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Question 1

Heterosexism

Answer 1

norms and behaviors that result from the assumption that all people are or should be heterosexual.

Question 2

Heterosexual

Answer 2

a medical definition for a person who is sexually, romantically, aesthetically, sensually, emotionally, and/or intellectually attracted to members of the opposite biological sex. Often called a ‘straight person’.

Example sentence: John is a heterosexual man who is attracted to women.

Question 3

Homophobia

Answer 3

the fear of, hatred of, or discomfort with people who identify in the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

Question 4

Homosexual

Answer 4

a medical definition for a person who is sexually, romantically, aesthetically, sensually, emotionally, and/or intellectually attracted to members of the same biological sex.

Question 5

Intersex

Answer 5

a medical definition for a person born with chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sexual characteristics that are inconsistent with the biological understanding of a male or female body.

Question 6

Lesbian

Answer 6

a woman who is sexually, romantically, aesthetically, sensually, emotionally, and/or intellectually attracted to other women.

Question 7

Non-binary

Answer 7

an umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn’t sit comfortably with ‘man’ or ‘woman’.

Question 8

Orientation

Answer 8

an umbrella term describing a sense of identity based on the person’s attraction to other people, or lack thereof.

Question 9

Outing

Answer 9

when someone reveals another person’s sexuality or gender identity to an individual or group without the person’s consent or approval.

Question 10

Pansexual

Answer 10

a person who is sexually, romantically, aesthetically, sensually, emotionally, and/or intellectually attracted to others regardless of gender identities/expressions or biological property.

Question 11

Queer

Answer 11

a term (sometimes used as a negative slur) describing people who are non-normative in terms of gender identity, sexual orientation, or sexual anatomy.

Question 12

Questioning

Answer 12

the process of exploring one’s own sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Question 13

Sexual identity

Answer 13

the type of sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction one feels for others.

Question 14

Spectrum

Answer 14

a term used to cover a variety of identities that have a root commonality or shared experience.

Question 15

Transgender

Answer 15

a blanket term used to describe all individuals whose gender identity does not align with their biological sex. Can be trans-man or trans-woman.

Question 16

Transphobia

Answer 16

discomfort/fear/hatred of people who are transgender or gender non-normative.

Question 17

Transitioning

Answer 17

the process of moving from one sex/gender to another; gender reassignment.

Question 18

Identity

Answer 18

is how you, in your head, experience and define your gender, based on how much you align (or don’t align) with what you understand the options for gender to be.

Question 19

Attraction

Answer 19

is how you find yourself feeling drawn (or not drawn) to some other people, in sexual, romantic, and/or other ways (often categorized within gender).

Question 20

Expression

Answer 20

is how you present gender (through your actions, clothing, and demeanor, to name a few), and how those presentations are viewed based on social expectations

Question 21

Sex

Answer 21

is the physical traits you’re born with or develop that we think of as “sex characteristics,” as well as the sex you are assigned at birth.