The Gender Unicorn
Untangling concepts of gender and sexuality
Print copies of Gender Unicorn below.
Familiarize yourself with the content before group and think about useful guiding questions, examples, or role plays that can be illustrative.
See some examples below for inspiration! Share ones you create you create with us by emailing them to info@youthoutright.org!
GOALS:
Define and Illustrate the difference between Gender Identity & Gender Expression
Define Intersex
Distinguish between Sexual & Emotional Attraction in an age-appropriate manner
SUGGESTED GUIDING QUESTIONS:
Why is the symbol for Gender Identity (Rainbow) is a thought bubble?
Are our thoughts/identities visible to others? (Identities are disclosed, not observed!)Why are the Gender Expression dots all around the Unicorn? (It’s external, and visible!)
Can these things change? (Yes! Of course!)Can you have a crush on or be emotionally attracted to someone and not want to kiss them?
(Yes! One can be emotionally attracted to someone, and feel no physical attraction, asexual folks exist and platonic friends count!)Is there anything you feel is missing from this illustration? (Our language around gender is only expanding! There is space here for youth to critique this tool. For Example: only one dot for intersex is reductive, there is diversity within intersex folks)
ACTIVITY IDEAS:
Map yourself! Ask youth to place themselves on each of these spectrums.
Play character creation! Ask youth to imagine a unicorn with DIFFERENT identities than their own. Illustrate that on the coloring page!
Co-create your own mascot! Choose an illustrator or illustrators from your group to bring to life your groups vision of a Queature that you collaborate to design!