LGBT definitions Flashcards
Define ally (in relation to LGBT people)
Typically straight (or cis‐identified) person who supports and respects members of the LGBTQ community.
Define asexual
Having a lack of (or low level of) sexual attraction to others and/or a lack of interest or desire for sex or sexual partners.
Define bisexual
A person emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to both men and women.
Other individuals may use this to indicate an attraction to individuals who identify outside of the gender binary as well and may use bisexual as a way to indicate an interest in more than one gender or sex
Define Cisgender
A person whose gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth align (e.g., identifies as a man and is male gender‐assigned).
Define gay
Individuals who are primarily emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to members of the same sex and/or gender.
Define gender expression
The external display of one’s gender, through a combination of dress, demeanor, social behavior, and other factors. Also referred to as “gender presentation
Define gender identity
The internal perception of one’s gender, and how they label themselves, which may or may not correspond with their birth sex.
Define intersex
Someone whose combination of chromosomes, gonads, hormones, internal sex organs, and genitals (reproductive or sexual anatomy) doesn’t fit the typical definitions of male or female i.e. there genitals etc may be part male part female in appearance, function etc
Define lesbian
Females/women‐identified people attracted romantically, erotically, and/or emotionally to other females/women ‐identified people.
Define pansexual
A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction for members of all gender identities/expressions
Define queer
an umbrella term to describe individuals who don’t identify as straight. Also used to describe people who have non‐normative gender identity or as a political affiliation.
Define sexual attraction
An affinity for someone that evokes the want to engage in physical intimate behavior (e.g., kissing, touching, intercourse), experienced in varying degrees (from little‐to‐non, to intense). Often combined with romantic attraction or emotional/spiritual attraction.
Define sexual orientation
The type of sexual, romantic, emotional/spiritual attraction one feels for others, often labeled based on the gender relationship between the person and the people they are attracted to (often mistakenly referred to as sexual preference)
Define transgender (trans)
Denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex. e.g. transgender women = a women who was assigned as male at birth
Define positivitism
A philosophical system recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and therefore rejecting metaphysics and theism.
