Understanding Gender

Talking about Gender and Identity

Scenarios

In this activity, you will respond to a number of scenarios related to a person expressing
their identity. It doesn’t matter if your answers are different to those of your classmates.

1. Leah is eleven and she does not want to wear a skirt or a dress to school.
a) Do you think this is okay?

b) What could Leah do about it?

2. The students in Morgan’s class are mean to her because they think she doesn’t act
‘like a girl’.
a) What do you think is influencing their mean behaviour?

b) What advice would you give to Morgan?

3. Jayden wants to be addressed as ‘they’ and ‘them’, instead of ‘he’ and ‘him’.
a) How would you would feel about their decision and would you respect the request?

b) How might Jayden respond?

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4. Daniela tells Tyler that she is cisgender, but he doesn’t understand what it means.
a) How would you explain the word ‘cisgender’ to Tyler?

b) Why do you think some people find this word difficult to understand?

5. Antonio tells their friends that they are non-binary, but some of their classmates are
confused.
a) What do you understand ‘non-binary’ to mean?

b) Why do you think some people find this term difficult to understand?

6. Carter tells their friends that they no longer identify as male, and the group starts
calling them ‘gay’.
a) What do you think about this group of friends?

b) Is gender the same as sexuality?

7. Alyssa has been getting weird messages from an unknown number calling them
‘weird’, because they have recently said they no longer identify as female.
a) Who could Alyssa speak to about this?

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b) Why might someone decide against reporting this behaviour?

8. Jessie feels like they don’t identify with the gender they were assigned at birth, but
they are scared to say anything for fear of bullying.
a) Why might someone worry about talking about their gender?

b) What advice would you give to Jessie?

9. Sadie is fed up with being told she can’t play sports with the boys.
a) Do you think sports should be gender-specific?

b) What advice would you give to Sadie?

10. Leo has been physically hurt by another student because he chose to wear a pink
shirt.
a) Do you think there are gender-specific colours?

b) What could Leo do in this situation?

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