{"id":470,"date":"2025-09-15T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queerstudentrights.ca\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:25:26","slug":"words-matter-terminology-in-this-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/queerstudentrights.ca\/fr\/introduction\/words-matter-terminology-in-this-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Les mots sont importants : Terminologie utilis\u00e9e dans ce guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f33d7ab363b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f33d7ab41f8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"6%\" data-bottom-percent=\"6%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.06); 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padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.02); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #49479d;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Les mots sont importants : Terminologie utilis\u00e9e dans ce guide<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p>Les mots que nous utilisons pour d\u00e9signer les personnes bispirituelles, lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, trans, queer, intersexu\u00e9es et asexu\u00e9es (2SLGBTQIA+) sont importants. Que ces mots soient consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme des \"\u00e9tiquettes\", des \"termes\" ou des \"cat\u00e9gories\", ils ont un sens et une signification pour de nombreuses personnes qui s'identifient comme telles. Pourtant, certaines personnes consid\u00e8rent que ces identifiants sont limitatifs et rejettent l'id\u00e9e que la sexualit\u00e9 humaine et le genre puissent \u00eatre si facilement cat\u00e9goris\u00e9s. D'autres encore estiment que l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 et la lib\u00e9ration sont synonymes de libert\u00e9 <em>de <\/em>les \u00e9tiquettes. Nous pensons que ce qui importe le plus, c'est que le genre et la sexualit\u00e9 sont intrins\u00e8quement personnels et c'est pourquoi l'ACLC soutient \u00e0 la fois la libert\u00e9 et le droit \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation. <em>\u00e0 <\/em>identifier, ainsi que la libert\u00e9 <em>de <\/em>l'identification - c'est \u00e0 vous de choisir comment vous identifier (ou non), et quand et avec qui vous partagez cette identit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Dans ce guide, le terme \"queer\" est utilis\u00e9 pour refl\u00e9ter un large \u00e9ventail d'identit\u00e9s li\u00e9es \u00e0 la sexualit\u00e9, au genre et \u00e0 l'attirance. Le terme \"queer\" a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 par certaines personnes 2SLGBTQIA+ et est d\u00e9sormais couramment utilis\u00e9 comme terme g\u00e9n\u00e9rique. Cette pratique n'est toutefois pas universellement accept\u00e9e, et pour certains, en particulier les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui ont grandi en entendant ce mot comme une insulte, le terme \"queer\" est devenu un terme g\u00e9n\u00e9rique. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/publiceditor\/2019\/08\/21\/752330316\/a-former-slur-is-reclaimed-and-listeners-have-mixed-feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reste controvers\u00e9e<\/a>. Ainsi, bien que ce guide utilise le mot \"queer\" comme terme g\u00e9n\u00e9rique, nous invitons les lecteurs \u00e0 tenir compte de l'histoire de ce mot lorsqu'ils abordent les questions li\u00e9es aux 2SLGBTQIA+.<\/p>\n<p>Vous voulez en savoir plus sur les termes 2SLGBTQIA+ ? 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