Sex Ed, Monday [3-9] Third Period

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"Good morning, class," Steve said. He had a stack of notes to read from, and while he looked very pink, there was not a hint of embarrassment in his voice or expression. "Let's talk about sexual and gender identity.

"For a long time on Earth, heterosexuality, or attraction to individuals of the opposite gender than yourself, was considered the norm. Everything else was deviancy." Steve looked his class over, and then said calmly, "Which is absurd. There is nothing wrong with not being heterosexual. Homosexuality and bisexuality are both perfectly normal. There's a whole argument about 'choosing' to be gay, but that's nonsensical as well, as I defy you to find one straight person who chose to be that way. Everybody is the way they are and that's fine.

"There are, of course, other parts of the continuum between these three points. Some humans just aren't interested in sex, and self-identify as asexual. And the gender binary is not always so clear-cut. Some humans identify as neither male nor female, or genderqueer. Some people are transgender, identifying as the gender that is not the one they were born as, biologically speaking. Since they exist outside of the binary of gender, genderqueer and transgender individuals may choose to refer to their sexual orientation as 'gynephilic' or 'androphilic,' that is, preferring men or preferring women, which actually seems more sensible than this whole straight vs. gay division to me.

"Some people are bicurious--they prefer one gender, but are curious about or willing to leave the option open for a relationship with the other gender. Some people really aren't sure what they are, or are still deciding. At your age it's normal to be questioning. In some of your realities, there may be sentient beings other than humans, in which case the term 'omnisexual' or 'pansexual' may apply, particularly if there are genders other than male and female, but the terms are also used within the human race for individuals who identify as able to be attracted to anyone along the gender continuum."

Steve paused and grinned at the class. "So, now that I've talked for a while, it's your turn. If you're comfortable sharing where you fall along the gender and sexuality spectrum with the class, you may do so, and then I'd like to hear what your society thinks of all of this, and what you think, and maybe a little on whether living in this dimensional nexus we call Fandom has changed your thoughts, and we can have an open discussion. Go."

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Ned

During the Lecture

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Listen, slide down in your seat, take notes, etc.

Re: During the Lecture

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Ned blushed a little but, for the most part, was okay since Professor Rogers handled the topic so well. His notes were a little scattered but there were notes.

Re: During the Lecture

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Dinah was actually taking good notes on the terms, because coming to Fandom had been an eye-opener in a lot of ways, and she felt like she still didn't know all the possibilities.

Re: During the Lecture

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Penelope was taking notes. She'd not heard of most of the words Professor Rogers used and would study them later, in her own private time.

Re: During the Lecture

[lovemykilt]

Prieslty nodded along with a bit of a smile. He liked this guy's stance on things.

Re: During the Lecture

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Éowyn blushed as she listened to the lecture, trying to keep track of all the unfamiliar words in her mind.

Re: During the Lecture

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir sat and he listened and all he could think was that there were certainly a lot of words for who you could love and how. While he usually thought more words were good, he wasn't sure it was the case in this instance. At least, not for him.

Re: During the Lecture

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Really, all Eric could think was, Finally, someone sane on the subject! He took notes anyway; he'd read about things, but he didn't really know as much about the issues of gender identity as he wished.

Re: During the Lecture

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Alice was, astonishingly, not blushing. But she was taking copious notes. This was terribly helpful information.

Re: During the Lecture

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Van Helsing is getting the distinct impression that The Order hasn't told him quite so much of the truth as they claim. He also suspects that The Order has no idea what topics are actually presented in this class or they would've assigned him to something else entirely.

Identify Yourself!

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If you so choose.

"Hello, my name is Steve, and I'm a mostly heterosexual male."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"Hello, I'm Ned and I'm a heterosexual male," he said and then added, "I, uh, think? I've never really tried anything else."

Might as well be honest.

Re: Identify Yourself!

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"And my name is Jamie Madrox and who I sleep with is really nobody's business."

Re: Identify Yourself!

[lovemykilt]

"I'm Priestly. I'm a heterosexual male. But, uh, I guess a little bicurious? I dunno, I never thought about it much before I came here, but that's kinda because guys never really hit on me before I came here."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"I'm Jeff Murdock," Jeff volunteered, "I'm a straight bloke. I mean, it seems a lot easier not to be, but, you know."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"My name is Liir," he said, glancing around, "and I suppose the term would be 'bisexual'."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"I'm Eric," he began, "and I'm gay." He couldn't help but grin a bit. "Just ask my boyfriend."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"I'm Edmund Pevensie. Heterosexual male." There was a word he would be happy not to use again.

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"I'm Alice," she said lightly, "and I believe I'm a heterosexual girl? I'm quite certain about the girl part, it's the other one which might be inaccurate. I've never quite considered the alternative."

Re: Identify Yourself!

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"Hi, I'm Sookie," she said, only blushing the faintest bit, "and I'm a heterosexual female. I mean, women are beautiful, but I'm not attracted to them like I am to guys."

Discussion

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What does your society think? What's your take? And has Fandom changed your opinion any?

Re: Discussion

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"Well, given the number of people I now know who can turn into the opposite gender on accident, or on purpose, it really has kind of made me think about what makes someone bisexual or homosexual or heterosexual. Since gender is kind of optional here."

Talk to the Teacher

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He's here for you.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

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"That was very comprehensive," Tony said, enjoying his coffee and Steve's discomfort on the subject.

OOC

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Two thoughts:

1. I'm still trying to remember what all of my shiny new icon keywords mean.

2. I really wish I hadn't deleted that icon of Steve in a corset.

Re: OOC

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whaaat the heck is that from, anyway?