摘要： I teach an elective course called “Social Work and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Two-Spirit Peoples” in the Bachelor of Social Work programme at St. Thomas University. Ascourse material challenges embedded heterosexism, we flounder and struggle with deeplyrooted beliefs that conflict with our desires to respect difference and human rights. Idiscuss an in-class exercise used to stimulate reflection on the connections betweengender, gender expression, sexual identity, and normative social expectations in our lives.I reflect on the learning generated by this exercise as well as its usefulness in revealinghow heterosexism marks us emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually, often without oureven knowing. I also evaluate the extent to which this exercise, paired with a written selfreflectionon gender and sexual identity, helps us to take up our responsibility tochallenge heterosexism within ourselves and in the world.
