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ACSI Conference The Identity Question 7 – 9 February 2019
SLIDE 2 “Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the
- ne who gets understanding.”
Psalm 3:13
SLIDE 3 “Identity … provides us with a sense of well-being, a sense of being at home in
- ne’s body, a sense of direction in one’s
- wn life, and a sense of mattering to those
who count.” Erikson (1968)
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“Identity formation is an ever evolving core within where our genetics (biology), culture, loved ones, those we cared for, people who have harmed us and people we have harmed, the deeds done (good and ill) to self and others, experiences lived and choices made to form who we are at this moment.” Parker J. Palmer
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Unpacking the Acronym
L G B T
Sexualities Genders
L = Lesbian G = Gay B = Bisexual T = Transgender
SLIDE 7 Unpacking the Acronym
L G B H A
Sexualities Genders
T Q I C
H = Heterosexual A = Asexual Q = Questioning
I = Intersex C = Cisgender
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Identity
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Identity Attraction
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Identity Attraction Sex
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Identity Attraction Sex Expression
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Gender Identity Man Woman Woman-ness Man-ness
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Gender Expression Masculine Feminine Femininity Masculinity
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Attraction Men Women Women/femi nine/female Men/masc uline/male
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Transgender
▪ Transgender/trans ▪ Transitioning (M2F or F2M) ▪ Transsexual ▪ Pronouns
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Intersex
▪ At birth ▪ At adolescence
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Unpacking ANOTHER Acronym
SOGIE
Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Expression
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“Language is not innocent” Words that hurt
SLIDE 20 Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV)
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother’s womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days
- rdained for me were written in your book before one
- f them came to be.
SLIDE 21 Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and
this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.