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By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

Media About Gender and Sexuality Issues

Gender and sexual identities systematically structure and influence our everyday lived realities. Gender is a socially constructed cultural category that is ascribed to differences in sex. Sex (such as female, male, or intersex) is usually defined by biological determinants, such as reproductive organs and sex chromosomes. Gender refers to the values, beliefs, and behaviors associated with these differences in sex, or the socially and culturally constructed ideas of masculinity and femininity. Intertwined with but not the same as concepts of sex and gender, sexual orientation refers to socially constructed, historically contingent categories based on who a person is physically or emotionally attracted to, and their gender. The term “sexuality” is used here to broadly include ideas about sexual intimacy and behaviors, sex, gender, sexual orientation or preference, sexual expression, and relationships.

The media in this section engage with beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors towards gender identities and gender roles, sexuality, sexual identity, sexual orientation, sexual health and sex education, harassment and discrimination, safe spaces, heteronormativity, LGBTQ voice and activism, feminism, the multiplicity and intersectionality of identities, and other related topics.

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Media About Race and Ethnicity Socially constructed categories such as race, ethnicity, nationality, and other markers of identity change over time and context, and are continually contested and negotiated interpersonally, institutionally, and systemically through political struggle. These identity markers intertwine with others (such as Gender and Sexuality) in playing a fundamental role in organizing our societies, shaping access to social, educational, and political resources, and impacting how we see ourselves and interact with each other. The media in this section engage with topics such as racial, ethnic, collective and national identity, voice, and representation, counter narratives, precarious publics, discrimination, institutional and systemic oppression, the multiplicity and intersectionality of identities, and coalition-building.