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2. “Tolerance as inability to reach mutual understanding” limits manifestations
of tolerance to respecting another person, whom otherwise is impossible to
understand and to cooperate with”.
3. “Tolerance as indulgence” implies privileged status of person's culture in his/her
own consciousness, and all other cultures are considered weak — you can tolerate
them but also to disdain them.
4. “Tolerance as enhancement of one's own experience and critical dialogue”
allows not only top respect someone else's position, but also to change one's own
views as a result of critical dialogue.
Transvestites are heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual persons, who are wearing the
clothing of the opposite sex; for them such cross-dressing is an integral part of life
and manifestation of their personality at the psychoemotional level. Such behaviour
does not always imply discomfort regarding one's gender identity, or the way of sexual
stimulation. In some countries people wear clothing of the opposite sex due to cultural
or religious traditions. For example, transvestism occurred in Russian Orthodox tradition
(novices wearing a frock and klobuk).
Transgender person is an individual, whose gender identity or gender self-expression
comes in conflict with his or her biological sex. Transgender are people, who think
of themselves as of persons of opposite sex, as well as individuals with constantly
changing gender identity. This category does not include gays, lesbians and bisexuals,
because they feel great about their biological bodies, sexual and gender identity.
Transgender people are individuals, whose biological sex is different from their gender
identity; in other words, psychologically and emotionally they feel themselves as
people of opposite sex. Quite often these people feel themselves “locked up in the
wrong body”, experiencing gender dysphoria. After the sex reassignment surgery the
condition of transgender person stabilizes.
Training (to train, to teach, to educate) is a systemic exercise or improvement of
specific skills and behaviour of the training participants.
Trainer is a specialist, who conducts and facilitates training or workshop group. Trainer
is competent in training design and implementation; he/she possesses deep knowledge
and skills of teaching of the training materials.
Unsafe (unprotected) of risky sex means penetrative sex (anal, vaginal, oral), which
is not protected by condom or latex squire (sheet).
Vulnerable categories (groups) of population are categories or groups of people,
subject to increased risk of HIV infection due to social, economic or behavioural
reasons. Vulnerable groups/populations include injecting drug users, commercial sex
workers, men who have sex with men.
WSW stands for women who have sex with women. This term is used to denote the
category of women vulnerable to HIV/STI, who have sex with other women but do not
identify themselves as lesbians or bisexuals. Conceptually the term “WSW” is intended
to shift attention from identity cliches towards behavioural aspects of sexuality in the
area of public health.
Yogyakarta Principles — this document was developed on the basis of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights in 2006. It is the set of international principles on
application of human rights relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. The
document reflects international legal principles that have to be observed by all states.
These address issues of extrajudicial executions, rape, torture, access to justice,
integrity of private life, non-discrimination, denial of free speech and assembly, as
well as a range of discriminations in work, health, education, housing, immigration and
status of refugees, participation in the state administration and other human rights
issues related to LGBT.
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