| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions are to people of the same sex or gender; usually refers to men who are attracted to other men, but may include women who are attracted to other women. | gay |
| a set of cultural identities, expressions and roles that are assigned to people, often based upon the interpretation of their bodies, and in some cases, their sexual and reproductive anatomy. | gender |
| rejecting strict male and female gender categories in favor of a more flexible and contextual expression of gender. | gender nonbinary |
| born with differences in sex characteristics or chromosomes that do not fall within typical conceptions of male or female. | intersex |
| a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. | lesbian |
| a gender system that goes beyond male and female, adding one or more other categories. | multiple gender |
| originally a pejorative term in American culture for people who did not conform to the rigid norms of heterosexuality; now used as a term of pride among many members of the LGBTQIA+ community to highlight the fluid, constantly changing, and contextual nature of gender and sexuality. | queer |
| sociocultural identities associated with specific forms of sexuality. | sexual orientation |
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