Tag: gender

  • Crash Course on LGBTQIA+ Terminology

    Crash Course on LGBTQIA+ Terminology

    SCOTIE WILCHER We’ve covered this topic before at the Salemite in this section, however, given that this is our first article of the year, we thought a refresher might be in order. Let’s talk about terminology. The basics; sex, gender and sexuality. Though society may try to tie them together, they are completely unrelated. Sex…

  • LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series: Transgender Rights

    LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series: Transgender Rights

    This is an educational series meant to distribute information about subjects of sexuality and gender orientations. This month will be covering the rights of transgender students in the school system. All of our information comes from Trans Equality. Transgender people face a heavy amount of discrimination based on gender identity, and this is no different…

  • LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series: Gender Identity vs Sexual Orientation

    LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series: Gender Identity vs Sexual Orientation

    By Scotie Wilcher and Savi Ettinger This is an educational series meant to distribute information about subjects of sexuality and gender orientations. This month’s topic is the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity and how they intersect! As the idea of intersectionality begins to gain popularity, more and more people have started to educate…

  • LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series:  Romantic Orientation and Attraction

    LGBTQIA+ An Educational Series: Romantic Orientation and Attraction

    By Savi Ettinger This is an educational series meant to distribute information about subjects of sexuality and gender orientations. All of the information for this month comes from the LGBTQ Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. While sexuality is a topic that a great deal of people know of, romantic orientation and attraction is less discussed, and…

  • Asexual & Agender

    Asexual & Agender

    LGBTQ+: An Educational Series By Sarah Vick      Earlier in the fall, The Salemite covered the first six letters of the LGBTQIA+ initialism. Now we are continuing our journey through the alphabet with definitions provided by the Gender Equity Resource Center at the University of California at Berkeley. This is the third installment of an…