SOGIE TERMS Flashcards
An acronym for sexual orientation. gender identity, and gender expression.
Everyone has a sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
SOGIE
SOGIE
Sexual Qrientation, gender Identity and Expression
An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual. transgender, and queer and/or questioning.
It notes a community or coalition of people with diverse gender identities and sexual
orientations not limited to those specified in the acronym itself.
LGBTQ
Sex A combination of biological and physiological characteristics, including: chromosomes,
mrmones, internal and external organs, and secondary sex characteristics (e.g., facial hair)
used by medical professionals to classify someone as male, female. or intersex.
Sex
Female A term (Escribing people born with. usually: XX chromosomes, higher levels of
estrogen and progesterone relative to Other Formones, and organs including ovaries, uterus,
clitoris, and vulva.
Female
A term people born with, usually: XY chromosomes, higher levels Of
testosterone relative to Other hormones, md organs including testicles, prostate, penis, and
scrotum.
Male
A term describing people born with variations of internal/extemal sex anatomy and
chromosomes resulting in bodies that cannot be medically classified as the typical male/female.
Intersex
Refers to a person who does not experience sexual attraction to other people.
Asexual
Refers a person’s emotional, romantic. and sexual attraction to persons of the same
and/or different sex-
Sexual Orientation
Refers to a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to both
men/males and women/females.
Bisexual
Refers to a woman who is emotionally. romantically, and sexually attracted to other
women.
Lesbian
Not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sext gender, or gender
identity.
Pansexual
Refers to a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to people Of
the same
Gay
Refers to people who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or
gender identity.
Questioning
A term used to describe a person’s intemal sense of themselves as a man/male, a womannemale, no gender, or another gender, regardless of anatomy.
Gender Identity
A fluid label someone uses to self-identify as outside of the societal norms in regards
to sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, acknowledging difference(s)
without specifying which SOGIE category or categories the difference(s) occur(s) within.
Queer
Refers b a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Straight/Heterosexual
An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is
different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at biff). Being
transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation.
Transgender
A term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated wit) the sex assigned to them at birth.
Cisgender
A broad term referring to people who do not conform to the traditional expectations of their gender identity, or whose gender expression does not fit neatly into a category. Sometimes called gender expansive-
Gender Non-Conforming (GNC)
An umbrella term used by some indigenous North Americans to describe gender-variant individuals.
Two-Spirit
External appearance of a person’s gender, usually expressed through
behavior. clothing. haircut or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined
behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine.
Gender Expression
How people refer to themselves and how they prefer to be referred to in terms of gender. Examples of pronouns include “she/her/her,” “he/him/his,” “they/them/their,” and “ze/zir/zes. “
Pronouns
Societal expectations Of how people should act, think, look, dress, sound, and/or feel based upon the gender corresponding with their sex assigned at birth. Gender roles often change over time.
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