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New Conceptions of Sexuality and Gender

New Conceptions of Sexuality and Gender. Kevin Alderson, Ph.D., R. Psych. Associate Professor, Counselling Psychology Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy alderson@ucalgary.ca. Biography-1. Author, Counseling LGBTI Clients (2013, Sage).

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New Conceptions of Sexuality and Gender

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  1. New Conceptions of Sexuality and Gender Kevin Alderson, Ph.D., R. Psych. Associate Professor, Counselling Psychology Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy alderson@ucalgary.ca

  2. Biography-1 • Author, Counseling LGBTI Clients (2013, Sage). • Author, Breaking Out II: The Complete Guide to Building a Positive LGBTI Identity (2012, Insomniac Press). • Co-Author, Same-Sex Marriage: The Personal and the Political (2004, Insomniac Press).

  3. Biography - 2 • Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy • Member, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) • Member, Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH)

  4. The First Sexual Revolution • The sexual freedom following the advent of the birth control pill and the liberation movements that were underway. • This revolution was led and publicized by heterosexual individuals. • Same-sex behaviour remained ostracized and silenced.

  5. The Second RevolutionGay Liberation • Same-sex behaviour legalized in Canada in 1969. • Homosexuality declassified as a mental disorder in 1973. • Steady increase in tolerance since these changes. • Same-sex marriage in 2005. WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

  6. Second Revolution continued . . . • Equal rights for gay and lesbian individuals has taken some of the “sting” off being sexual with another of the same sex. • This revolution freed individuals to begin exploring their sexualities and their identities.

  7. The Third RevolutionThe Explosion of Gender Diversity • Our notions of gender are being increasingly challenged. • Our world will be forever altered… it needs to be.

  8. Readiness Where are you at in your acceptance of LGBT individuals? Let’s take a glimpse. . .

  9. The Barometer

  10. The Diminishing Impact of the Binary Where is the middle ground? What does the middle ground look like?

  11. New Conceptions of Gender-1 • Transgender remains the inclusive term. • It is vague, and so are the newer terms • E.g., Gender variant, trans identified • Who are transsexual individuals? Why is this term losing favour?

  12. New Conceptions of Gender - 2 • The emergence of a third gender • Physical transitioning does not make the person the other gender – it approximates it. • They were usually not raised to be the gender they feel more closely aligned with, and are therefore missing a great deal of gender socialization.

  13. New Conceptions of Gender - 3 • There is a substantial qualitative difference between cisgendered males and FTM males. • There is a substantial qualitative difference between cisgendered females and MTF males.

  14. New Conceptions of Gender - 4 • Who are fetishistic crossdressing individuals (often simply called crossdressers)? • Who are transgenderists? • Who are gender queers (genderqueers)?

  15. New Conceptions of Gender-5 • Who are transgenderists? • Who are gender queers (genderqueers)? • Are we ready for the third gender?

  16. New Conceptions of Sexuality • Why do some people prefer the term queer [note this term may be used to denote gender and/or sexuality]? • Are we ready to relinquish the term sexual orientation? • What term may replace it?

  17. Primary Research Question What isaffectional orientation – what components comprise it, and how stable are its various components? Hypotheses: Affectional orientation is multidimensional Stability (from least to most): sexual fantasies  sexual behaviour  sexual attraction  sexual preference  propensity to fall in love romantically  actual experience of falling in love romantically

  18. What is Affectional Orientation? • Affectional orientation better reflects “the fact that a person’s orientation goes beyond sexuality” (Pedersen, Crethar, & Carlson, 2008, p. 136). • Affectional orientation refers to the attraction, erotic desire, and philia for members of the opposite gender, the same gender, or both (Alderson, 2013, p. 3).

  19. Summary of the New Conceptions • The middle ground of gender: Gender Queer • The middle ground of sexuality: Bisexual, Pansexual • Ending the binary system • Impact of the binary system • Delay in identity achievement for both gender and sexuality

  20. Quote from Erik Erikson “Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well-considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child’s spirit.”

  21. Contact Information www.kevinalderson.ca alderson@ucalgary.ca

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