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CHAPTER 10 KEY TERMS
| CHAPTER 10 KEY TERMS | Definition |
|---|---|
| questioning | Someone questioning their attraction to the same sex or gender |
| pansexual | Being attracted to someone emotionally, romantically, or spiritually, regardless of sex, gender, and orientation |
| asexual | People who don’t fell any sexual attraction to others |
| compulsory heterosexuality | The idea that you have to be married and have children with the other gender, regardless of sexual orientation |
| sexual geography | Safe places for sexual minorities to live |
| men who have sex with men (MSM) | straight men who sleep with other men, but dont identify as gay/bisexual |
| sexual fluidity | someone’s attraction or sexual expression depends more on the person’s personality or connection in a specific situation, not just on their body or gender. |
| homonegativity | SUBTLE negative social perceptions/behaviors of LGBTQ+ people and suspected LGBTQ+ people |
| heterosexism | Being straight is the NORMAL and BETTER way to be, causes unfair treatment to LGBTQ+ people |
| homophobia | Irrational fear and discrimination to LGBTQ+ people |
| sexual prejudice | Irrational fear toward people because of their sexual orientation (Homophobia, homonegativity, heterosexism, and internalized homophobia) |
| stigma | Extreme disapproval, turns people into outcasts |
| internalized homophobia | a person takes in negative ideas from society about being LGBTQ+ and starts feeling bad about themselves, like feeling guilty, ashamed, or trying to hide who they are. |
| hate crime | the act of aggression/hatred toward someone because of their race, religion, and sexual orientation |
| Pulse Nightclub | a mass shooting on June 12, 2016, at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. A gunman killed 49 people and injured many others, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in U.S. history. |
| Family of choice | A group of close partners, legally married couples, close friends, and neighbors who are super close and celebrate holidays and bdays |
| queer | Alternative to LGBTQ (used to be offensive). It mean someone who identifies outside typical love and gender labels. |
| Klein dimensions | Past, present, ideal. His scale included sexual fantasies, feelings, and identities. |
| Kinsey scale | Emphasizes sexual behavior and attraction as expressions of sexual orientation. So… 0-1 =-1 straight, 2-4 = Bisexual, and 5-6= bisexual |
| sexual orientation | A persons sexual or romantic attraction to people |
| LGBTQIA+ | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex, asexual |
| gay/homosexual | Male attracted to males |
| heterosexual/straight | Attraction to opposite gender |
| Lesbian | female attracted to females |
| Bisexual | attracted to both genders |