LGBTQ language and terminology
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer + (LGBTQ+) community have many identities and various terms we use for ourselves. This glossary is ...
LGBTQ Terminology - Washington and Lee University
How to Use the Glossary · Terms for All Identities: Here you will find terms like "Coming out" or "Partner" that can apply to any identity. · Sex and Gender: Here ...
The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ - The New York Times
As “homosexual” began to feel clinical and pejorative, gay became the de rigueur mainstream term to refer to same-sex attraction in the late ...
LGBTIQ terminology - Queensland Human Rights Commission
gay: a person who is primarily attracted to members of the same sex. Although it can be used for any sex (for example: gay man, gay woman, gay ...
Helpful LGBTQ+ Terminology - Campus Life - UMF
LGBTQ+ – A common abbreviation for a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual community (sometimes referred to ...
KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS - GLSEN
physically, in relation to their own gender identity. Some people may identify as “asexual,” “bisexual,” “gay,”. “lesbian,” “pansexual,” “queer, ...
Glossary | Rainbow Health Ontario
queer. Formerly derogatory slang term used to identify LGBT people. Some members of the LGBT community have embraced and reinvented this term as a positive and ...
Glossary of LGBTIQ+ Language - OutLine Aotearoa
Lesbian a person who identifies as female who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to others who identify as female. Non-binary a description of a gender ...
Glossary - University at Albany-SUNY
A male identified individual who is emotionally, physically and/ or sexually attracted to members of the same sex. Often used as the default term for the LGBTQ* ...
Terminology - LGBTQIA+ Health and Cultural Competency
Terminology · Bias Free Language: APA Style · GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 11th ed. · Human Rights Campaign Glossary of Terms · LGBTQIA+ Glossary of ...
Definitions & terminology on LGBTIQ+ people and human rights
United Nations, UN Free & Equal definitions and terminology on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people and their human ...
This term is used to describe a woman whose physical, romantic and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Some lesbians also refer to ...
Gender & Sexuality Terminology - University of California, Riverside
Has concern for the well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex, queer, and other similarly identified people 3. Believes that heterosexism, ...
Gay: an individual who identifies as a man and is sexually and/or romantically attracted to other people who identify as men. Gay is also broadly used to ...
Dictionary of queer terminology - Pronouns.page
Dictionary of queer terminology · A-spectrum, aspec (Asexual; Aromantic) – an umbrella term referring to the aromantic spectrum and the asexual spectrum. · AAA, ...
Defining LGBTQ+ Words for Elementary School Students
LGBTQ+: Acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity. Queer ...
Your guide to words and definitions in the LGBTQIA+ community
Gay: Most commonly used to describe someone who is attracted to someone of the same identified gender. Discrimination: Treating someone like ...
Glossary of Terms - Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality
» Lesbian: A woman who is emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves.
Avoid the outdated and derogatory term 'hermaphrodite.' LGBT / LGBT+ / LGBTQ+ / LGBTQIA+ | Acronyms for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or ...
LGBTIQ+ language and terminology - NSW Health
Lesbian: a woman who is attracted to women. Gay: a man who is attracted to men. Bisexual: a person who is attracted to people of their own and ...