To understand

the LGBT history

and relevant
LGBT
terms and its
importance. Psychology
Introduction

Label are so powerful it can be used to

discriminate and oppress people.
However, labels can also empower
people to claim their space in our
society, especially in the political sphere.
Views on LGBT in History

Sexual and emotional attraction towards

the same sex has been recorded
throughout history of mankind.
A. In China 600 BCE, they used the
terms ‘pleasures of the bitten peach’
and ‘Brokeback.’
B. In Japan, they have ‘shudo’ or
‘nanshoku’.
C. ‘Kathoey’ is used in Thailand to refer
to lady boys.
D. In the Philippines, ‘Babaylan’ and the
‘Catalonan’ who were mostly
women priests, but some are males
who lived their lives as women.
Views on LGBT in History
A. Society’s attitude towards homosexuality
and other gender variants change through
history. In ancient Greeks, all males are
expected to take on younger male lower
in a practice called pederasty.
B. Some societies, like the indigenous Native
Americans, accepted and celebrated what
they called ‘two-spirited’ person in a
dance to the ‘Berdache.’
Views on LGBT in
History
Later cultures see it as a “sin”
following the Abrahamic
Religion which branded it as
sodomy, a crime against
nature. As these cultures
colonized other countries, it
enforced its belief systems of
viewing same sex attraction as
a sin through violence such as
killing homosexuals through
burning, stoning, or being fed
to the animals.
Views on LGBT
in History
Homosexuality was
classified as an illness in
the 19th C.E. as a basic
for them to legally
persecute homosexuals,
imprison, and commit
them to a mental
institutions.
Views on LGBT in History
As science advanced through years of extensive research, the APA (the
American Psychological Association) removed homosexuality as a
psychiatric disorder or a sickness in 1973. APA finally declared that
being attracted to people of the same sex is a natural variation of
human experience, and it does not make anyone any less of a healthy
and functioning human being – as LGBT community are now fostered.
ABC’s of the LGBTQIA+
1. Lesbian – women who are emotionally and sexually attracted
woman.
2. Gay – men who are emotionally and sexually attracted to man.
3. Bisexual – men or women who are emotionally and sexually
attracted to man or woman.
4. Transgender – when your gender identify (how you feel) is
different from your physical sex (male/female).
5. Queer – used by people who celebrated all gender identities,
can also mean someone who do not want to be restricted as
Lesbian, Gay or Bi.
ABC’s of the LGBTQIA+
6. Intersex – people who were born with sex genitals or
chromosome patterns that do not fit the typical male or
female body.
7. Asexual/ Ally – asexual are people who do not feel sexual
attraction to anyone, but it does not mean that they do
not engage in romantic or sexual relationships. Allies are
straight or heterosexual people who are fighting for LGBT.
8. Plus + - the plus sign refers to all sexualities that do not fit
in the LGBTQIA spectrum.
Understanding
Transgenderism (Introducing)

Society attaches a lot of

meanings to our
biological sex or physical
sex. Parents unknowingly
set up a gender-based
pattern of raising their
children upon knowing
the biological sex of their
babies.
Understanding Transgenderism (Introducing)

The limited view on sexuality makes it harder

for those who do not fit in the box of
masculinity and femininity, like lesbians, gays,
and bisexuals. However, it makes it so much
more difficult for the transgender people,
those who feel like they were born in the
wrong body or given the wrong biological sex.
Understanding Transgenderism (Identifying)

The APA defines

transgender as “an
umbrella term for persons
whose gender identity,
gender expression, or
behavior does not conform
to that typically associated
with the sex to which they
were assigned.
Understanding Transgenderism (Identifying)

Transexuals (under the

umbrella) is often used in
the medical field to refer to
people whose gender
identity is different from
their biological sex and
they may want to change
their body, so it resembles
how they feel about their
gender identity.
Other Sexualities Under the Transgender
Umbrella
A. FTM – female to male, a person whose biological sex is female and has
transitioned to living his life as a male;
B. MTF – male to female, a person whose biological sex is male and has
transitioned to living his life as a female;
C. Crossdressing – some people want to dress as the opposite gender from
time to time, however, unlike transexual, they are comfortable
identifying with their biological sex;
D. Drag kings and queens – these are people who dress as the opposite
gender for entertainment which they do out of passion or for work.
E. Gender queer – these are people who feel like their gender does not fit
the gender binary view that is limited to the male or female category
because they feel that these are too restrictive.
Understanding
Transgenderism
(Process)
When a person realizes
that he or she may be a
transgender, a
psychologist can guide
the person through the
transition especially
when a person want to
go through a permanent
change like sex
reassignment surgery.
 Understanding
Transgenderism
(Respectful Culture)
The proper use of pronouns, he or
she, should be observed when
talking to a transgender person to
show respect as a decent human
being. Addressing them to what
they represent should be a best to
practice. However, it is most
respectful to ask for the preferred
pronoun instead of assuming.
Summary

Labels are important especially in the

acceptance and promotion of human
rights. The evolution of the terms
used to describe people who are
emotionally and sexually attracted to
the same sex have evolve through
time. From the heterosexual to
LGBTQIA+, let us remember that we
are all humans, born free and equal.