Self Reflective Gender Questions

1. Have you ever had to explain your gender identity? If so in what situations (i.e. to healthcare providers, law enforcement, officers, family, teachers, lov e rs , etc)?

2. What is your preferred pronoun? How often do you have to remind people to refer to you by your preferred pronoun?

3. How often are you confronted with challenges or questions about your gender identity?

4. Have you ever felt unattractive, unw o rt hy , unsure, or unsafe because of your gender identity?

5. How does your gender identity affect how you receive health care, treatment or resources?

6. When did you learn what masculine and feminine mean?

7. What informs the way you express your gender (whether it be masculine, feminine, a combination or something else)?

8. In what ways do you adhere to traditional gender roles and expectations? In what ways to do you not adhere to tradition- al gender roles and expectations?

Talcott Broadhead, M.S.W 2011