Interview Basics V

Question 1

Partnering

Answer 1

• Life partners can be husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends or friends.
• Marriage is not a requirement for people to spend their lives together.
• Living together is not a requirement for people to spend their lives together.
• Sexual intercourse is not a requirement for people to spend their lives together.

Question 2

WSW

Answer 2

• women having sex with women
• A self-identity of being lesbian or WSW does not automatically exclude male sex partners.
• About 50% to 97% of women who report same-sex sexual behavior have had or still have male sex partners.
• Among the 7% of women who reported a same-sex sexual relationship, 50% self-identified as heterosexual.

Question 3

MSM

Answer 3

-men having sex with men

Question 4

The Five P’s

Answer 4

• Partners
• Practices
• Prevention of Pregnancy
• Protection from STIs
• Past History of STIs

Question 5

Partner Questions

Answer 5

Open ended first, then can get more specific.
– Important for you to remain non-judgmental in your choice of words, tone, facial
expressions and body language
– Important to make sure the patient is not having any concern about sexuality

Question 6

LGBTQIA

Answer 6

The letters LGBTQIA refer to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual or allied. … Also becoming more prevalent is LGBTQIA, the “I” stands for “intersex” and the “A” for “asexual” and/or “allied.”

Question 7

Lesbian

Answer 7

Women who experience sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction to other women.

Question 8

Gay

Answer 8

Used in some cultural settings to represent men who are attracted to men in a romantic, erotic and/or emotional sense.

Question 9

Bisexual

Answer 9

A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction to people of their own gender as well as other genders, not necessarily at the same time, in the same way, or to the same degree.

Question 10

Transgender

Answer 10

A person who lives as a member of a gender other than that expected based on sex or gender assigned at birth. Sexual orientation varies and is not dependent on gender identity.

Question 11

Transwoman

Answer 11

An identity label sometimes adopted by male-to-female trans people to signify that they are women while still affirming their transgender history.

Question 12

Transman

Answer 12

An identity label sometimes adopted by female-to-male trans people to signify that they are men while still affirming their transgender history.

Question 13

Queer

Answer 13

A political statement, as well as a sexual orientation, which advocates breaking binary thinking and seeing both sexual orientation and gender identity as potentially fluid. The term is a simple label to explain a complex set of sexual behaviors and desires.

Question 14

Questioning

Answer 14

An individual who is unsure of and/or exploring their gender identity and/or sexual orientation.

Question 15

Intersex

Answer 15

a set of medical conditions that feature congenital anomaly of the reproductive and sexual system. That is, intersex people are born with “sex chromosomes,” external genitalia, or internal reproductive systems that are not considered “standard” for either male or female.

Question 16

Asexual

Answer 16

A person who does not experience sexual attraction. They may or may not experience emotional, physical, or romantic attraction. Asexuality differs from celibacy in that it is a sexual orientation, not a choice. People who are asexual may call themselves ace.

Question 17

Aromantic

Answer 17

A person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others.

Question 18

Pansexual

Answer 18

An attraction to people regardless of their gender. A pansexual person may be attracted to their own gender, as well as other genders.

Question 19

Cisgender

Answer 19

someone who feels comfortable with the gender identity assigned to them based on their sex assigned at birth