LGBTQ

Question 1

Describes a per­son who sup­ports, both pub­licly and pri­vate­ly, the LGBTQ com­mu­ni­ty and equal­i­ty in its many forms.

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ALLY

Question 2

Describes the process of a per­son first com­ing to under­stand their own sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, then reveal­ing it to oth­ers.

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COMING OUT

Question 2

A social con­struct used to clas­si­fy a per­son as a man, woman or some oth­er iden­ti­ty. It is often close­ly relat­ed to the role that a per­son plays or is expect­ed to play in society.

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GENDER

Question 2

Describes a per­son who has two gen­ders.

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BIGENDER

Question 2

Describes not iden­ti­fy­ing as being of a par­tic­u­lar gen­der.

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GENDER NEUTRAL

Question 2

Describes a per­son who is not sex­u­al­ly attract­ed to oth­ers and has no desire to engage in sex­u­al behav­ior.

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ASEXUAL

Question 2

Describes a per­son who is attract­ed to both men and women

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BISEXUAL

Question 2

Describes a per­son whose gen­der iden­ti­ty match­es the sex — male or female — orig­i­nal­ly iden­ti­fied on their birth cer­tifi­cate

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CISGENDER

Question 2

This is an umbrella term for gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary (they are not exclusively male nor female)

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NON-BINARY

Question 2

Describes a per­son who does not adhere to the tra­di­tion­al expec­ta­tions — in terms of their appear­ance or behav­ior — of their assigned gen­der.

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GENDER NONCONFORMING

Question 2

Describes a per­son who is attract­ed, emo­tion­al­ly and/​or phys­i­cal­ly, to some­one of the same gen­der.

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GAY

Question 3

Describes the extreme dis­com­fort that a per­son feels because their assigned sex at birth does not match their gen­der iden­ti­ty. This sense of unease or dis­sat­is­fac­tion can cause depres­sion and anx­i­ety and neg­a­tive­ly impact an individual’s dai­ly life.

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GENDER DYSPHORIA

Question 3

How indi­vid­u­als com­mu­ni­cate their gen­der to oth­ers through their cloth­ing, speech, man­ner­isms and oth­er fac­tors.

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GENDER EXPRESSION

Question 3

Describes a per­son whose gen­der expres­sion or gen­der iden­ti­ty — or both — changes over time.

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GENDER FLUID

Question 3

Describes a per­son who is attract­ed — phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly — to indi­vid­u­als of the oppo­site sex. Oth­er­wise known as a straight person.

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HETEROSEXUAL

Question 3

A person’s inter­nal iden­ti­fi­ca­tion as male, female, some­thing in between or some­thing oth­er than the two con­ven­tion­al gen­der options. It is not vis­i­ble to oth­ers and can match or dif­fer from their assigned sex at birth.

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GENDER IDENTITY

Question 3

An acronym used to describe les­bian, gay, bisex­u­al, trans­gen­der, queer or ques­tion­ing per­sons or the com­mu­ni­ty

Answer 3

LGBTQ

Question 3

Describes a per­son whose gen­der iden­ti­ty falls out­side of the two-gen­der con­struct (male or female).

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NONBINARY

Question 4

A term used in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.

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INTERSEX

Question 4

Describes a per­son who is attract­ed — phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly — to peo­ple of the same sex.

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HOMOSEXUAL

Question 4

Describes a per­son who is attract­ed to — or has the poten­tial to be attract­ed to — peo­ple of any gen­der or gen­der iden­ti­ty. This attrac­tion can be emo­tion­al or physical.

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PANSEXUAL

Question 4

Describes a woman who is attract­ed, emo­tion­al­ly and/​or phys­i­cal­ly, to oth­er women.

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LESBIAN

Question 4

Describes a per­son whose gen­der iden­ti­ty and/​or gen­der expres­sion do not match their assigned sex at birth. May have undergone surgery o change their assigned sex.

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TRANSGENDER

Question 4

Umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender

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QUEER

Question 4

It is about who you’re attracted to and who you feel drawn to romantically, emotionally, and sexually.

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Question 4

Describes a per­son who was assigned a male sex at birth but iden­ti­fies as female.

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TRANSWOMAN

Question 4

Describes a per­son who was assigned a female sex at birth but iden­ti­fies as male.

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TRANSMAN

Question 4

The clas­si­fi­ca­tion of a per­son as male or female which is assigned at birth. It is innate/inborn characteristic

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SEX

Question 4

A com­plex process by which trans­gen­der peo­ple align their anato­my (med­ical tran­si­tion) and gen­der expres­sion (social tran­si­tion) with their gen­der iden­ti­ty.

It is a mul­ti­­ple-step process that occurs over a long peri­od of time. It can include such steps as using a dif­fer­ent name, using new pro­nouns, dress­ing dif­fer­ent­ly, updat­ing legal doc­u­ments, hor­mone ther­a­py and surgery. The exact steps involved in a person’s tran­si­tion varies.

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TRANSITION