SOGIE TERMS

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An acronym for sexual orientation. gender identity, and gender expression.
Everyone has a sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

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SOGIE

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SOGIE

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Sexual Qrientation, gender Identity and Expression

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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.

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LGBTQ

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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.

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Sex

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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.

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Female

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A term people born with, usually: XY chromosomes, higher levels Of
testosterone relative to Other hormones, md organs including testicles, prostate, penis, and
scrotum.

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Male

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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.

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Intersex

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Refers to a person who does not experience sexual attraction to other people.

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Asexual

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Refers a person’s emotional, romantic. and sexual attraction to persons of the same
and/or different sex-

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Sexual Orientation

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Refers to a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to both
men/males and women/females.

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Bisexual

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Refers to a woman who is emotionally. romantically, and sexually attracted to other
women.

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Lesbian

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Not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sext gender, or gender
identity.

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Pansexual

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Refers to a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to people Of
the same

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Gay

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Refers to people who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or
gender identity.

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Questioning

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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.

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Gender Identity

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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.

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Queer

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Refers b a person who is emotionally, romantically, and sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.

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Straight/Heterosexual

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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.

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Transgender

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A term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated wit) the sex assigned to them at birth.

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Cisgender

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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-

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Gender Non-Conforming (GNC)

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An umbrella term used by some indigenous North Americans to describe gender-variant individuals.

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Two-Spirit

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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.

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Gender Expression

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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. “

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Pronouns

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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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Gender Roles