LGBTQ + and Gender

A person with a gender that is both masculine and feminine or in between masculine and feminine is

• lesbian

• homosexual

• Androgyne

• asexual

A social construct used to classify a person as a man, woman, or some other identity. Fundamentally different from the sex one is assigned at birth.

• gender

• sex

• karyotype

• sexual identifier

A person who is exploring their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

• explorer

• transsexual

• bisexual

• questioning

Describes a person’s biological combination of hormones, organs, genitals, and chromosomes. Examples are Female, Intersex, and Male.

• Sexuality

• Biological Sex

• Attraction

• asexuality

A person whose gender identity is aligned with the social expectations for the physical body they were born with (example: a male bodied person who feels and acts “like a man.”)

• transgender

• non - gender

• cisgender

• sexual

The way a person presents (shows) and communicates their gender identity through actions, dress, behaviors and speech. Examples are Feminine, Androgynous, and Masculine

• gender expression

• sexuality

• transgenderism

• non binaryism

A person whose gender identity is neither man nor woman but between or beyond traditional genders.

• Lesbian

• bisexual

• genderqueer

• asexual

How a person, in their head, thinks about themselves. This is based on a society’s expectation about how people should look, think, and act as someone of a specific gender. Examples are Woman, Genderqueer, Transgender, and Man

• mindful sexuality

• gender identity

• homosexual

• neurological sex

A person whose gender identification and presentation shifts, whether within or outside of societal, gender-based expectations. Being fluid in motion between two or more genders

• polysexual

• asexual

• bisexual

• gender fluid

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 definitions of male or female. About 1% of the world’s children are born with chromosomes, hormones, genitals and organs that aren’t exclusively male or female

• intersex

• gay

• bisexual

• asexual