Social Work and Sexual and Gender Diversity  

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1. Which term refers to an individual's subjective sense of self as female, male, or across a gender spectrum?

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2. What identity signified sexual and gender difference as well as a person's social status and role within Indigenous communities?

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3. In what year was same-sex sexual activity decriminalized in Canada?

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4. What is the term used to describe violence embedded within policies, institutions, and laws that favour some groups in society over others?

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5. Who among the following are most commonly represented in mainstream media?

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6. Which of the following is NOT true concerning social location?

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7. Which of the following identities is still considered a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?

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8. What is an important practice for social workers to engage in when trying to foster an anti-oppressive and social justice-oriented approach to their work?

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9. Which term is used to describe the form of power that an individual holds based on their social location and position within an organization?

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10. Which of the following is NOT a way for social workers to create safer spaces for TSLGBTQ people?

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11. When did the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code get amended to provide legislative protection for Canadians for discrimination based on gender identity and expression?

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12. Which of the following indicates that a microinvalidation has occurred toward a TSLGBTQ person?

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13. Which term is used to describe the belief that cissexuality is natural and normal and any other forms of gender identity or expression are inferior?

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14. Social workers can better service TSLGBTQ people by ________.

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15. A woman of colour who feels forced to choose between affiliation with an anti-racist movement that is sexist or a feminist movement that is racist can be said to be experiencing ________.

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16. Despite legal protections, TSLGBTQ people continue to experience homophobia and transphobia in Canada.

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17. Homophobia exists in Canada due to the "homophobic culture" of immigrant communities.

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18. Before colonial contact, many First Nations understood and affirmed sexual and gender difference.

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19. Cissexism is the belief that heterosexuality is natural and the norm, and that any other forms of sexual identity or expression are inferior.

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20. Intersectionality suggests that people who experience a similar form of oppression are marginalized in the same way regardless of their other circumstances.

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21. "Coming out" is the final stage to healthy and positive well-being for TSLGBTQ people.

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22. When developing support plans, social workers should consider not only TSLGBTQ people's nuclear family but extended and chosen families as well.

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23. The "gay village" is the safest place for all TSLGBTQ people.

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24. Upon arrival in Canada, trans refugee claimants can immediately apply to change their legal name and gender marker.

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25. Not making assumptions when working with TSLGBTQ people and allowing them to self-identify is the best way for social workers to ensure that they are being respectful.

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26. The age of consent for same-sex and heterosexual acts is the same in all states where same-gender sexual activity is legal.

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27. The term "homosexual" is still commonly used to describe gay and lesbian individuals in francophone regions.

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28. The death penalty still exists in some regions as a punishment for engagement in same-gender sexual activity.

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29. Conversion therapy for TSLGBTQ people to become cis and heterosexual no longer exists in Canada.

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30. Structural violence is at play when social processes, relations, and practices embedded within policies, institutions, and laws favour some groups in society over others.

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