Inglés. Primer año Medio

Name		Grade	Primer año Medio
Date		Teacher	Gumor Castillo
Department	Languages
Worksheet
Objectives
Instructions	Naswer the questions based on the text and send the worksheet to teacher.gumorgmail.com

I.                   Read the following text and answer the questions.

            Stanley, a young male child from Canada asks his parents that he wants to go out to the street by wearing a dress today, just because he feels like doing that. The parents, a bit scared, agreed but talk to each other and discuss the possibility that their kid may grow up being gay and, although they are okay with that, the fear that he might be victim of bullying in the future. Years later, by the age of 17, Stanley openly talks to his parents about his decision of changing his name because he no longer feels like naming Stanley; his parents, a little confused, ask him about his new name. “Sabrina” she responds. She tells them that, for a long time she had felt that she was in another person’s body, that her new identity is the one of a woman, but, as far as she is concerned, she has always been a woman, but in a different body.

            What happened to Sabrina has to do with what is known as gender identity, which is how a person feels about his or her own gender and how he or she wants to express it to the world. Is an old concept but it has been developed and spread to society after 2015 with many concepts that deepens the old idea of men and women in the world.

Gender identity is generally developed very early in life. It's about how you experience or perceive your gender, how you show this to others, and how you want others to treat you.

The physical features that you were born with (your biological sex) do not necessarily define your gender. Although gender has traditionally been divided into "male" and "female", it is now widely recognized that gender is not that simple.

The gender spectrum includes numerous identities including male, female, a mixture of both, no gender, a fluid gender, or another gender. Whilst people who experience gender diversity identify with a range of different terms, "trans and gender diverse" is often used as an umbrella term to describe people who identify with a gender that is different to the one assigned to them at birth. The LGBT acronym ash been expanded since then to LGBTIQ+ with the purpose of standing and defending the rights of all different types of sexual orientations and identities related to different genders.(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Intersexual, Queer, and any other that are currently under development to be defined, such as non-binary and pansexual).

If a young person has confided in you about their gender diversity be sure to respect their privacy and ask before sharing their information with anyone else. They may not be comfortable in letting other people know yet and it is very important that the young person remains in control of their personal information because that person may still be dealing with it as it is a whole process to communicate that to the rest of the world. More important than that, there might be a family issue going on as not all the families are ready to accept a phenomenon like this one.

There still many things that need to be discussed openly so people and families can internalize and understand these issues in order to have a better, healthier, and more empathetic society.

I.                   Answer the following questions based on the text.

1.      What happened to a young boy in Canada?

2.      What was the reaction of the parents?

3.      What did the child want to change when he was 17 and why?

4.      How is known the concept that deals with this phenomenon?

5.      How can that concept be described?

6.      What is an old conception about gender?

7.      What are some of the identities the gender spectrum considers?

8.      What is a term that is used to refer to people that have a different gender than the one they were given at birth?

9.      Why is it advisable not to tell to other person if a young person tells you about his/her gender identity issues?

10.  What is the purpose of discussing these issues openly?