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Types of Sexual Orientation

Terms Explanation
Heterosexual A person sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Homosexual A person who is sexually attracted to people of their own sex.
Lesbian A lesbian is a female homosexual: a female who experiences romantic love or sexual attraction to other females.
Gay Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. It is generally in context with a man romantically/sexually attracted to another man.
Bisexual A person who is sexually attracted to both men and women.
Transgender Transgender is a term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex the doctor marked on their birth certificate
Genderqueer Queer is an umbrella term that individuals may use to describe a sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression that does not conform to dominant societal norms. It refers to a person whose gender identity falls outside of the gender binary (i.e., identifies with neither or both genders). Genderqueers may also use the term “gender fluid” as an identifier.
Cisgender A term used to describe people who, for the most part, identify as the gender they were assigned at birth.
Intersex A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.
Transsexual A person who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex.
Ally Someone who is a friend, advocate, and/or activist for LGBTQ people.
Androgynous Term used to describe an individual whose gender expression and/or identity may be neither distinctly female nor male, usually based on appearance.
Asexual A sexual orientation generally characterized by not feeling sexual attraction or desire for partnered sexuality.
Pansexual A person not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.
Gender Neutral This term is used to describe facilities that any individual can use regardless of their gender.

 

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