Exam 3: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

After years of activism and negotiation, when did psychiatrists remove homosexuality as a mental disordered disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-II)?

Bill C- 16 to include gender expression in addition to gender identity as a charter protection and to the criminal code was passed in 2017.

Why do gender norms have a greater impact on gay fathers than beliefs about their sexual orientation?

Heteronormativity is the assumption that people will form sexual and romantic attractions and partnerships always and only across genders.

Current research estimates that almost 50% of trans people in Canada have experienced some form of conversion therapy.

In some LGBTQI+ circles, polyamory is considered an implicitly political identity linked with the dismantling of capitalism, homonormativity, and white supremacy, and aligned with anarchism and social justice.

What term was coined by Dorothy Smith to describe the cultural construct of the ideal family which assumed the parents were married to each other, with a particular gendered arrangement of earning and caretaking responsibilities, following white, middle-class, Christian norms?

The 2016 Canadian Census shows that percentage of same-sex couples that report living with children has risen over the past 15 years, from 8.6% to 32% of same-sex couples.

Svend Robinson was the first openly gay politician in Canada.

The concept of chosen family describes relationships that are deliberately built on all but which of the following?

Researchers estimate that between 10 and 20% of homeless youth in Canada are LGBTQI+.

According to a recent American survey, how many LGBTQI+ youth had considered suicide in the past year?

Despite being valuable to increasing the rights of LGBTQI+ families, the first wave of research on LGBTQI+ research was limited in all but which of the following ways?

How do experiences of LGBTQI+ people vary across different life stages?

Which of the following is best described as the practice of trying to 'cure' LGBTQI+ people - especially young people - by trying to change same-sex desires to heterosexual desires or changing gender behaviour to match someone's assigned gender at birth?

Using at least 5 examples, discuss how the Canadian state has regulated LGBTQI+ families in the past.

The majority of LGBTQI+ child-rearing couples in Canada are female.

The LGBTQI+ community generally views monogamy in which of the following ways?

When compared to heterosexual and cisgender peers, LGBTQI+ older adults report lower lifetime experiences of violent victimization and discrimination.

Ontario began issuing health cards without a gender marker in 2006.