The Spectrum of Gender & Sexuality with Shannon Knight

Shannon Knight (she/her) is a queer therapist with a private practice in Tampa, FL where she specializes in working with individuals and couples. She’s the author of Understanding Gender Identity an online course for parents and professionals to better understand their gender diverse child. She's also the co-host of The Tarot Diagnosis a podcast where her and her colleague, Luna, explore the intersection of psychology, mental health, and tarot.

In this episode, Shannon helps us break down the spectrums that gender and sexuality lie on. She gives a great base level of understanding for commonly used terms and concepts in regards to gender, sexuality, and sex. Along with that, we dive deeper into how these things are affected by toxic masculinity, misogyny, rigid gender roles and more. 

We discuss the following topics:

• Defining the differences between gender, sexuality, & sex
• How gender & sexuality lie on a spectrum
• The difference between gender identity & gender expression
• Parenting children exploring their gender & sexuality
• How rigid gender roles plays a part into toxic masculinity & misogyny 
• What gender neutrality & gender equality entail

Tune in to hear the rest of her wisdom and insights!!

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Resources: 

• Kinsey Institute
• Genderbread Person Diagram
• Gender Unicorn Diagram
• PFlag Chapter Network
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Song: I Can Change By Lake Street Drive

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Connect with Shannon & her work:

• Website: moderncounseling.com
  • Course: Understanding Gender Identity
• Podcast: The Tarot Diagnosis 
• Instagram: 
  • @shannon_the_therapist
  • @thetarotdiagnosis

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