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From the Ted Talk by Norman Spack: How I help transgender teens become who they want to be

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And I was confused — "Does this make so-and-so gay? Does this make so-and-so straight?" I was getting sexual orientation cfnuoesd with gender identity. And my pientat said to me, "Look, look, look. If you just think of the following, you'll get it right: Sexual ortinietoan is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you go to bed as."

(Laughter)

And I subsequently learned from the many alduts — I took care of about 200 adults — I learned from them that if I didn't peek as to who their partner was in the waiting room, I would never be able to guess better than chance, whether they were gay, straight, bi or asexual in their afmirfed gender. In other words, one thing has asoblltuey nothing to do with the other. And the data show it.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And I was confused — "Does this make so-and-so gay? Does this make so-and-so straight?" I was getting sexual orientation ________ with gender identity. And my _______ said to me, "Look, look, look. If you just think of the following, you'll get it right: Sexual ___________ is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you go to bed as."

(Laughter)

And I subsequently learned from the many ______ — I took care of about 200 adults — I learned from them that if I didn't peek as to who their partner was in the waiting room, I would never be able to guess better than chance, whether they were gay, straight, bi or asexual in their ________ gender. In other words, one thing has __________ nothing to do with the other. And the data show it.

Solution


  1. adults
  2. orientation
  3. patient
  4. confused
  5. absolutely
  6. affirmed

Original Text


(Laughter)

And I was confused — "Does this make so-and-so gay? Does this make so-and-so straight?" I was getting sexual orientation confused with gender identity. And my patient said to me, "Look, look, look. If you just think of the following, you'll get it right: Sexual orientation is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you go to bed as."

(Laughter)

And I subsequently learned from the many adults — I took care of about 200 adults — I learned from them that if I didn't peek as to who their partner was in the waiting room, I would never be able to guess better than chance, whether they were gay, straight, bi or asexual in their affirmed gender. In other words, one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other. And the data show it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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male puberty 3
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gender identity 2
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Important Words


  1. absolutely
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  3. affirmed
  4. asexual
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  6. bi
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  14. identity
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  16. learned
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  18. partner
  19. patient
  20. peek
  21. room
  22. sexual
  23. show
  24. straight
  25. subsequently
  26. waiting
  27. words