Gender Flashcards

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Cultural practice in parts of afghanistan and pakistan, in which some families without sons will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boya

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Bacha posh

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People have both _____ and are blessed by their creator to see life through the eyes of both gender

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Two spirit
A female and male Spirit within them

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Eunuchs, intersex people, or transgender people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as ____

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Hijra - india
Guru-chela system

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Neither male or female, but contain elements of both

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Hijra

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Hijra are known as __ in Pakistan

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Khawaja sira

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Gender identity

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Woman, genderqueer, man

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Gender expression

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Feminine, androgynous, masculine

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Biological sex

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Female, intersex, male

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Sexual orientation

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Heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual

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A pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes

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Sexual orientation

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Changes along a continuum, from exclusive attraction to the other sex to exclusive attraction to the same sex

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Sexual orientation

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Each person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional, and sexual attraction to and intimate sexual relationships

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Sexual orientation

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Answers “ To whom am I attracted to”
Who do I love

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Sexual orientation

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Idea that there are only two genders and that every person is one of these two

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Gender binary

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Person primarily emotionally, physically, and/or sexual attracted to members of the opposite sex

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Heterosexual

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16
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Also known as straight

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Heterosexual

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Person primarily emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to members of the same sex/gender

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Homosexual

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This medical term is considered stigmatizing due to its history as a category of mental illness , and discourage for common use

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Homosexual
Use gay or lesbian instead

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When a person finds both men and women physically, sexually or emotionally attractive

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Bisexuality

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Person who experiences sexual, romantic , physical, or spiritual attraction for members of all gender identities / expression

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Pansexual - shorten to pan

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Lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity

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Asexuality

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Do not have sexual attraction in real life but okay with viewing

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Aegosexual

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Sexual attraction only when there is bond

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Demisexual

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Strong attraction to strangers, less to people they know

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Fraysexual

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Sex repulsed; averse to the idea of sex themselves, but fine with sexual activity that does not involve them
Apothisexual
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Attraction to fictional characters
Fictosexual
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Do not feel sexual attraction, unless sexually attracted to him first
Reciprosexual
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Each person's internal and individual experience of gender
Gender identity
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Their sense of being a woman, man both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum
Gender identity
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May be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex
Gender identity
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The opposite of transgender
Cisgender
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Gender whose gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth
Cisgender
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Non-pejorative term in our usage
Cisgender
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Allows for discussion of gender and difference without using problematic language e g normal, usual
Cisgender
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Latin prefix "on this side of" in comparison to trans which means "on the other side of"
Cisgender
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People who do not fully identify with the gender and/or sex they were assigned at birth
Transgender
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People experience their gender identity as outside of the binary of man and woman
Non-binary and gender diverse people
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People who alter or wish to alter their bodies through hormones, surgery, and other means to make their bodies as congruent as possible with their gender identities
Transexuals
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This process of transition through medical intervention is often referred to as
Sex or gender reassignment Gender affirmation Transexual
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Gender identity label often used by people who do not identity with the binary of man/woman
Genderqueer
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Umbrella term for many gender non-conforming or non-binary identities
Genderqueer
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May also request pronouns be used to them that are neither feminine or masculine
Genderqueer
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__ instead of he or she , __ instead of his / her
Zie, hir
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A gender identity best described as a dynamic mix of boy and girl
Gender fluid
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May always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel more man some days, and more women other days
Gender fluid
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How a person publicly presents their gender
Gender expression
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Can include behavior, and outward appearance such as dress, hair, makeup, body language and voice
Gender expression
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Also a person's chosen name and pronouns are also common ways of
Gender expression
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Degree to which an individual's appearance, behavior, interests, and subjective self-concept deviate from conventional norms for femininity and masculinity
Gender non-conformity
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Person whose gender expression does not align with the expectation associated with their gender identity
Gender non-conforming
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A woman who has the capacity to be attracted romantically, erotically, and/or emotionally to some other woman
Lesbian
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A woman who identifies herself as masculine, whether be it physically, mentally or emotionally
Butch
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Lesbian with a feminine gender expression
Lipstick lesbian/femme
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Refer to a lesbian assumed to be straight
Lipstick lesbian/ femme
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A generic third person singular pronoun in English
Singular "they"
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A combination of chromosomes, gonads, hormones, internal sex organs, and genitals that differs from the two expected patterns of male or female
Intersex
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Intersex is formerly known as
Hermaphrodite