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    LGBTIQA+ Glossary

    IMPERIO, GLOBALIZACIÓN Y DIVERSIDAD

    MARIOLA RUIZ RODRÍGUEZ


    Some food for thought:

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    • Do you know the difference between the terms sex and


    gender?
    • Can you differentiate between gender and sexual
    orientation?
    • Could you categorize yourself?
    Terminology is organised around the following
    categories (listed in alphabetical order):

    • Bodies and variations in sex characteristics


    • Gender
    • Sexual orientations
    • Societal attitudes/issues.
    Bodies and variations in sex
    characteristics

     Endosex: a term used to describe people whose innate sex characteristics meet
    medical and conventional understandings of male and female bodies.

     Intersex: an umbrella term that refers to individuals who have anatomical,


    chromosomal and hormonal characteristics that differ from medical and
    conventional understandings of male and female bodies. There are at least 40
    different variations that may be apparent at different life stages or may remain
    unknown to the individual and their medical practitioners. Some people with an
    intersex variation are LGBTQ, many are heterosexual and most are cisgender.
    Bodies and variations in sex
    characteristics

     Sex: a classification that is often made at birth as either male or female based on
    a person’s external anatomical characteristics. However, sex is not always
    straightforward, as some people may be born with an intersex variation, and
    anatomical and hormonal characteristics can change over a life span.

     Sex characteristics: a term used to refer to physical parts of the body that are
    related to body development, regulation and reproductive systems. Primary sex
    characteristics are gonads, chromosomes, genitals and hormones. Secondary
    sex characteristics emerge at puberty and can include the development of
    breast tissue, voice pitch, facial and pubic hair, etc.
    Gender

     Gender: either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with
    reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is
    also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to
    established ideas of male and female.

     Cisgender/cis: a term used to describe people whose gender corresponds to what


    they were assigned at birth.
    Gender

     Dysphoria: the distress or unease sometimes experienced from being misgendered


    and/or when someone’s gender and body personally don’t feel connected or
    congruent. Many trans people do not experience gender dysphoria at all and, if they
    do, they may cease with access to gender affirming healthcare and/or peer support.
    With or without the presence of gender dysphoria, being trans is not a mental illness.
    Gender dysphoria does not equal being trans (Transhub, 2021).
     Gender/gender identity: one’s sense of whether they are a man, woman, non-binary,
    agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, or a combination of one or more of these
    definitions. Gender can be binary (either a man or a woman), or non-binary (including
    people who have no binary gender at all and people who have some relationship to
    binary gender/s).
    Gender

     Gender affirmation: the personal process or processes a trans person determines is right for
    them in order to live as their defined gender and so society recognises this. This may
    involve social, medical and/or legal steps that affirm a person’s gender. A trans person
    who hasn’t medically or legally affirmed their gender is no less the man, woman or non-
    binary person they’ve always been. A person’s circumstances may inhibit their access to
    steps they want to take to affirm their gender (TransHub, 2021).

     Gender binary: something that is binary consists of two things or can refer to one of a pair
    of things. When talking about genders, binary genders are male and female, and non-
    binary genders are any genders that are not just male or female, or aren’t male or female
    at all (TransHub, 2021).
    Gender

     Gender euphoria: the experience of comfort, connection and celebration related to a


    trans person with their internal sense of self and gender. The pride of feeling and being
    affirmed as who they are.

     Gender expression: refers to how a person chooses to publicly express or present their
    gender. This can include behaviour and outward appearance, including clothing, hair,
    make-up, body language and voice. Western expectations of gender expression are
    based on a binary of men as masculine and women as feminine but many people do not
    fit into binary gender expressions. Failing to adhere to the norms associated with one’s
    gender can result in ridicule, intimidation and violence (Hill et al., 2020; Robinson, Bansel,
    Denson, Ovenden, & Davies, 2014).
    Gender

     Gender fluid: a term used to describe a person with shifting or changing gender.
     Gender pronouns: refer to how a person publicly expresses their gender identity through
    the use of a pronoun. Pronouns can be gender-specific or gender-neutral (Rainbow
    Health Australia (formerly GLHV), 2016). This can include the traditional he or she, as well
    as gender-neutral pronouns such as they, their, ze and hir.
     Genderqueer: a gender identity that does not conform to traditional gender norms and
    may be expressed as other than woman or man or both man and woman, including
    gender neutral and androgynous.
     Gender questioning: not necessarily an identity but sometimes used in reference to a
    person who is unsure which gender, if any, they identify with.
    Gender

     Non-binary: an umbrella term for gender identities that sit within, outside of, across or
    between the spectrum of the male and female binary. A non-binary person might identify
    as gender fluid, trans masculine, trans feminine or could be agender (without a feeling of
    having any gender or having neutral feelings about gender) (TransHub, 2021).
     Transgender/Trans: umbrella terms used to refer to people whose assigned sex at birth
    does not match their gender identity. Trans people may choose to live their lives with or
    without modifying their body, dress or legal status, and with or without medical treatment
    and surgery. Trans people may use a variety of terms to describe themselves including but
    not limited to: man, woman, trans woman, trans man, non-binary, agender, genderqueer,
    genderfluid, trans guy, trans masculine/masc, trans feminine/femme.
     Trans people have the same range of sexual orientations as the rest of the population.
    Sexual Orientation

     AFAB/AMAB: an acronym for Assigned or presumed Female/Male at Birth.

     Aromantic/aro: refers to individuals who do not experience romantic attraction.


    Aromantic individuals may or may not identify as asexual.

     Asexual/ace: a sexual orientation that reflects little to no sexual attraction, either within or
    outside relationships. People who identify as asexual can still experience romantic
    attraction across the sexuality continuum. While asexual people do not experience sexual
    attraction, this does not necessarily imply a lack of libido or sex drive.
    Sexual Orientation

     Bisexual/bi: an individual who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to people of the


    same gender and people of another gender. Bisexuality does not necessarily assume
    there are only two genders (Flanders, LeBreton, Robinson, Bian, & Caravaca-Morera,
    2017).
     Gay: an individual who identifies as a man and is sexually and/or romantically attracted
    to other people who identify as men. The term gay can also be used in relation to women
    who are sexually and romantically attracted to other women.
     Heterosexual: an individual who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to the opposite
    gender.
     Lesbian: an individual who identifies as a woman and is sexually and/or romantically
    attracted to other people who identify as women.
    Sexual Orientation

     Pansexual: an individual whose sexual and/or romantic attraction to others is not


    restricted by gender. Pansexuality can include being sexually and/or romantically
    attracted to any person, regardless of their gender identity.

     Queer: a term used to describe a range of sexual orientations and gender identities.
    Although once used as a derogatory term and still considered derogatory by many older
    LGBTIQA+ people, the term queer now encapsulates political ideas of resistance to
    heteronormativity and homonormativity and is often used as an umbrella term to describe
    the full range of LGBTIQA+ identities.

     QTPOC: an acronym for Queer and Trans People of Colour.


    Sexual Orientation

     Sexual orientation: refers to an individual’s sexual and romantic attraction to another


    person. This can include, but is not limited to, heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual and
    asexual. It is important to note, however, that these are just a handful of sexual
    orientations – the reality is that there are an infinite number of ways in which someone
    might define their sexuality. Further, people can identify with a sexuality or sexual
    orientation regardless of their sexual or romantic experiences. Some people may identify
    as sexually fluid; that is, their sexuality is not fixed to any one identity.
    Social Attitudes/Issues

     Now, it is your turn. Try to find the definitions of these words to complete the glossary:

     Biphobia
     Cisgenderism
     Cisnormativity
     Heteronormativity
     Heterosexism
     Homonormativity
     Homophobia
     Misgendering
     Transphobia

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