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Terminology

LGBTQIA Terminology

Sexual Orientations

  • Asexual – A person who does not experience sexual attraction or desire.
  • Bisexual – A person whose primary sexual and affectional orientation is toward people of the same and other genders, or toward people regardless of their gender.
  • Gay – A sexual and affectional orientation toward people of the same gender.
  • Heterosexual/Straight – A sexual orientation in which a person feels physically and emotionally attracted to people of a gender other than their own.
  • Lesbian – A woman whose primary sexual and affectional orientation is toward people of the same gender.

Gender and Gender Identity

  • Gender Identity– A social construct used to classify a person as a man, woman, Trans Male/Trans Man, Trans Female/Trans Woman, Genderqueer or other identity.
  • Transgender – Used most often as an umbrella term; some commonly held definitions: 1) someone whose gender identity or expression does not fit within dominant group social constructs of assigned sex and gender; 2) a gender outside of the man/woman binary; 3) having no gender or multiple genders.
  • Gender Non-Conforming – People who do not subscribe to gender expressions or roles expected of them by society.
  • Gender Queer – A person’s whose gender identity and/or gender expression falls outside of the dominant social norm for their assigned sex, is beyond genders, or is some combination of them
  • Trans Man/Trans Male – A female-to-male (FTM) transgender person who was assigned female at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a man.
  • Trans Woman/Trans Female – A male-to-female (MTF) transgender person who was assigned male at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a woman.
  • Male – a person’s own understanding of themselves as a man based on their gender and gender expression.
  • Female - a person’s own understanding of themselves as a woman based on their gender and gender expression.
  • Different Identity - A person who does not use one of the gender identity options provided.  Providing specific wording is not required.

View the Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy (pages 2-3) for additional terminology.

Source:  http://lgbt.ucsd.edu/education/terminology.html 

 

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