Deck 9: Sexual Diversity in Canada

Question 1

A pre-operative transsexual is a person who

A) has transitioned from a male to a female.
B) has transitioned from a female to a male.
C) has undertaken hormonal treatment to cohere to traits of the opposite gender.
D) has undertaken surgeries to align their gender identity with bodily appearance.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a theme that emerged out of the work of 19-century sexologists?

A) Homosexuality should be examined by the medical field.
B) Homosexuality is a byproduct of colonialism.
C) Homosexuality is a characteristic of the intermediate sex.
D) Sexuality and gender are not clearly differentiated.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The 1892 Canadian Criminal Code criminalized sodomy under what guise?

A) gross indecency
B) buggery
C) unnatural intercourse
D) immoral sex acts

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which theorist coined the term "queer theory"?

A) Teresa de Lauretis
B) Carl Westphal
C) Zillah Eisenstein
D) Simon Levay

Question 5

What does the term "lesbian continuum" refer to?

A) a spectrum of sexual attraction
B) different types of lesbians
C) a variety of forms of feminisms
D) women's experiences as unified against patriarchy

Question 6

What do queer theorists believe about identity?

A) It is always unfixed and stable.
B) It is always related to language and context.
C) It is always contextual and unchanging.
D) It is always stable and related to language.

Question 7

Which provinces were mandated by the Canadian federal government to include sexual orientation in their provincial Human Rights Act?

A) Quebec and Manitoba
B) Manitoba and Alberta
C) Alberta and Prince Edward Island
D) Prince Edward Island and Quebec

Question 8

Homosexuality is a phenomenon unique to humans.

Question 9

The Lavender Scare emerged out of which moral panic?

A) the Red Scare
B) the panic over pedophilia
C) the H1N1 panic
D) the AIDS/HIV panic

Question 10

The term "homosexuality" was invented before the term "heterosexuality."

Question 11

How does the Canadian government use medical terminology and reasoning discourses to control those who wish to change their bodies through Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS)?

A) Without a Canadian Social Insurance Number,a person cannot apply for SRS.
B) Only those who have been diagnosed with a Gender Identity Disorder can apply for SRS.
C) One needs to be diagnosed with a Gender Identity Disorder before they can apply for a change in their birth certificate,which they need before they can apply for a SRS.
D) In order to apply for a change of sex on his/her driver's licence,a person needs to be diagnosed with a Gender Identity Disorder.Only then can the person apply for SRS.

Question 12

The hijra exemplify how sexuality is valued by the nation-state in what way?

A) moral
B) politically legitimating
C) productive
D) colonial

Question 13

Krafft-Ebing and Havelock Ellis took a biological approach to sexuality and saw homosexuality as an aberration.

Question 14

Gay men have different brains than heterosexual men.

Question 15

Sexuality has always referred to our attraction to others.

Question 16

Which of the following was inspired by the policy raid on the Stonewall Bar?

A) the gay liberation movement
B) the legalization of transgender surgeries
C) the North American Intersex Society
D) the decrease in size of the lesbian community in Montreal

Question 17

In what year did The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)remove explicit reference to homosexuality as a form of mental illness?

A) 1968
B) 1973
C) 1980
D) 1986

Question 18

What designation is used for the "gay gene" discovered by Dean Hamer?

A) XYY
B) XXY
C) 28qX
D) Xq28

Question 19

In which country is the so-called gay panic defence known as the Homosexual Advance Defence?

A) Canada
B) United States
C) England
D) Australia

Question 20

What is the significance of GRID?

A) It defined the emerging AIDS/HIV crisis as one linked to genetics.
B) It referred to a disease that predated AIDS in Canada.
C) It embedded homosexuality within a matrix of sexual relations.
D) It defined the emerging AIDS/HIV crisis as one linked to homosexuality.

Question 21

Apply the concept of normalization to the work of the 19th-century sexologists.How did their work establish heterosexuality as the norm?

Question 22

According to social constructivists,identity is fixed in relation to those to whom we are attracted.

Question 23

The term "transgendered" includes cross-dressers.

Question 24

Explain how the DSM exemplifies the process of normalization.

Question 25

Using the concept of cultural frameworks,explain how understandings of sexuality have evolved from those based in a scientific,medical model to those based on a rights model.Refer to changes in legislation regarding sex acts,definitions of marriage,and appropriate school materials.

Question 26

Outline the key tenets of biological and social constructivist approaches to sexuality.

Question 27

Explain how Everett Klippert played an important role in changes to the laws governing homosexuality in Canada.

Question 28

Compare the 1950s Lavender Scare and HIV/AIDS crisis of the late 20^th century.How did each become a moral panic,and what were the effects in each case on post-war ideas about homosexuality?

Question 29

All feminist analyses of sexuality led to challenging "compulsory heterosexuality" and identified heterosexism as a challenge.

Question 30

"Sexual inversion" means contrary sexual feeling.

Question 31

In Canada,the majority of same-sex married couples are found in the three major metropolitan areas.

Question 32

Queer theory challenged the idea that sexual and gendered identities are fixed.

Question 33

Discuss how the legacy of colonialism affects concepts of sexuality in Canada and other Commonwealth countries.

Question 34

Discuss the relationship between male homosexual panic and the closet.How does the closet operate as both a space of safety and silence?