QUIZ Flashcards
a person who generally
does not experience attraction towards anyone.
ASEXUAL
An outdated term used to refer to MONOSEXISM.
BIPHOBIA
The sexual orientation of a person who is attracted to people of more than one gender. Some terms under the
include OMNISEXUAL, POLYSEXUAL, and
PANSEXUAL
BISEXUAL
The gender identity of a person who is not
transgender, i.e., whose gender identity aligns with their sex or gender assigned at birth
CISGENDER
The system of discrimination that oppresses transgender and gender non–conforming people, based on
the belief that there are, and should be, only two genders (i.e.,
female and male)
CISSEXISM
The sexual orientation of a person (usually a man) who is attracted to people of the same gender,
GAY
A mental illness characterized by the
distress a person may feel when their gender identity does not align their sex or gender assigned at birth
GENDER DYSPHORIA
The external appearance of a
person’s gender, usually expressed through behavior, clothing,
haircut, or voice, which may or may not conform to socially
defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with
being either feminine or masculine.
GENDER EXPRESSION
A social construct used to categorize a person as female, male, or another identity, which is different from and
usually based on one’s sex assigned at birth.
GENDER
A person’s innermost concept of self
as female, male, or another identity, which may or may not
correspond with their sex or gender assigned at birth
GENDER IDENTITY
A person whose gender
expression does not align with their gender identity, e.g.,
feminine men
GENDER NON-CONFORMING
A person whose gender identity does not
conform to cisgender norms.
GENDERQUEER
The system of discrimination that oppresses
non–heterosexual people (e.g., those who are asexual,
bisexual, gay, lesbian), based on the belief that all people are,
or should be, heterosexual.
HETEROSEXISM
The sexual orientation of a person who is
attracted to people of a different gender.
HETEROSEXUAL
An outdated term used to refer to
HETEROSEXISM.
HOMOPHOBIA
An outdated term used to refer to GAY or LESBIAN.
HOMOSEXUAL
A person whose primary and/or secondary sex characteristics, or their combination of chromosomes, external genitalia, gonads, hormones, and/or internal reproductive
organs, differ from the two expected patterns of “female” an “male” and cannot be easily categorized as either of them.
INTERSEX
A woman who is attracted to people of the same gender, i.e., women.
LESBIAN
An act wherein someone attributes to a
person a gender that does not align with said person’s gender
identity by using the wrong name, pronouns, or titles,
regardless of their knowledge of the person’s SOGIESC or
their chosen name, pronouns, or titles.
MISGENDERING
A system of discrimination that oppresses
bisexual people, based on the belief that all people are, or
should be, attracted to people of only one gender (i.e., gay,
lesbian, or heterosexual)
MONOSEXISM
A person whose gender does not fall within the Gender binary of female and male. Some terms under the include AGENDER, BIGENDER, GENDERFLUID, and GENDERQUEER or QUEER
A radical and transgressive umbrella term used to describe a person whose sexual orientation, gender identity,
or gender expression does not conform to cisgender heterosexual norms
QUEER
A social construct used to categorize
a person as female or male based on their sex characteristics
but is usually based on external genitalia.
SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
A person who is still in the process of exploring
their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
QUESTIONING
A person’s physical traits that indicate
their biological sex, such as chromosomes, external genitalia, gonads, hormones, and internal reproductive organs. Traits
present at birth are called PRIMARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS,
whereas those that develop during puberty are called
SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS.
SEX CHARACTERISTICS (SC)
The system of discrimination that oppresses women,
based on the belief that women are inferior to men
SEXISM
An inherent or immutable enduring
emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
An outdated term used to refer to HETEROSEXUAL.
STRAIGHT/CISGENDER
A person whose gender identity does not align with their sex or gender assigned at birth, frequently abbreviated to TRANS. Some terms under include GENDERQUEER, NON–BINARY, and TRANSSEXUAL.
TRANSGENDER
An outdated term used to refer to CISSEXISM.
TRANSPHOBIA
Refers to transgender people who have
undergone or are in the process of undergoing medical Transitioning, i.e., gender–affirming surgery, hormone replacement therapy.
TRANSSEXUAL
