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An outdated term used to refer to MONOSEXISM.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An outdated term used to refer to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