Gender
Gender definitions of women (femininity) and men (masculinity) are determined by ones culture within a particular historical moment. This means that gender is socially constructed and can change over time and from one culture, country and subculture to another. The term gender implies that a complex process of socialization, rather than just biology, constructs our identities as women and men.
Sex
Sex refers to human biological characteristics—chromosomes, anatomy, and hormones—of males, females, and intersexed persons. The construction of human biological sex is more complex than its most common categorization of female/male opposites. Most people fall somewhere along the spectrum of human biological sex.
RESOURCES: UNM & NEW MEXICO
UNM Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ) Resource Center-Mission: To provide service to UNM students, faculty and staff of all gender identities and sexual orientations through support, advocacy, education and safety. http://lgbtqrc.unm.edu
University of New Mexico Feminist Research Institute Dedicated to the production of scholarship on women, gender and sexuality and to the creation of intellectual community among feminist scholars at UNM. UNM has a large number of feminist faculty and graduate students, and the Institute offers an opportunity to meet and work with others both within and across disciplines.www.unm.edu/~femresin/
Women Studies Program An interdisciplinary program that strives to provide equal education for both women and men by making the study of the history and culture of women, as well as the social structures of gender, the central focus of concentrated scholarship and learning. http://www.unm.edu/~womenst/
Equality New Mexico (EQNM) is a membership organization that uses the political process to guarantee full equality and justice for LGBT and allied communities in NM. http://www.eqnm.org/
Transgender New Mexico provides support, information and referrals to transgender people, their families and friends, and offers educational outreach to interested members of the community. http://www.transgendernm.org/
Common Bond Gay & Lesbian Information Line (505) 891-3647
UNM Queer Straight Alliance Meets Every Tuesday, Acoma A (SUB) 7pm 277-6739
Fire All Women Dance Party for Albuquerque lesbians http://firewomyn.com
P- FLag Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (505) 873-7373www.pflagabq.org
RESOURCES: NATIONAL
Women’s Studies Database The University of Maryland women’s studies web site, begun in September 1992, serves those people interested in the women’s studies profession and in general women’s issues.www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/
WSSLINKS The purpose of WSS Links is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women’s Studies.http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html
Mens Resource Center for Change Supporting Health Manhood and Challenging Violence. http://www.mrcforchange.org/
Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systematic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female. isna.org/
FTM International FTM stands for Female-to-Male. This site is the internet contact point for the largest, longest running educational organization serving FTM transgender people and transsexual men. www.ftmi.org/
National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) works for the advancement of understanding and the attainment of full civil rights for all trangendered, intersexed and gender variant people in every aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory acts by all means legally available.
Links are for information only. The WRC does not constitute
endorsement or accuracy of the information.
Updated May 17, 2011
