LGBTQ+ Terminology Quiz

A term used to describe women attracted romantically and/or emotionally to other women.

• Gay

• Lesbian

• Transgender

• Bisexual

A term used to describe men attracted to other men.

• Lesbian

• Bisexual

• Gay

• Transgender

A person attracted to men and women. This attraction does not have to be equally split between genders and they may be more attracted to one gender over the other.

• Bisexual

• Gay

• Transgender

• Lesbian

A general term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

• Transgender

• Bisexual

• Lesbian

• Gay

A term used by some individuals to self-identify their sexual orientation and/or gender identity as outside of societal norms and who view the term as more fluid and inclusive. Some LGBT people find this term offensive because of its history as a derogatory term.

• Homophobia

• Cisgender

• Queer

• Non-binary

Everyone’s internal and/or personal sense of being a woman, a man, neither of these, both, no gender, and/or other genders.

• Transgender

• Non-binary

• Gender Non-conforming (GNC)

• Gender identity

An identity that is neither a man nor a woman, but rather a third category of gender (beyond the binary of man or woman gender markers).

• Non-binary

• Two-spirit

• Transgender

• Gender Expression

A person who identifies with the sex they were assigned at birth.

• Non-binary

• Cisgender

• Transgender

• Queer

Describes a person’s physical, romantic, emotional, and/or spiritual attraction to another person.

• Cisgender

• Queer

• Sexual Orientation

• Gender Identity

A person who is attracted to people regardless of their gender.

• Queer

• Gay

• Pansexual

• Bisexual