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
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