCLUSIVENESS The Skinny on Political Correctness and Being Inclusive. Being politically correct is behaving in a way that will gain you approval from others. It makes you look good to those in power (voters, friends, parents, teachers, Mark Zuckerberg) so that they will think favorably of you. Being inclusive is all about being a better person

to other people.

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EDUGRAPHICS

Edugraphics are really fun to make — maybe my favorite things to make. I like making these things so much I made up a word to describe them. Some fall into the categories of gender, sexuality, and social justice.Some are printable.All are delightful. GENDER ARTICLES, EDUGRAPHICS, BOOKS, & RESOURCES Free resources created by Sam Killermann for learning about gender, gender expression, and gender identity. 4 REASONS YOU SHOULD STOP SAYING “NON-STRAIGHT” With all the talk of marriage equality, gay comic book weddings, and even gayer flowcharts flowing around the web, people are getting ever more sensitive about using inclusive language when they can.. That’s great! But more often than ever I am hearing folks use the term “non-straight” to refer to people who are lesbian, gay, bi-, pan-

or even trans*.

THE GENDERBREAD PERSON The Genderbread Person is an infographic that breaks down gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, and sexual orientation into an easy to understand visual. It’s been around in some form for many years, and this is my whack at making an inclusive, adorable, easy to understand depiction. OF COURSE BIOLOGICAL SEX IS REAL Saying “biological sex is socially constructed” (or colonialist, imperialist, etc-ist), is NOT saying “it doesn’t exist.”. Arguing that sex (or gender, or anything) is socially constructed isn’t the same as saying it doesn’t exist. Social constructions are very real – life or death real. People seem to think “socially THE GENDERBREAD PERSON VERSION 4 The Genderbread Person is a model that depicts the ways society constructs gender, and the different components that go into that. It’s meant to be a digestible introduction to these ideas, for beginners, in a way that makes sense to most people. The Genderbread

Person is not:

30+ EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE-TO-UPPER CLASS PRIVILEGES 30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privileges Reply Share. Following is a list of middle-to-upper class privileges. If you are a member of the middle class or upper class economic groups (or, in some cases, perceived to be) listed below are benefits that may be granted to you based on your group membership — benefits not granted to

folks

BREAKING THROUGH THE BINARY: GENDER EXPLAINED USING Update: View my newest version of the Genderbread Person, version 4 here. It’s a heckuvalot better and just as free to use however you’d like! And here is the Genderbread Person page with downloads and all versions.. Gender is a tough subject to tackle. There are a lot of facets to consider, a lot of pressures at play, and we have all been conditioned in such a way that our first instinct I’M NOT ANTI-CHRISTIAN, BUT RELIGION SHOULDN’T HAVE A If you like what I'm creating here, you'll love my book A Guide to Gender.It's just like this site, but made of paper. I co-authored Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation with Meg Bolger to help you teach everything you read here to others.. I wrote Defining LGBTQ+ to give you a head start on all the vocab.It's only available as an e-book

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