A guide to all LGBTQ+ terms to help you learn more about your fellow humans.
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| Agender | show 🗑
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| ally | show 🗑
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| show | a gender expression that has elements of both masculinity and femininity
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| androsexual / androphilic | show 🗑
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| aromantic | show 🗑
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| show | experiencing little or no sexual attraction to others and/or a lack of interest in sexual relationships/behavior(person can still have romantic relationships, such as a boyfriend or girlfriend)
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| show | Not all asexual people are aromantic
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| bigender | show 🗑
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| bicurious | show 🗑
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| show | a medical term used to refer to the chromosomal, hormonal and anatomical characteristics that are used to classify an individual as female or male or intersex
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| show | a range of negative attitudes (e.g., fear, anger, intolerance, invisibility, resentment, erasure, or discomfort) that one may have or express towards bisexual individuals
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| . Biphobia can come from and be seen within the LGBTQ community as well as straight society | show 🗑
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| bisexual | show 🗑
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| show | Many people who recognize the limitations of a binary understanding of gender may still use the word bisexual as their sexual orientation label, this is often because many people are familiar with the term bisexual
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| butch | show 🗑
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| show | a person whose gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth align (e.g., man and assigned male at birth)
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| show | behavior that grants preferential treatment to cisgender people, reinforces the idea that being cisgender is somehow better or more “right” than being transgender, and/or makes other genders invisible
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| show | the assumption, in individuals or in institutions, that everyone is cisgender, and that cisgender identities are superior to trans* identities or people. Leads to invisibility of non-cisgender identities
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| show | an individual who is not open to themselves or others about their (queer) sexuality or gender identity. This may be by choice and/or for other reasons such as fear for one’s safety, peer or family rejection or disapproval and/or loss of housing, job, etc.
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| show | the process by which one accepts and/or comes to identify one’s own sexuality or gender identity (to “come out” to oneself)
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| cross-dresser | show 🗑
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| show | little or no capacity to experience romantic attraction until a strong sexual or emotional connection is formed with another individual, often within a sexual relationship
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| demisexual | show 🗑
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| down low | show 🗑
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| show | someone who performs masculinity theatrically
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| show | someone who performs femininity theatrically
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| dyke | show 🗑
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| emotional attraction | show 🗑
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| show | highly derogatory term referring to a gay person, or someone perceived as queer. Occasionally used as an self-identifying affirming term by some gay men, at times in the shortened form ‘fag’.
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| show | a word that indicates a range of terms of gender identity and gender presentation for folks who present, understand themselves, and/or relate to others in a more feminine/masculine way, but don’t necessarily identify as women/men
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| show | a way to describe someone who expresses gender in a more feminine/masculine way. Often confused with feminine-of-center/masculine-of-center, which generally include a focus on identity as well as expression
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| show | someone who identifies themselves as feminine, whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. Often used to refer to a feminine-presenting queer woman
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| fluid(ity) | show 🗑
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| show | female-to-male transgender or transsexual person; male-to-female transgender or transsexual person
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| gay | show 🗑
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| gender binary | show 🗑
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| gender expression | show 🗑
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| show | gender fluid is a gender identity best described as a dynamic mix of boy and girl. A person who is gender fluid may always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel more man some days, and more woman other days
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| show | the internal perception of an one’s gender, and how they label themselves, based on how much they align or don’t align with what they understand their options for gender to be
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| gender non-conforming | show 🗑
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| genderqueer | show 🗑
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| gender variant | show 🗑
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| gynesexual | show 🗑
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| heteronormativity | show 🗑
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| show | an outdated medical term previously used to refer to someone who was born with some combination of typically-male and typically-female sex characteristics. It’s considered stigmatizing and inaccurate
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| show | behavior that grants preferential treatment to heterosexual people, reinforces the idea that heterosexuality is somehow better or more “right” than queerness
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| homophobia | show 🗑
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| show | There are different connotations to the word homosexual than there are to gay/lesbian individuals for both straight and queer people
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| intersex | show 🗑
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| show | women who have the capacity to be attracted romantically, erotically, and/or emotionally to some other women
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| show | a man with a strong aesthetic sense who spends more time, energy, or money on his appearance and grooming than is considered gender normative
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| show | involuntary or unwanted disclosure of another person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status
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| pansexual | show 🗑
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| show | refers to the practice of, desire to, or orientation towards having ethically, honest, and consensual non-monogamous relationships
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| queer | show 🗑
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| show | an individual who or time when someone is unsure about or exploring their own sexual orientation or gender identity
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| sexual orientation | show 🗑
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| show | the types of sexual intercourse, stimulation, and gratification one likes to receive and participate in
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| sex reassignment surgery (SRS) | show 🗑
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| show | a trans person who is not “out” as trans, and is perceived by others as cisgender
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| stud | show 🗑
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| show | for a person who does not identify with either man or woman, but identifies with another gender. This gender category is used by societies that recognise three or more genders, both contemporary and historic
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| top surgery | show 🗑
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| show | A person who lives as a member of a gender other than that assigned at birth based on anatomical sex
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| transition / transitioning | show 🗑
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| transphobia | show 🗑
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| show | a person who identifies psychologically as a gender/sex other than the one to which they were assigned at birth
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| show | a person who dresses as the binary opposite gender expression
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