Beyond the Binary: A Global History of Gender Diversity | Lesson 18

Beyond the Binary: A Global History of Gender Diversity | Lesson 18

What if there has never been just one way to understand gender? In this Pride Month special, we're traveling around the world to explore how different cultures have understood gender throughout history. From the Māhū people of Hawaiʻi and Tahiti to the Hijra communities of India, the Fa'afafine of Samoa, the Bissu people of Indonesia, and Two-Spirit traditions throughout Indigenous North America, we'll discover that gender diversity is deeply rooted in human history. We'll also explore the impact of colonialism, early LGBTQ+ researchers, transgender pioneers, the destruction of queer history during Nazi Germany, and the activists who helped build community for future generations. This lesson isn't about politics or proving that gender diversity is "new" or "old." It's about expanding our understanding of humanity and recognizing that there has never been one universal way to understand gender. In this episode, we discuss: * Gender identity, gender expression, and key LGBTQ+ vocabulary * Māhū traditions in Hawaiʻi and Tahiti * Hijra communities in India * Fa'afafine and Fa'afatama traditions in Samoa * The Bugis five-gender system and Bissu people in Indonesia * Two-Spirit traditions in Indigenous North America * Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute for Sexual Science * Dora Richter and Lili Elbe * The Nazi destruction of queer history * Stonewall, Marsha P. Johnson, and Sylvia Rivera * Ballroom culture and chosen family * The impact of colonialism on gender-diverse communities A Broad Sex Education is an inclusive adult sex education podcast exploring human sexuality, relationships, pleasure, culture, and identity through an evidence-based and approachable lens. 📚RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS MĀHŪ * https://outrightinternational.org/meaning-mahu [https://outrightinternational.org/meaning-mahu] * https://kapaemahu.com/2023/05/hawaiis-mahu-and-their-ancient-history-are-finally-re-embraced/ [https://kapaemahu.com/2023/05/hawaiis-mahu-and-their-ancient-history-are-finally-re-embraced/] HIJRA * https://www.britannica.com/topic/hijra-gender-identity [https://www.britannica.com/topic/hijra-gender-identity] * https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170720-the-semi-sacred-third-gender-of-south-asia [https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170720-the-semi-sacred-third-gender-of-south-asia] * https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/case-studies/gender/third-gender-and-hijras [https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/case-studies/gender/third-gender-and-hijras] FA’AFAFINE * https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-faafafine-and-faafatama [https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-faafafine-and-faafatama] * https://youtu.be/dMIT3RSlgGU [https://youtu.be/dMIT3RSlgGU] TWO SPIRIT * https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/the-history-of-two-spirit-folks [https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/the-history-of-two-spirit-folks] * https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/twospirit/ [https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/twospirit/] Follow along with this lesson: View the full presentation here [https://canva.link/syvu0h2qvcq3ftn]. 💌 Have a question? Submit it anonymously [https://hickory-hygienic-896.notion.site/206a247ab88080ed9d1aeaccba850729] (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀) 💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓ 📲 Follow & connect: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/ [https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/] TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation ] 📝 Want more like this? Join the newsletter [https://a-broad-sex-education.kit.com/f315b55dcb] for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content. 🌐 Explore everything: Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com [www.ABroadSexEducation.com]

Gay History: From Criminalization to Visibility | Lesson 017

In this episode we're exploring the history of gay men through the lenses of geography and history. From Ancient Greece and Rome to colonial laws, Oscar Wilde's trials, Berlin before World War II, Stonewall, and the AIDS crisis, we'll examine how societies have understood relationships between men across time and place. Along the way, we'll meet activists, artists, researchers, and communities who challenged stigma, fought for visibility, and helped shape LGBTQ+ history. This isn't a comprehensive history of gay men. It's an introduction to some of the people, places, and events that helped move society from criminalization toward greater visibility. Class is in session! Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Topics include: * Ancient Greece and Rome * Colonialism and anti-sodomy laws * Oscar Wilde * Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute for Sexual Science * The Stonewall Uprising * The AIDS Crisis * ACT UP * Keith Haring * LGBTQ+ activism and visibility A BROAD SEX EDUCATION IS A SEX EDUCATION RESOURCE FOR ADULTS. WE HAVE REAL, INCLUSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY, RELATIONSHIPS, PLEASURE, GENDER, IDENTITY, AND MORE. 📚RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS Ancient Greece * https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240226-greece-the-mediterraneans-ancient-gay-friendly-civilisation [https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240226-greece-the-mediterraneans-ancient-gay-friendly-civilisation] * https://www.worldhistory.org/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes/ [https://www.worldhistory.org/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes/] * https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-legacy-of-same-sex-love-in-ancient-thebes [https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-legacy-of-same-sex-love-in-ancient-thebes] * https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62239/chapter-abstract/550701521?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false#550701521 [https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62239/chapter-abstract/550701521?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false#550701521] Ancient Rome * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQIphauFlg&t=26s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQIphauFlg&t=26s] Colonialism and Colonization * https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/12/17/alien-legacy/origins-sodomy-laws-british-colonialism [https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/12/17/alien-legacy/origins-sodomy-laws-british-colonialism] * https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/a-history-of-criminalisation/ [https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/a-history-of-criminalisation/] The Trials of Oscar Wilde * https://www.history.com/articles/oscar-wilde-trial [https://www.history.com/articles/oscar-wilde-trial] * https://famous-trials.com/wilde/327-home [https://famous-trials.com/wilde/327-home] Magnus Hirshfield, Weimar Germany, and the Destruction of Queer History * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGvga0QKZg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGvga0QKZg] Stonewall Riots * https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-why-did-mafia-own-bar/ [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-why-did-mafia-own-bar/] * https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era#s-lib-ctab-24103782-0 [https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era#s-lib-ctab-24103782-0] * https://couragecaliforniainstitute.org/how-the-nyc-stonewall-riots-launched-a-movement-and-changed-national-policy/ [https://couragecaliforniainstitute.org/how-the-nyc-stonewall-riots-launched-a-movement-and-changed-national-policy/] AIDS Crisis * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9vBfCdIZA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9vBfCdIZA] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBP-63jtZfA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBP-63jtZfA] Follow along with this lesson: View the full presentation here [https://canva.link/5l7m2ygm7emgpdv] 💌 Have a question? Submit it anonymously [https://hickory-hygienic-896.notion.site/206a247ab88080ed9d1aeaccba850729] (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀) 💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓ 📲 Follow & connect: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/ [https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/] TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation ] 📝 Want more like this? Join the newsletter [https://a-broad-sex-education.kit.com/f315b55dcb] for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content. 🌐 Explore everything: Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com [www.ABroadSexEducation.com]

Hidden in Plain Sight: A History of Lesbianism | Lesson 016

If women who loved women have always existed, why is their history so much harder to find? In this Pride Month special, we're exploring the stories of women who loved women across history and around the world. From Ancient Greece and the poetry of Sappho to the Golden Orchid Societies of Southern China, Anne Lister's coded diaries, Boston Marriages, and the literary salons of Paris, we'll uncover how women built relationships and communities long before the modern label "lesbian" existed. Then we'll turn to the United States to examine the women who helped shape LGBTQ+ history, including the Daughters of Bilitis, Stormé DeLarverie, the Lavender Menace, Audre Lorde, lesbian caregivers during the AIDS crisis, and activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Because lesbian history isn't just a history of love. It's a history of visibility, activism, community building, and showing up for one another. Topics discussed: * Sappho and the origins of "lesbian" and "sapphic" * Golden Orchid Societies * Anne Lister and her coded diaries * Boston Marriages * Parisian lesbian culture * Daughters of Bilitis * Stonewall and Stormé DeLarverie * The Lavender Menace * Audre Lorde * Lesbians during the AIDS crisis * Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month. Class is in session. 📚RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS Sappho & History of the word Lesbian * https://www.intomore.com/culture/the-fascinating-history-of-lesbian/ [https://www.intomore.com/culture/the-fascinating-history-of-lesbian/] * https://thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/21/sappho-of-lesbos-and-the-husband-hoax/ [https://thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/21/sappho-of-lesbos-and-the-husband-hoax/] Golden Orchid Society * https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2016/12/20/the-golden-orchid [https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2016/12/20/the-golden-orchid] Anne Lister * https://www.annelister.co.uk/ [https://www.annelister.co.uk/] * https://english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-lister-society/story.html [https://english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-lister-society/story.html] Boston Marriages * https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/boston-marriages.htm [https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/boston-marriages.htm] Natalie Clifford Barney * https://thesalonhost.com/natalie-clifford-barney-the-forgotten-poet-hostess-of-the-most-free-spirited-salons-in-paris/ [https://thesalonhost.com/natalie-clifford-barney-the-forgotten-poet-hostess-of-the-most-free-spirited-salons-in-paris/] * https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/natalie-clifford-barney [https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/natalie-clifford-barney] Daughters of Bilitis * https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/before-stonewall/daughters-of-bilitis [https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/before-stonewall/daughters-of-bilitis] Lavendar Menace * https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/lavender-menace-action-at-second-congress-to-unite-women/ [https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/lavender-menace-action-at-second-congress-to-unite-women/] Lesbian Support During AIDS Crisis * https://www.youthco.org/lesbian_solidarity_during_the_aids_epidemic [https://www.youthco.org/lesbian_solidarity_during_the_aids_epidemic] Audre Lorde * https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde] * https://www.britannica.com/biography/Audre-Lorde [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Audre-Lorde] * https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/audre-lorde [https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/audre-lorde] Stormé DeLaverie * https://www.storme-delarverie.com/ [https://www.storme-delarverie.com/] * https://www.nps.gov/people/storme-delarverie.htm [https://www.nps.gov/people/storme-delarverie.htm] Follow along with this lesson: View the full presentation here [https://canva.link/s4e1mstmxhu8to2] 💌 Have a question? Submit it anonymously [https://hickory-hygienic-896.notion.site/206a247ab88080ed9d1aeaccba850729] (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀) 💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓ 📲 Follow & connect: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/ [https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/] TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation ] 📝 Want more like this? Join the newsletter [https://a-broad-sex-education.kit.com/f315b55dcb] for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content. 🌐 Explore everything: Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com [www.ABroadSexEducation.com]

"What Are You?" The Sexualization and Desexualization of Asian People (An Office Hours Special)

In this Office Hours episode for AAPI Heritage Month, we’re unpacking the sexualization and desexualization of Asian people, from the stereotype of the “submissive Asian woman” to why Asian men have historically been portrayed as less desirable in Western culture. We discuss where these stereotypes came from, how media and history shaped them, the impact of fetishization in dating culture, Filipino taxi dance halls in 1920s California, interracial dating panic, K-pop, anime, and why attraction is never socially neutral. FOLLOW ALONG WITH THIS LESSON: View the full presentation here [https://canva.link/j7qs1jzlqs5lbhk] 💌 Have a question? Submit it anonymously [https://hickory-hygienic-896.notion.site/206a247ab88080ed9d1aeaccba850729] (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀) 💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓ 📲 Follow & connect: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/ [https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/] TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation ] 📝 Want more like this? Join the newsletter [https://a-broad-sex-education.kit.com/f315b55dcb] for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content. 🌐 Explore everything: Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com [www.ABroadSexEducation.com]

Who Decides Gender Roles and Social Expectations? | A Study Break Special

Why are boys told not to cry? Why are women expected to be nurturing? And who decides what masculinity and femininity are supposed to look like in the first place? In this Study Break episode, Cin and Asa unpack gender roles, social expectations, beauty standards, emotional expression, and the pressure people feel to perform masculinity and femininity in everyday life. This conversation explores how many of the “rules” around gender are socially learned, reinforced through culture, and rarely questioned until adulthood. A Broad Sex Education is an inclusive sex education podcast covering gender, sexuality, relationships, communication, and culture in a way that actually makes sense. 💌 Have a question? Submit it anonymously [https://hickory-hygienic-896.notion.site/206a247ab88080ed9d1aeaccba850729] (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀) 💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓ 📲 Follow & connect: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/ [https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/] TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducation] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation [https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation ] 📝 Want more like this? Join the newsletter [https://a-broad-sex-education.kit.com/f315b55dcb] for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content. 🌐 Explore everything: Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com [www.ABroadSexEducation.com]