Understanding sexUal minorities and taking actionfor sexUal rights in africa
BreakAnother Silence
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Introduction
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Contents
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women-who-have-sex-with-women
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)
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(
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• People who see themselves as homosexual or bisexual;• People who see themselves as heterosexual but have same-sex sex. For example,- people who are married and so see themselves in their expected gender role, but who alsohave a same-sex relationship;- people who have same-sex sex at certain points in their lives, such as some prisoners,
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- people (mainly males) who see themselves as heterosexual but use rape to dominate or
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Even more specic terms such as ‘lesbian’ or ‘gay’ refer
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1. Basics Information aboutSex, Gender & Sexuality
We all know about ‘sex’ and ‘gender’, don’t we? Read on… in reality, things are a bit different
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The simple view
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The simple view
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The simple view
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The reality
• Most babies are born male or female.• A minority are born
intersex
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are. Parents raise them as male or female, or doctors do
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then do surgical operations to ‘make’ them male or female.Sometimes the person does not feel they t the sex label they
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The reality
• Most males feel they are male, and most females feel they are
.
• Some males feel themselves to be female, and some females
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transgender
).
• Some people mostly feel themselves to be male but
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• Some feel neither male nor female.
The reality
• The majority of males are only or mainly sexually attractedto females, and the majority of females are only or mainly
attracted to male (
heterosexuals
, alo aid to be
straight
).
• Some males are only or mainly attracted to males, some
female are only or mainly attracted to female (
homosexuals
,alo known a
gays
and
lesbians
repectively).
• Some males and females are attracted to both males and
female (
bisexuals
).
• Transgendered males and females may be heterosexual,
homoexual or biexual.
SexGender Identity
The simple view
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The reality
• Most sex is between males and females.• There is also sex between all possible combinations of males,
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• Some male heterosexuals also have sex with men, and some
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• Some male homosexuals also have sex with females, and
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Sexual PracticesSexual Orientation
“For me, being bisexual meansto love a personfor themselves,regardless of their gender.”
Paula, South African
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Break Another Silence: Understanding sexual minorities and taking action for sexual rights in Africa
This booklet is about marginalised sexualities and human rights. It’s written for people working in civil society and government organisations, with a focus on Africa, particularly the Horn, East, and Central Africa.
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