LGBT PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Labels are so powerful it can be used to
discriminate and oppress people
German nazi’s ___ as a superior race
Aryan race
inferior race
jews, homosexual
In China 600 BCE,
pleasure of the bitten peach and brokeback
In Japan,
shudo and nanshoku
In Thailand,
Kathoey (lady boys)
In Philippines,
Babaylan/ catalonan
Mostly roles of women, but some are males who lived their lives as women. Precolonial priest who are mostly females but some are males who lived their lives as female priest
babaylan/catalonan
In ancient Greek, all males are expected to take on a younger male lover in a practice
pederasty
In Native America, they called ‘two-spirited’ person in a danceto the
Berdache
Later cultures see it as a sin following the Abrahamic Religion which branded it as
sodomy, a crime against nature
Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness in
19th century
removed homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder in 1973
APA
women emotionally and sexually attracted to women
Lesbian
men emotionally and sexually attracted to men
Gay
man or woman emotionally and sexually attracted to men or women
Bisexual
when you gender identity (how you think and feel) is different from your physical sex (male/female); Transexual
Transgender
used by people who celebrate all gender identities, doesn’t want to be restricted as Lesbian, Gay, or Bi
Queer
people who are in the process of exploring, learning, or experimenting with what one’s gender, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or another part of one’s identity
Questioning
refers to a person who identifies as having both a masculine and a feminine spirit, and is used by some Indigenous people to describe their sexual orientation and gender identity
2 spirits
people born with sex genitals or chromosomes patterns that do not fit the typical male or female body
intersex
people who do not feel sexual attraction to anyone
asexual
straight or heterosexual people who are fighting for LGBTQ+
rights
Ally
refers to all sexualities that do not fit in the LGBTQ+ spectrum
+Plus
Being sexually attracted to people regardless of sex and/or gender.
Pansexual
Being sexually attracted to more than one sex and/or gender.
Bisexual
Being sexually attracted to the same sex and/or gender.
Homosexual
Being sexually attracted to a different sex and/or gender.
Heterosexual
Only experiences sexual attraction after a strong emotional bond has been established.
Demisexual
Only occasionally experiences sexual attraction.
Greysexual
Does not experience sexual attraction.
Asexual
Romantically attracted to people regardless of sex and/or gender.
Panromantic
Romantically attracted to more than one sex and/or gender.
Biromantic
Romantically attracted to the same sex and/or gender.
Homo-romantic
Romantically attracted to a different sex and/or gender.
Hetero-romantic
Only experiences romantic attraction after a strong emotional bond has been established.
Demi-romantic
Only occasionally experiences romantic attraction.
grey romantic
Does not experience romantic attraction.
aromantic
people whose gender expressions (their physical
appearance) may or may not be distinctly male or female
androgynous
when your gender identity matches with the sex you are assigned at birth
cisgender
people who do not feel like a boy or a girl; they may feel like they are both or neither, so sometimes they use the pronouns they, them, and theirs
non-binary
an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression, or behavior does not conform to the typically associated with the sex to which they are assigned at birth.”
transgender
medical field- people whose gender identity is different from their biological sex and they what to change their body – hormonal replacement therapy/sex reassignment surgery)
transsexuals
a person whole biological sex is female and has transitioned to living his life as a male;
FTM (female to male)
a person whose biological sex is male and has transitioned to living her life as a female;
MTF (male to female)
some people want to dress as the opposite gender from time to time, however, unlike the transsexual, they are comfortable identifying with their biological sex
Crossdressing
these are people who dresses as the oppositive gender for
entertainment which they do out of passion or for works;
Drag kings and queens
peoplewhofeelliketheirgenderdoesnotfitthegenderbinaryviewthatis
limited to the male and female category because they feel that these are too restrictive
gender queer
