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Gender/Sexuality Terminology

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  • An adjective that can describe a person who does not identify as any gender
    Agender
  • A term that can be used by people who do not describe themselves or their genders as fitting into the categories of man or woman
    Nonbinary
  • A person whose gender identity is different from the gender they were assigned at birth
    Transgender
  • Someone whose gender identity and/or expression varies over time
    Gender Fluid
  • A person who needs to feel an emotional tie to another person in order to be attracted to them
    Demisexual
  • This describes a variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy, chromosomes or hormones that don’t fit the typical definition of male and female
    Intersex
  • The way a person presents (shows) and communicates their gender identity through actions, dress, behaviors and speech
    Gender Expression
  • A person’s romantic, emotional, physical or sexual attraction to another person
    Sexual Orientation
  • An adjective that describes a person whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth
    Cisgender
  • How a person in their mind thinks about themselves. This is based on a society’s expectation about how people look, think, and act as someone of a specific gender
    Gender Identity
  • A person who does not experience sexual attraction towards individuals of any gender
    Asexual
  • Refers to people whose sexual and romantic feelings are primarily for the same gender
    Gay/Lesbian
  • Refers to people whose sexual and romantic feelings are primarily for the opposite gender
    Heterosexual
  • A person who is physically and emotionally attracted to people of two or more genders
    Bisexual
  • Refers to individuals who are attracted to a person of any gender, but they are not gender blind and thus are aware of the person’s gender
    Omnisexual
  • Describes a person’s biological combination of hormones, organs, genitals and chromosomes
    Biological Sex
  • Conveys a wider, more flexible range of gender identity and/or expression than typically associated with the binary gender system
    Gender Expansive
  • Refers to individuals who are attracted to people of all genders and are often categorized as being “gender blind”
    Pansexual
  • Having both masculine and feminine qualities
    Androgynous
  • A person whose gender identity is neither man nor woman but between or beyond traditional genders
    Gender Queer