Part 3:GENDERED LIVELIHOOD

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• TRANSGENDER-
– is the state of one’s
gender identity or gender
expression not matching
one’s assigned sex.
• Heterosexuality-
– Romantic or sexual attraction or behaviour
between persons of opposite sex.

- Homosexuality
- is a romantic or sexual attraction or behaviour
between of the same sex or gender.
• Bisexuality
– is romantic or sexual attraction or behaviour
towards both males and females. It is also called
Pan Sexuality.
• Asexuality or no sexuality
– –is the lack of sexual attraction to anyone.
• Trans Man- individuals who were born into
biologically female bodies but identity as
male.

• Trans Woman- those who were born into

biologically male bodies but are female-
gendered.
 History of Pathology
• In 1994, Gender Identity Disorder (GID)
replaced “Transsexualism”as the official
diagnosis for gender non-conforming
individuals (American Psychiatric
Association,APA 2000).
 BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE
• Lack of legal protection to prevent against
discrimination by providers
( Kammerer,Mason,and Connors,1999)
• Inadequate finances
• Providers who are not competent or willing
• Psycho medical gate keeping- counselling
 Transgender Theory
• Many transgender people now identify as
“gender queer” (ex. no gender category)rather
than “male or female”(American Association
Task force on Gender Identity and Gender
Variance,2009).
• Gender queer- also known as non-binary, is a
catch all category for gender identities that are
not exclusively masculine or feminine
identities.
• Gender queer people may express a
combination of masculinity and femininity, or
neither.
 Commonly used Terms
• Trans- short for transgender or transsexual
• Ex. Trans people, trans community, he or
she is trans.
• Trans girl- and trans women- male to
female
• Trans guy,trans boy and trans man- female
to male.
 Being Respectful
• Refrain from offensive terms:
• Trans
• He-She
• She-Male
• Refrain from overly personal questions.
• If you are unsure of one’s identity, try to avoid
pronouns.
• If necessary, refer to them as they present or
politely ask. 'HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADDRESSED?
• Refrain from asking birth name
 Rights

• All adults and capable • I’M GAY

minors should be able to • I’M LESBIAN
choose between • I ‘AM BISEXUAL
female,male,non-binary or
• I ‘AM TRANSGENDER
multiple options.
• I ‘AM LIKE YOU
• Equality in access to
education and health care • I’M HUMAN.
for transgender.
• Facilitate employment to
transgender people.
 Problems Faced
• Transgender are likely to live in poverty.
• They experience unemployment twice that of
the general population.
• They experience harassment, mistreatment or
discrimination.
• Some victims who have interacted with police
reported of harassment by police.
• Some of them attempted suicide.
• Transgender people still cant serve in military.
• Transgender have no access to toilets.
 ORGANIZATION
• The International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission ( IGLHRC).
• Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA) (Pakistan)
• Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE)
• Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden (asia)
 LGBT Issues
• L.G.B.T- is an initialism that stands for
• -lesbian
• -gay
• Bisexual
• Transgender
• LGBT- is the replacement of the term “gay
community” since felt the term gay community
did not accurately represent all those to whom
it referred.
 Same sex marriage
• The first public gay marriage was on March
7,[Link] Director and producer KIM-JHO
GWANG –SOO received much media attention
for tying the knot with kim Seung-hwan,the
head of the gay film distributor Rainbow
factory in September 2013.
The most friendly countries by The least friendly countries by pop. %
population percentage FOR LGBT against LGBT
• Spain -88% • NIGERIA- 98%
• Germany -87% • JORDAN-97%
• Canada -80% • SENEGAL-96%
• HOWEVER, RUSSIA-the least
friendliest country in
Europe.
• In INDIA, made gay sex illegal

• Homosexuality is punishable by death in

• IRAN
• MAURITIANA
• SAUDI ARABIA
• SUDAN
• NIGERIA
• GAMBIA
• In Yemen, there are no gays in Yemen and any
website that even mentions homosexuality IS
BLOCKED.
• In IRAN, over 4,000 LGBT people have been
executed since 1979.
• Brazil, in 2012, there was 338 LGBT related
murders that is one every 26 hours. It is
believed that the Brazilian police force are
responsible for nearly all of these murders.
 human rights violations on the basis of sexual
orientation ,gender identity ,and homosexuality in the phil.

• LGBT in the Philippine context

• -distinctive culture
• -limited legal rights
• -Widespread discrimination
• [Link] political party
 Discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation and gender identity
• Local gov’t units from different cities all over
the [Link] been proactive in passing and
filing city ordinances banning LGBT
DISCRIMINATION.
• in the house of representative,
representative Raymond Palatino
of the kabataan party list filed
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.1333
• In may of 2012,the Department of Education
issued Deped order no.40 or “THE DEPED
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY”
• Overwhelming amount of hate crimes and
murder, pending anti-discrimination bill.
 Marginalization and exclusion of
SOGIE*Issues by the state
• SOGIE(Sexual Orientation and Gender
Identity or Expression )equality bill also
known as ANTI –DISCRIMINATION BILL.
• PNOY specifically excluded LGBT individuals
from equal protection in a reproductive health
law in 2011.
• The state has also been responsible for inciting
homophobia.
• HOMOPHOBIA- dislike of or prejudice against
homosexual people.
• LGBT DISCRIMINATION by the Catholic Church
• Discrimination against LGBT people in the
Military.( AFP,PNP,PMA) they will not prevent
LGBT persons from entering their institutions
provided the LGB People will not engage in
any indecent behaviour or show latent
homosexuality while strictly adhering to rules
and regulations.
• Discrimination against of LGBT Individuals
participation in elections
– on nov,11,2009,the COMELEC Dismissed the
petition of LADLAD LGBT Party list to run in May
2010 national elections claiming that LADLAD
promotes “immorality "and threat to the moral
and spiritual degradation of the youth.
 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL
• The Philippine National Police should held
accountable for maintaining the rights of LGBT
mentioned in Article 3 SEC 2 OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
• ART SEC 14.1 AND SEC 14.2 of the
constitution
 Promotion and protection of LGBT rights on the ground implementation of
the international human rights obligations

• [Link] to security of the persons (art.3

universal declaration of human rights).
• [Link] to equality and non-discrimination
(article 26,article 7).
• [Link] to the highest attainable standard of
health and protection from medical abuses
(art.12,17,18).
• [Link] to recognition before the law
(art.16,17)
• [Link] to family (article 23 and 24).
 Accountability issues
• Government shall address the needs of the
transgender that was compromised with the
access of basic social needs because the legal
system does not allow change in identity in
transgender.