LGBTQ language and terminology
HRC | Glossary of Terms - Human Rights Campaign
LGBTQ+ | An acronym for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer” with a "+" sign to recognize the limitless sexual orientations and ...
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary - UC Davis
Queer: An umbrella term used to describe gender/sexual/romantic orientations or identities that fall outside of societal norms. Historically, ...
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ - GLAAD
An adjective used to describe a person whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions are to people of the same sex (e.g., gay man, gay people) ...
Pansexual – Attraction toward people of all genders, including those who identify as transgender, transsexual, androgynous, genderqueer, agender, and all other ...
LGBTQIA+ Glossary - UCSF LGBT Resource Center
Sexuality: The components of a person that include their biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual practices, etc. Sexual Orientation: An ...
LGBTQ Definitions, Terms & Concepts
Growing up identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) is even harder, according to national data. Also ...
The term is seen as less stigmatizing than “passing” because it does not invoke pass/fail language. CISGENDER: Refers to those individuals whose internal sense ...
List of LGBTQ+ terms - Stonewall
Refers to a man who has a romantic and/or sexual orientation towards men. Also a generic term for lesbian and gay sexuality - some women define themselves as ...
A term used to describe people who are emotionally, romantically, and/or physically attracted to people of the same gender (e.g., gay man, gay people). In ...
LGBTQ Glossary - LGBTQIA+ - University of Pittsburgh
LGBTQ Glossary · A. AFAB/AMAB: Assigned Female At Birth / Assigned Male At Birth. · B biphobia: The fear or hatred of persons perceived to be bisexual. · C.
Glossary of LGBTQIA+ Terms - Emerson College
A common abbreviation for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning community. The acronym is used as an umbrella term when talking about ...
LGBTQ+ Vocabulary Glossary of Terms - The Safe Zone Project
LGBTQ is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer and/or Questioning (sometimes people at a + at the end in an effort to be more inclusive); GSM is Gender and ...
LGBTQ Terminology - SUNY Geneseo
For example, in the LGBTQ+ community, this could be a straight, cisgender person who openly denounces transphobia and homophobia. Members of the LGBTQ+ ...
Glossary of LGBTQIA+ Terms - LGBTQ Resource Center
Gender expression | External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics, or voice, and which may or ...
Glossary | The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
Sexuality - A person's sexual feelings, thoughts, desires, identities, values, and behaviors. This includes one's sexual identity and is sometimes related to ...
Glossary of LGBTQ+ Terms - CultureAlly
Lesbian: A term used to describe women who are attracted to other women, but the definition may be broadened to non-men loving non-men. LGBTQ+: ...
Transgender has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix trans, meaning “across” or “beyond.” Transgender is generally preferred over the antiquated “transsexual” ...
LGBTQ+ Language And The Search For All-Inclusive Words - Babbel
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Trans. Queer. Questioning. Intersex. Asexual. Pansexual. Non-binary. The list of terminology for various sexual orientations and ...
Good Practices: Inclusive Language - LGBTQ+ Equity Center
Instead of "sex change" or "sex reassignment," please use "gender affirmation" or "transition care" or "change of gender marker" to refer to medical transition ...
Terminology Guide - Inclusive Language - LibGuides at Pratt Institute
When referring to non-straight individuals, be specific and use gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer. When referring to a group of multiple ...