This is a topic that is coming up more and more in our society. As issues such as same sex marriage (or as I like to call it, marriage) and the recognition of transgender individuals are more openly discussed, the question of sex versus gender is usually a common confusion. Even members of the LGBTQ community have trouble giving definitions to certain words. From what I understand, the "sex" of a person is purely scientific (ie, penis or vagina) whereas "gender" includes the social roles, norms, and expectancies attributed to either gender. However, even those are often far too blurred or complicated to be limited to just "man" and "woman". It's a difficult topic to wrap one's head around, especially for people who don't know what it's like to be a woman in a man's body (or the other way around), or to be attracted to members of the same sex, and don't know anyone who is open to talk about it. But we NEED to talk about it. The more we, as a society, a culture, try to hide and back away from these discussions, the worse it will get for everyone. The key to success for the LGBTQ community is support, particularly from the hetero community. Be an ally.
And will someone, please, make Maurice a sandwich?
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