This video focuses on gender role stereotypes, touching on the history of traditional gender roles for people born male or female. It goes over how gender role stereotypes affect ideas of beauty and how boys and girls can act according to these stereotypes. The video also explains how gender roles affect how people display emotions. Finally, it explains how expectations of gender roles have changed over time – now, more and more people are able to be true to who they are. [AMZ-072]
This video emphasizes that you can feel free to be attracted to whoever you want to, encouraging young people to tell their friends or loved ones if they are struggling with keeping their sexual orientation a secret. It also lists different sexual orientations and includes the definition of bisexuality. [AMZ-012]
This video defines sexual orientation as who you are attracted to physically and romantically. It also defines lesbian, homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual. It normalizes being unsure of who you are attracted to during adolescence. [AMZ-004]
This video features a deep dive into the lesser-known labels of sexual orientation. It begins by defining sexual orientation, mentions the labels of heterosexual, gay, and bisexual, and then further defines pansexual, asexual (or ace), and demisexual. [AMZ-058]
This video details how to support your LGBTQ+ friends and loved ones – also known as being an ally. It suggests letting your LGBT+ friends know that you’re there if they need to talk, standing up for someone if they are being bullied due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, and getting involved in LGBT+ organizations or causes, such as a GSA. [AMZ-062]
This video defines “coming out” and emphasizes that you get to make the choice of when and who you come out to, suggesting to make a plan for what to do if coming out does not go well, especially with your parents. The video also normalizes using different words to describe your sexual orientation at different times in your life. [AMZ-067]
This video explains the many different ways LGBT+ couples have babies! There are many ways people can have a family, such as adoption, raising step-children, fostering, artificial insemination, surrogacy or other options! [AMZ-096]
This video explores sexual orientation- a spectrum of attraction. It explains that sexual orientation is all about who a person is romantically and sexually attracted to. [AMZ-098]
This video follows a young person working up the courage to come out as gay to a close friend. It portrays the internal fears many LGBTQ+ youth experience before coming out, including worry about being judged, losing friendships, or not being accepted by family. The video shows a positive example of a supportive friend who responds with acceptance and reassurance. It also offers practical guidance on how to prepare for coming out to family, such as researching resources like GLSEN, watching others’ coming-out stories for perspective, and asking a trusted friend to help you practice and think through your options. [AMZ-105]
Having a family member or caregiver who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ), may make you feel like you are different from other kids at school. What is important to remember is that every family is different. Some have two parents, some have only one, some have a mom and a dad and others have two moms or two dads. There are families with LGBTQ siblings and foster parents, or aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. There is no one right way to have a family. And while it may seem like you are different, being different is normal! [AMZ-109]
Sexuality is how a person feels about themselves, their body, their relationships, and their sexual experiences. This video explains sexuality, including how our bodies look and work as well as our romantic feelings and relationships.[AMZ-126]
Learn the difference between sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual behavior, and how they contribute to one’s sense of self. [AMZ-121]
This video defines the sexual orientation of asexuality and discusses the many aspects of asexuality. It also reminds us that sexual orientation is a spectrum of identities, and that all people deserve respect and love. [AMZ-127]
This video defines money as a tool that helps people trade talents and services for the things they want and need. It explains the importance of knowing how to manage money while exploring how gender norms, which are rules and expectations about how a person should act based on their gender, can affect how people see, use and access money and so, impact their life choices. It talks about how unpaid tasks like taking care of smaller children, cooking, and cleaning, are valuable and need not be gender-specific activities and that anyone can aspire to get a paid job and manage their own finances. The video also shares tips about money such as prioritizing needs over wants, setting savings goals, creating a budget, and talking to parents about their first job experience. [AMZ-157]
This video defines transgender, which means that someone’s body does not match their gender identity. It clarifies that gender identity is not determined by genitals and defines the concepts of cisgender and gender identity. If your body is changing in ways that do not match how you feel inside, it may be helpful to talk with a trusted adult. [AA-018]
Do you know someone that wears a chest binder? Are you thinking of wearing a chest binder? Chest binders can help people feel more comfortable in their gender when it’s worn correctly! [AA-037]
Sexual orientation and gender identity are different. If someone is gay, that does not automatically mean they are transgender. If someone is transgender, that does not automatically mean they are gay. Sexual orientation is who you are attracted to. Gender identity is someone’s internal sense of their own gender. [AA-038]
This video defines transgender, which means that someone’s body does not match their gender identity. It clarifies that gender identity is not determined by genitals and defines the concepts of cisgender and gender identity. The video acknowledges that it can be scary to tell people that you are transgender if you don’t know how they’ll react and encourages acceptance of people who are transgender, even when you don’t understand. [AMZ-032]
Intersex is a term for people whose bodies are different from those typically labeled male and female at birth. For more information visit interactadvocates.org! [AA-057]
Cisgender is a gender identity that refers to individuals whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s important to remember every gender deserves love and respect! [AA-050]