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Freedom Requires Wings - LGBT News, Opinion & Multimedia. A Comprehensive List of LGBTQ+ Term Definitions. *This list is neither comprehensive nor inviolable, but it’s a work in progress toward those goals. With identity terms, trust the person who is using the term and their definition of it above any dictionary. These definitions are the creation of a cultural commons: emails, online discussions, and in-person chats, with the initial curation being mine, then growing into a collaboration between Meg Bolger and me at TheSafeZoneProject.com. We are constantly honing and adjusting language to — our humble goal — have the definitions resonate with at least 51 out of 100 people who use the words.
Identity terms are tricky, and trying to write a description that works perfectly for everyone using that label simply isn’t possible. Some definitions here may include words you aren’t familiar with, or have been taught a flawed or incomplete definition for; I’ve likely defined those words somewhere else in the list, but if I also missed many. Mx. – (typically pronounced mix) is an title (e.g. Sexual orientation. The term sexual preference largely overlaps with sexual orientation, but is generally distinguished in psychological research.[9] A person who identifies as bisexual, for example, may sexually prefer one sex over the other.[10] Sexual preference may also suggest a degree of voluntary choice,[9][11][12] whereas the scientific consensus is that sexual orientation is not a choice.[13][14][15] While sexual orientation is reported primarily within biology and psychology, including sexology, for reports within anthropology and history, including social constructionism, there are other explanations that relate to sexual orientation and culture.
Definitions and distinguishing from sexual identity and behavior General Sexual orientation is traditionally defined as including heterosexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality, while asexuality is considered the fourth category of sexual orientation by some researchers and has been defined as the absence of a traditional sexual orientation. Fluidity. Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity 101. Sexual Diversity | Sexual Identity and Orientation | Sexual Health | SexualityandU. Sexual Diversity: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Intersex More and more, people think of Canada as a diverse society.
For example, Canada is home to people of a wide variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, skin colours and languages. In other words, we are all not the same: there are many ways in which human beings are different from each other. Sexuality is one of the ways that people are different from one another. LGBTQ Stands for… The acronym LGBTQ is a reflection of sexual diversity within society. L is for lesbian. G is for Gay. B is for Bisexual. T is for Transgender and/or Transsexual. Q is for Queer or Questioning. Sexual Orientation The term “sexual diversity” is often used in the context of sexual orientation. Gender Identity The term “sexual diversity” is often used in reference to gender identity. Biological sex: Most people are born with a body that is clearly either male or female.
Intersex Awareness and Acceptance of Sexual Diversity.