S Flashcards
Ally
a person who supports and respects sexual and gender identity diversity, acts accordingly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behaviors, and is willing to explore and understand these forms of bias within themselves.
Aromantic
a person who does not experience romantic attraction. Some aromantic people experience sexual attraction, while others do not. Aromantic people who experience sexual attraction or occasional romantic attraction might also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their attraction.
Asexual
a person who generally has no/very little experience of sexual attraction to any group of people. May still have romantic, emotional, affectionate, or relational attractions towards others.
Binary gender
a sociological construct/’traditional’ view of gender limited to man and ‘woman’ defined by a collection of characteristics that are culturally associated with maleness (masculinity) or femaleness (femininity).
Binary sex
a sociological construct/’traditional’ view of sex limited to ‘male’ and ‘female’.
Biological sex
the described physical anatomy and gendered hormones one is born with, generally described as male, female, or intersex.
Bisexual
a person who is sexually, romantically, aesthetically, sensually, emotionally, and/or intellectually attracted to people of their own biological sex, as well as another biological sex.
Biphobia
fear of, hatred of, or discomfort with people who are bisexual.
Butch
a term used in LBT culture to describe someone who expresses themselves in a typically masculine way.
Cisgender
a person whose gender identity and gender expression generally match with that assigned for their biological sex. Can be cis-man or cis-woman.
Closeted
a person who is keeping their LGBTQ+ sexuality or gender identity hidden from many (or any) people. At times, being in the closet also means not wanting to admit one’s sexual or gender identity to oneself.
Coming out
The process of revealing your sexuality or gender identity to individuals in your life. This is a lifelong and sometimes daily process.
Demi (sexual and romantic)
an umbrella term used to describe people who may only feel sexually or romantically attracted to people with whom they have formed an emotional bond. People may also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with demi to explain the direction of romantic or sexual attraction as they experience it.
Femme
a term used in LGBT culture to describe someone who expresses themselves in a typically feminine way.
Fluid(ity)
generally with another term attached, like gender-fluid or fluid-sexuality, fluid(ity) describes an identity that is a fluctuating mix of the options available.
