Definitions

Question 1

Define Abrosexual

Answer 1

sexual attraction is fluid. sexual orientation doesn’t always fit into fixed categories.

Question 2

Define Ace

Answer 2

An umbrella term for any identity on the asexual spectrum. Ace is shorthand for asexual.

Question 3

Define asexual

Answer 3

A sexual is an umbrella term for someone who experiences little or no sexual attraction.

Question 4

Define agender/genderless

Answer 4

Someone who is without gender, gender neutral and or rejects the concept of gender for themselves

Question 5

Ally

Answer 5

Someone who does not identify as LGBTQIA+ but actively supports the community

Question 6

Define Androgynous

Answer 6

Characteristics and qualities traditionally associated with both masculinity and femininity. This term can describe physical appearance, fashion choices, or behavioral traits that do not fit neatly into the conventional male or female distinctions.

Question 7

Define Appropriation

Answer 7

Borrowing or adopting something as one’s own when it did not originate from them or their culture. This use occurs without proper understanding, credit, and/or permission.

Question 8

Define Aromantic

Answer 8

An umbrella term, or stand alone identifier, for someone who experiences little or no romantic attraction.

Question 9

Define Autosexual/romantic

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Being able to elicit a sexual/romantic attraction from yourself by yourself and/or not desiring to partake in sexual activity with others but still enjoying being sexually intimate with yourself

Question 10

Binary

Answer 10

Refers to the classification of gender into two distinct, opposite forms of masculine and feminine, often based on a persons sex assigned at birth.

Question 11

Bisexual/romantic

Answer 11

Being attracted to two or more genders

Question 12

Cisgender

Answer 12

A person whose gender identity is the same as their sex and/or gender assigned at birth

Question 13

Deadnaming

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Refers to using the former name of a transgender or non-binary person who has chosen a new name as part of their gender transition.

Question 14

Demisexual/romantic

Answer 14

A person who only experiences attraction to people with whom they have formed a strong emotional bond

Question 15

DAB/AFAB/FAAB

Answer 15

Acronyms for “designated female at birth”, “assigned female at birth, and “female assigned at birth”

Question 16

DMAB/AMAB/MAAB

Answer 16

Acronyms for “designated male at birth”, “assigned male at birth”, and “male assigned at birth.

Question 17

Fluid

Answer 17

Not fixed, able to change

Question 18

FTM

Answer 18

Acronym for “female to male”

Question 19

Gay

Answer 19

This label can refer specifically to men who are attracted to men who are attracted to men, it can refer to people who are primarily attracted to the same or similar gender as their own, or it can be an umbrella term for anyone who is not straight.

Question 20

✅ Gender

Answer 20

Gender refers to the social, behavioral, and cultural attributes, expectations, and norms associated with being male, female, or non-binary. Unlike sex, which is based on physical and biological traits, gender is primarily concerned with personal, societal and cultural perceptions of identity.

Question 21

✅ Gender identity

Answer 21

Gender identity is the personal sense of one’s own gender. Gender identify can correlate with a persons assigned sex at birth or can differ from it. Children develop gender identity (a deep sense of being male or female) early. They express clear gender choices for clothes, toys and personal items. Gender identity begins to be identified at about ages 2 to 4 years old.

Question 22

✅ Gender expression

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External appearance of one’s gender identity, 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.

Question 23

✅ Gender dysphoria

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Distress or unhappiness experienced because one’s gender does not match the sex and/or gender assigned at birth

Question 24

✅ Gender euphoria

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Extreme happiness, or comfortability, experienced because a person’s gender is being affirmed.

Question 25

✅ Gender-fluid

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Having a gender that changes

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✅ Genderflux

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Someone whose experience with gender changes (fluctuates) in intensity

Question 27

✅ Gender spectrum

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Refers to the understanding that gender is not limited to two distinct, opposite genders (male and female) but rather includes a wide range of identities and expressions. It acknowledges that gender identity and expression can vary significantly among individuals, incorporating diverse experiences beyond the traditional gender binary

Question 28

Heterosexual/romantic

Answer 28

Physical, romantic, emotional and /or spiritual attractions to the opposite sex or gender

Question 30

Homosexual/romantic

Answer 30

A person who is attracted to the same or similar gender as their own

Question 31

Intersex

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A sex category that includes people whose anatomy does not completely fit into either of society’s typical definitions of male or female

Question 32

Lesbian

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Women (as well as non-binary and genderqueer people who feel a connection to womanhood) who are attracted to other women

Question 33

Monosexuality/romanticism

Answer 33

Attraction to a single gender

Question 34

Non-binary

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“Non-binary” refers to a gender identity that does not fit the traditional categories of exclusively male or exclusively female. Non binary may experience their gender as a mix of both or outside of these categories

Question 35

Pansexual/romantic

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Pansexual refers to an individual who is emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to people regardless of their gender identity. Attraction to the person

Question 36

Polyamory

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The practice or desire of relationships involving more than two people

Question 37

Preferred pronouns

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The set of pronouns an individual wishes to use when someone refers to them and it aligns with their gender identity.

Question 38

Queer

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An umbrella term or identity taken on by some LGBTQIA+ people to describe a sexual and/or gender identity that falls outside societal norms.

Question 39

Questioning

Answer 39

Being unsure of one’s sexual/romantic orientation or gender identity

Question 40

Same-gender loving (SGL)

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A term that is often used by some members of the AA or black community to describe a person who is attracted to others of the same gender.

Question 41

Sex

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A socially constructed classification system based on a persons biology.

Question 42

Sex/gender assignment

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Society’s propensity to label an infant as male or female, man or woman, at birth, usually based on the appearance of their genitals

Question 43

Trans man

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Someone assigned female at birth and is a man

Question 44

Trans woman

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Someone assigned male at birth and is a woman

Question 45

Transgender/trans

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An umbrella term for anyone whose gender identity does not match their sex and/or gender assigned at birth

Question 46

Transition

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The process of accepting oneself and/or pursuing changes to affirm one’s gender and/or alleviate dysphoria.

Question 47

Two-Spirit

Answer 47

An umbrella term created by First Nations/Native American/indigenous peoples to describe sexual orientation and/or gender/sex that exists outside of colonial constructions of the gender binary (neither man nor woman , but a distinct, alternative gender status exclusive to their ethnicity). This term should not be appropriated by or used to describe people who are not native