Children tend to be socialized into very strict gender roles. This socialization process and these expectations tend to be especially difficult for children who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or otherwise genderqueer. Give an example of two specific difficulties that queer kids may face growing up as well as a potential response to help ease each issue, explaining how the response would directly impact the issue.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Answers for this question may vary. Students should draw from the material on pages 138 to 139 to answer this question but may use their own unique examples.
They may cite decisions (and social stigma and teasing) over what restrooms to use, what clothes to wear, what gendered sports team to play for, what dorm room to live in, among others, as issues queer kids face. Responses may include introducing diversity early on to children (both for queer and nonqueer kids), providing gender-neutral restrooms, sports options, and living opportunities, and eliminating gender-specific language from conversation. Students should make explicit connections between their potential responses and the issues.
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