LGBTQ Flashcards
A person whose gender identity is congruent with or “matches” their biological sex.
Cisgender
A person’s sexual, emotional, physical and psychological attraction to another person. Heterosexual people are usually attracted to people of the “opposite” sex, gay men are attracted to men, and lesbians are attracted to women. Bisexual people are attracted to people of “both” sexes.
Sexual Orientation
Person’s combination of gonads (or sex organs), chromosomes, and hormones.” In most cases, people are either assigned ‘female’ or ‘male’ at birth
Biological Sex
A person’s felt sense of gender, or, who they are as a gendered being
Gender Identity
What we call the cues that people use to communicate their gender to others. These cues can include hairstyle, clothing choices/style, make-up, tattoos, piercings,
facial hair, walking gait, pitch of voice, etc
Gender Expression
The biological sex that someone is assumed to be at birth, usually based on a visual assessment of their genitals. This is what is recorded on a person’s birth certificate.
Sex Assigned at Birth
A term used to describe people who have a disconnect between their biological sex and their gender identity – which is to say that their biological sex and gender identity are incongruent, or, that their gender identity is not what we would usually expect based on their biological sex.
Transgender
People whose gender expressions do not conform with the traditional gender norms for what is expected of their assigned sex, that do not identify is either male or
female
Gender Nonbinary
People who identify as female but were assigned male at birth.
People who identify as male but were assigned female at birth.
Transgender Woman
Transgender Man
This is the medical diagnosis in the DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) that describes the intense and persistent discomfort that transgender people feel because of the disconnect between their biological sex and their gender identity
Gender Dysphoria
Many of you have likely heard the term “sex change” or “sex reassignment surgery” used to refer to a transgender person who has had genital surgery. These terms are outdated and offensive and this term should be used instead.
Gender Affirming Surgery/Medical Transition
A transgender person’s process of coming out and shifting presentation to be more aligned with gender identity, may include requesting a new name and pronouns.
Social Transition
Can a person living with HIV transmit te virus if their viral load is undetectable?
NO
Undetectable = Untransmittable
What is Prep?
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
- daily vs. on demand
- who can use which method
- TAF and TDF
- considerations for frontal/vaginal sex - onset, efficacy
- hormone therapy and PrEP
Do gender affirming hormones act as reliable contraception?
NO
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation are Different Things!
- Sexual Orientation is the direction of one’s sexual ______. Sexuality can change over ____ and is usually labeled as lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual, queer.
- Every individual has a sex assigned at ____, a gender i_____, and a sexual o_____. Can be ______
- attraction, time
- birth, identity, orientation. FLUID
Sexual History Script
STI screening for Trans women
STI Screening for Trans Men
LGBTQ people and Sex Work
Many participate in sex work, drug sales, and other activities that are currently criminalized (“underground economy”) to earn an income or in exchange for food, a place to sleep, or other goods or services.
Participation in sex trade is often higher among those who have faced family rejection, poverty, or unequal opportunities in employment, housing, and education
High rates of negative mental and physical health outcomes, police abuse for transgender ppl who have done sex work
Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
Fertility
What aspects of contraceptive methods could uniquely effect TMGNB patients?
LGBTQ Fertility
___ + ___ + ____
Egg + Sperm + Uterus
Methods for LGBTQ Fertility
