You being You video guide Easy Read

This Easy Read is to help you talk about our You Being You video.

The video is about gender and sexuality.

Identity means:

• who we are
• how we feel
• how the word sees us.

One part of our identity is our gender identity.

Gender identity can be about the private parts you're born with.

But it doesn't have to be. 

What is most important is how you feel inside.

People with a learning disability are just like anybody else.

We can each identify in different ways.

We can use different words to help us tell other people how we feel.

We can feel male, female, both, neither, or somewhere in between.

'Gender expression' is how we show our gender to the world.

Gender expression is how we:

• dress
• behave
• want our bodies to look.

Gender expression can also include the words we want people to use.

Words like 'he', 'she' or 'they', and our name.

It is your right to say who you are and how you want to express that!

Your 'sexual orientation' is another really important part of who you are.

Sexual orientation means who you are attracted to.

Your sexual orientation might be connected to your gender identity and gender expression, or it might not.

Just like gender, there are different words we can use to express who we are.

Sometimes people in our lives don't know or understand how we feel about our gender and sexuality.

So, they don't see the whole picture of who we are.

It is good to talk to someone you trust about how you feel, if you want to.

It might help you understand yourself better too.

You can ask for their help if you want to find out more information.

It is a good thing to understand who you are and how you feel.

Let's celebrate you being you!

For more information about gender and sexuality visit our website.