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INTRODUCTION

Language has the power to shape our narrative of self and of others. Words have the capacity to build and empower. Words also have the capacity to tear down and belittle. Words that were acceptable fifty years ago may now appear insensitive and/or derogatory. Language defining the diverse identities within the LGBTQIA+ community changes rapidly. If we wish to create an inclusive and welcoming society, we must learn to adapt with it. For this reason we have created a working LGBTQIA+ glossary.

Omissions of any kind are purely unintentional and are not meant to exclude, offend, or imply superiority or hierarchy toward any person(s), identity, expression, and orientation. Seeing as there will inevitably be crucial elements missing from this glossary, and terms that do not neatly fit into any of the categories listed below, we invite you to contribute constructive criticism on how best to edit and improve upon this glossary. We are looking for feedback on the structure of the spectrums, terms that might belong elsewhere, terms that are missing, and any thoughts on issues you feel might be better addressed in another way.

The glossary is organized into the following spectrums:

- SEX/GENDER ASSIGNED AT BIRTH: terms on this spectrum aim to depict
the biological/medical/legal classifications of sex and gender applied at birth
in current Western society.

- GENDER IDENTITY: terms on this spectrum aim to combat the gender binary
by depicting identities that people define for themselves.

- GENDER EXPRESSION: terms on this spectrum aim to explain the ways in which
we perform our core identities.

- SEXUAL ORIENTATION: terms on this spectrum depict the way our attraction,
and/or lack of attraction, to others forms our sexual orientation.

- OVERLAPPING: terms on this spectrum exist between the four
aforementioned spectrums.

- SOCIETAL ACTIONS/REACTIONS: terms on this spectrum aim to depict the supportive
and unsupportive responses to the LGBTQIA+ community.

- TERMS TO AVOID: terms on this spectrum aim to clarify terms that are outdated
and/or derogatory.


HOW THIS CAME ABOUT

A statement from the Director of Letters Read, Nancy Sharon Collins, who identifies as a cisgender, heterosexual ally and uses the pronouns she/her/hers.

While organizing the 2020 programming season, I asked several project advisors if there was a glossary of words and terms to use while addressing individuals in various LGBTQ+ communities that this season represents. Among those I asked were Frank Perez, President, LGBTQ+ Archives Project of Louisiana; Compton D’Lane, Professor of Sociology, University of New Orleans; and Designer Marianna Mezhibovskaya. Frank said he knew of none. Dr. D’Lane said, “It would be a good idea.” Marianna’s answer was “Let’s build one.” Thus, this Glossary was born.

I had three motives for wanting this Glossary. First and selfishly, I wanted to see all the terms commonly used to talk about the diverse communities that exist outside of heteronormativity. Second and simply, I hoped to discover a language common to all. Third and most importantly, I wanted to compare this Glossary to language used in the laws and ordinances that govern all of us. Specifically, I wanted to look at federal, state, and local language describing protected classes and groups, and see how they compare to the nonlegal jargon.

As the Glossary was building, I realized flaws in my three motivations. The first is that heteronormativity exists on the spectrum of LGBTQIA, not outside of it. Secondly, that language is extremely complex. It is ever-changing. And that my hope for a language usable by all was naive at best and hopeful in practice. Thirdly, I urge all reading this to read their own federal, state, and local laws. Please understand the rights you, as an individual, have. 

The first Letters Read event in 2020, on March 26, features the letters of Stewart Butler. Since the 1970s, Butler has been a significant force in the Louisiana civil rights movement. In 1984, 1986, and 1991 he strategically advocated for changing gay-rights ordinances in Orleans Parish. With this event in mind, Marianna began her assignment and has built this LGBTQIA+ Glossary. At this writing, and including those that are outdated, there are more than 100 terms and definitions.

Letters Read is the ongoing series of live events in which local actors interpret historically interesting letters written by culturally vital individuals from various times and Louisiana communities. As part of the 2020 season, Letters Read is also bringing a few incubator-style projects to life. Our project is one.

The LGBTQIA+ Glossary is funded by the generous support of the Corners Foundation.

AUTHOR’S STATEMENT

This glossary was created and compiled by Marianna Mezhibovskaya in honor of the 2020 Letters Read season.

Marianna is a New Orleans-based designer and fabricator. Marianna’s pronouns are she/her/hers and she identifies as cisgender and pansexual.

Marianna believes that the way we speak to one another, about ourselves and about each other, informs and contributes to the way we are spoken to and about. If we cannot speak with language that holds space, compassion, and understanding for experiences that are not our own, then how can we expect governing bodies to speak to us in this way. Creating this glossary is her attempt at finding new strategies to communicate across contexts. She hopes that this glossary helps people see and address one another kindly whether on the street, in school, at work, in medical settings, or legal settings where our rights should be defended. She does not aim to speak on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community, but hopes to emphasize the ways in which it is complex, beautiful, and meant to be celebrated.

Marianna created the framework for this glossary utilizing the spectrums of sex/gender assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, overlapping terms, and societal actions/reactions, to better understand where LGBTQIA+ terms apply. Unlike most spectrums, that suggest the opposite ends pertain to a normative woman/man, or normative feminine/masculine expression, with gender neutral terms in between, Marianna maintained the terms being ordered alphabetically in an effort to combat the idea of a limiting gender binary.

Marianna's work includes teaching sociopolitical, human-centered, and experiential design, design strategy, graphic design, exhibition design and curation, scenic and commercial set construction. She earned her MFA at the School of Visual Art's Products of Design program in New York where her thesis work centered on shifting negative public perception of people who are and have been incarcerated and a critical study of the American criminal justice system.

For more information visit mariannamezhibovskaya.com or email marianna.mezhibovskaya@gmail.com

SOURCING

This glossary was created by adapting terms and definitions from the following sources:

PFLAG National Glossary of Terms (Updated July 2019)

LGBTQIA Resource Center: University of California, Davis (Updated January 2020)

National LBGT Health Education Center: The Fenway Institute (Updated February 2020)

The Safe Zone Project

Pink News Glossary

Nonbinary.wiki

Human Rights Campaign

Wikipedia.org

Social Justice Wiki (sjwiki.org)

Etymonline.com

Dictionary.com

Deconforming.com
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GLOSSARY LEGENDSEX/GENDER ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
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L - Lesbian.
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B - Bisexual.
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A - Asexuality.
+ - The "+" symbol simply stands for all of the other sexualities, sexes, and genders that aren't included in these few letters.
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Sex: A medically constructed categorization. Sex is often assigned based on the appearance of the genitalia, either in ultrasound or at birth.
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Gender: Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation), sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women); those who exist outside these groups fall under the umbrella term non-binary or genderqueer. Some societies have specific genders besides "man" and "woman", such as the hijras of South Asia; these are often referred to as third genders (and fourth genders, etc.)
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WORDAFABAMABAssigned GenderAssigned SexBiological SexCAFAB and CAMABGenderGender BinaryIntersex/Differences of Sexual Development (DSD)Legal gender
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DEFINITION(noun) - Acronym meaning Assigned Female at Birth. AFAB people may or may not identify as female some or all of the time.(noun) - Acronym meaning Assigned Male at Birth. AMAB people may or may not identify as male some or all of the time.(noun) - The gender that is assigned to an infant at birth, which may or may not align with their sex at birth.(noun) - The sex that is assigned to an infant at birth based on the child’s visible sex organs, including genitalia and other physical characteristics.(noun) - Refers to anatomical, physiological, genetic, or physical attributes that determine if a person is male, female, or intersex. These include both primary and secondary sex characteristics, including genitalia, gonads, hormone levels, hormone receptors, chromosomes, and genes. Often also referred to as “sex,” “physical sex,” “anatomical sex,” or specifically as “sex assigned at birth.” Sex is often conflated or interchanged with gender, which is more social than biological, and involves personal identity factors as well.(adjective) - These terms stand for “Coercively Assigned Female At Birth” and Coercively Assigned Male At Birth.”
These terms describe intersex people (people born with a combination of male and female sex characteristics) who received nonconsensual medical treatments to coerce them into a binary sex and gender assignment. Many intersex people don’t learn that these procedures were performed on them until later on in life when they experience related medical issues, or their assigned gender conflicts enough with their self-identification for them to look into their medical history.

(noun) - A set of social, psychological, and/or emotional traits, often influenced by societal expectations, that classify an individual along a spectrum of man, woman, both, or neither.(noun) - The idea that there are only two genders and that every person is one of those two.(adjective) - Refers to individuals born with ambiguous genitalia or bodies that appear neither typically male nor female, often arising from chromosomal anomalies or ambiguous genitalia. Medical professionals often assign a gender to the individual and proceed to perform surgeries to ‘align’ their physical appearance with typical male or female sex characteristics beginning in infancy and often continuing into adolescence, before a child is able to give informed consent. interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth opposes this practice of genital mutilation on infants and children. Formerly the medical terms hermaphrodite and pseudo-hermaphrodite were used; these terms are now considered neither acceptable nor scientifically accurate.(noun) - Your gender as seen by the government and put on identity documents such as passports and driving licences.
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ORIGINFirst recorded in 1955–60late 14c., "males or females collectively," from Latin sexus "a sex, state of being either male or female, gender," of uncertain origin.The "male-or-female sex" sense is attested in English from early 15c. As sex (n.) took on erotic qualities in 20c., gender came to be the usual English word for "sex of a human being," in which use it was at first regarded as colloquial or humorous. Later often in feminist writing with reference to social attributes as much as biological qualities; this sense first attested 1963. First recorded in 1980–90"one having characteristics of both sexes," 1917, from German intersexe (1915); see inter- "between" + sex (n.). Coined by German-born U.S. geneticist Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (1878-1958). Intersexual is from 1866 as "existing between the sexes, pertaining to both sexes;" from 1916 as "having both male and female characteristics."
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Gender Identity: One’s deeply held core sense of being a woman, man, some of both, or neither. One’s gender identity does not always correspond to biological sex. Awareness of gender identity is usually experienced as early as 18 months old.
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WORDAffirmed GenderAgenderBigenderBlaQ/BlaQueerCisgenderFTM/F2MFTX/F2XGenderfluidGender NeutralGender Nonconforming (GNC)GenderqueerLatinxMTFNeutroisNonbinaryOmnigenderQueerThird genderTrans*TransgenderTwo-Spirit
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DEFINITION(noun) - An individual’s true gender, as opposed to their gender assigned at birth. This term should replace terms like new gender or chosen gender, which imply that an individual’s gender was chosen.(adjective) - Refers to a person who does not identify with any gender.(adjective) - Having two genders, exhibiting cultural characteristics of masculine and feminine roles.(adjective) - Folks of Black/African descent and/or from the African diaspora who recognize their queerness/LGBTQIA identity as a salient identity attached to their Blackness and vice versa. (T. Porter)(adjective) - Refers to an individual whose gender identity aligns with the one typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth.(adjective) - A trans male/masculine person who was assigned female at birth.(adjective) - A genderqueer or gender expansive person who was assigned female at birth.(adjective) - Describes a person who does not consistently identify with one fixed gender, and who may move between gender identities.(adjective) - Not gendered. Can refer to language (including pronouns and salutations/titles—see Gender-neutral salutations or titles), spaces (like bathrooms), or identities (being genderqueer, for example).(adjective) - Adjective for people who do not subscribe to societal expectations of typical gender expressions or roles. The term is more commonly used to refer to gender expression (how one behaves, acts, and presents themselves to others) as opposed to gender identity (one’s internal sense of self).(adjective) - Refers to individuals who identify as a combination of man and woman, neither man or woman, or both man and woman, or someone who rejects commonly held ideas of static gender identities and, occasionally, sexual orientations. Is sometimes used as an umbrella term in much the same way that the term ‘queer’ is used, but only referring to gender, and thus should only be used when self-identifying or quoting someone who self-identifies as genderqueer.(adjective) - Pronounced “La-TEEN-ex”, is a non-gender specific way of referring to people of Latin American descent. The term Latinx, unlike terms such as Latino/a and Latin@, does not assume a gender binary and includes non binary folks.(adjective) - A trans female/trans feminine person who was assigned male at birth. Often considered an over medicalized and somewhat outdated term.(adjective) - A non-binary gender identity that falls under the genderqueer or transgender umbrellas. There is no one definition of Neutrois, since each person that self-identifies as such experiences their gender differently. The most common ones are: Neutral-gender, Null-gender, Neither male nor female, Genderless and/or Agender.(adjective) - Refers to individuals who identify as neither man or woman, both man and woman, or a combination of man or woman. It is an identity term which some use exclusively, while others may use it interchangeably with terms like genderqueer, gender creative, gender nonconforming, gender diverse, or gender expansive. Individuals who identify as nonbinary may understand the identity as falling under the transgender umbrella, and may thus identify as transgender. Sometimes abbreviated as NB or Enby.(adjective) - Possessing all genders. The term is used specifically to refute the concept of only two genders.(adjective) - A term used by some people to describe themselves and/or their community. Reclaimed from its earlier negative use, the term is valued by some for its defiance, by some because it can be inclusive of the entire community, and by others who find it to be an appropriate term to describe their more fluid identities. Traditionally a negative or pejorative term for people who are gay, queer is still sometimes disliked within the LGBTQ+ community. Due to its varying meanings, this word should only be used when self-identifying or quoting someone who self-identifies as queer (i.e. “My cousin identifies as queer”).(noun) - for a person who does not identify with either man or woman, but identifies with another gender. This gender category is used by societies that recognise three or more genders, both contemporary and historic, and is also a conceptual term meaning different things to different people who use it, as a way to move beyond the gender binary.(adjective) - An umbrella term covering a range of identities that transgress socially-defined gender norms. Trans with an asterisk is often used in written forms (not spoken) to indicate that you are referring to the larger group nature of the term, and specifically including non-binary identities, as well as transgender men (transmen) and transgender women (transwomen).1 (adjective) - A gender description for someone who has transitioned (or is transitioning) from living as one gender to another.

2 (adjective) - An umbrella term for anyone whose sex assigned at birth and gender identity do not correspond in the expected way (e.g., someone who was assigned male at birth, but does not identify as a man).		(adjective) - A term used within some American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities to refer to a person who identifies as having both a male and a female essence or spirit. The term--which was created in 1990 by a group of AI/AN activists at an annual Native LGBTQ conference--encompasses sexual, cultural, gender, and spiritual identities, and provides unifying, positive, and encouraging language that emphasizes reconnecting to tribal traditions.
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ORIGINin general use by 2011, in the jargon of psychological journals from 1990s, from cis- "on this side of" + gender.The term genderqueer came into use during the mid-1990s among political activists. Riki Anne Wilchins is often associated with the word and claims to have coined it. Wikchins used the term in a 1995 essay published in the first issue of In Your Face to describe anyone who is gender nonconforming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_genderFirst recorded in 2000–05; Latina or Latino + x3 in the sense “unknown quantity or variable”First recorded in 1940–45; non- + binary1500–10; perhaps < German quer oblique, cross, adverseBefore the sexual revolution of the 1960s, there was no common non-derogatory vocabulary for non-heterosexuality; terms such as "third gender" trace back to the 1860s.
One such term, Uranian, was used in the 19th century to a person of a third sex—originally, someone with "a female psyche in a male body" who is sexually attracted to men.		Psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University coined the term transgender in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology[21], writing that the term which had previously been used, transsexualism, "is misleading; actually, 'transgenderism' is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism."[22][23] The term transgender was then popularized with varying definitions by various transgender, transsexual, and transvestite people, including Virginia Prince,[4] who used it in the December 1969 issue of Transvestia, a national magazine for cross dressers she founded.[24] By the mid-1970s both trans-gender and trans people were in use as umbrella terms,[note 1] and transgenderist was used to refer to people who wanted to live cross-gender without sex reassignment surgery (SRS).[25] By 1976, transgenderist was abbreviated as TG in educational materials.[26]The term two spirit was adopted in English, and created in Ojibwe, in 1990 at the third annual Native American/First Nations gay and lesbian conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as a replacement for berdache.
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Gender Expression: The manner in which a person communicates about gender to others through external means such as clothing, appearance, or mannerisms. This communication may be conscious or subconscious and may or may not reflect their gender identity or sexual orientation. While most people’s understandings of gender expressions relate to masculinity and femininity, there are countless combinations that may incorporate both masculine and feminine expressions—or neither—through androgynous expressions. An individual’s gender expression does not automatically imply one’s gender identity.
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WORDAndrogyny (androgynous)Breast BindingBottom surgeryChosen Name/Name UsedCross Dresser (CD)DisclosureDrag KingDrag QueenFeminine-presenting;
Masculine-presenting		FemmeGender-affirming hormone therapyGender-affirming genital surgeries Gender roleMedical transitionSocial transitionPronounsTop surgeryTransfeminineTransition/TransitioningTransmasculineTucking
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DEFINITION1 (noun) - A gender expression that has elements of both masculinity and femininity;
2 (adjective) - Occasionally used in place of “intersex” to describe a person with both female and male anatomy, generally in the form “androgyne.”		(verb) - Breast binding is the act of flattening breasts by the use of constrictive materials. The term also refers to the material used in this act. Common binding materials include cloth strips, elastic or non-elastic bandages, purpose-built undergarments (often using spandex or other synthetic fibre) and shirts layered from tight to loose. The act of breast binding is common for trans men, but is also done by androgynous and non-binary people, as well as crossdressers, cosplayers, and performers. In a general sense, women may also use binders as alternatives to bras or as a practice of propriety.

Purpose-built undergarments known as binders or binding bras exist (often using spandex or other synthetic fibre), and are commonly used for breast binding. These can be more expensive than other options and are not widely stocked, but are generally considered less dangerous than alternatives.

Other common binding materials include cloth strips, elastic or non-elastic bandages, and shirts layered from tight to loose. Duct tape has been used as well, but is dangerous and should be avoided.		(noun) - Slang term for gender-affirming genital surgery. (noun) - The name a person goes by and wants others to use in personal communication, even if it is different from the name on that person’s insurance or identification documents (e.g., birth certificate, driver’s license, and passport). Chosen name is recommended over preferred name. The terms Chosen name or Name used can be put on patient health care forms alongside Name on your insurance (if different) and Name on your legal identification documents (if different). In conversation with patients, health care staff can ask, “What name do you want us to use when speaking with you?”, or “What is your chosen name?”(noun) - A word to describe a person who dresses, at least partially, as a member of a gender other than their assigned sex; carries no implications of sexual orientation. Has replaced “Transvestite.”(verb) - A word that some people use to describe the act or process of revealing one’s transgender or gender-expansive identity to another person in a specific instance. Some find the term offensive, implying the need to disclose something shameful, and prefer to use the term coming out, whereas others find coming out offensive, and prefer to use disclosure.(noun) - Someone who performs (hyper-) masculinity theatrically.(noun) - Someone who performs (hyper-) femininity theatrically.(adjective) - A way to describe someone who expresses gender in a more feminine/masculine way. Often confused with feminine-of-center/masculine-of-center, which generally include a focus on identity as well as expression.(noun and adjective) - someone who identifies themselves as feminine, whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. Often used to refer to a feminine-presenting queer woman or people.(noun) - Feminizing and masculinizing hormone treatment to align secondary sex characteristics with gender identity.(noun) - Surgeries that help align a person’s genitals and/or internal reproductive organs with that person’s gender identity, including: • Clitoroplasty (creation of a clitoris)
• Hysterectomy (removal of the uterus;
may also include removal of the cervix,
ovaries, and fallopian tubes)
• Labiaplasty (creation of inner
and outer labia)
• Metoidioplasty (creation of a masculine
phallus using testosterone-enlarged
clitoral tissue)
• Oophorectomy (removal of ovaries)
• Orchiectomy (removal of testicles)
• Penectomy (removal of the penis)
• Phalloplasty (creation of
a masculine phallus)
• Scrotoplasty (creation of a scrotum
and often paired with testicular implants)
• Urethral lengthening (to allow voiding
while standing)
• Vaginectomy (removal of the vagina)
• Vaginoplasty (creation of a neo-vagina)
• Vulvoplasty (creation of a vulva)
(noun) - A set of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived gender. These roles change with time, culture, context, and interpersonal relationships.(noun) - The parts of a transgender person’s transition that change their body. This can include hormonal and or surgical transitioning. Not a necessary requirement for a person to identify as trans. See also social transition.(noun) - The part of a transgender person’s transition seen by the people around them. This can feature coming out, changing a gender expression, name and pronouns.Linguistic tools used to refer to someone in the third person. Examples are they/them/theirs, ze/hir/hirs, she/her/hers, he/him/his. In English and some other languages, pronouns have been tied to gender and are a common site of misgendering (attributing a gender to someone that is incorrect.)
(noun) - Slang term for gender-affirming chest surgery. (adjective) - Describes a person who was assigned male sex at birth, but identifies with femininity to a greater extent than with masculinity.(noun/verb) - A term sometimes used to refer to the process—social, legal, and/or medical—one goes through to discover and/or affirm one’s gender identity. This may, but does not always, include taking hormones; having surgeries; and changing names, pronouns, identification documents, and more. Many individuals choose not to or are unable to transition for a wide range of reasons both within and beyond their control. The validity of an individual’s gender identity does not depend on any social, legal, and/or medical transition; the self-identification itself is what validates the gender identity.(adjective) - Describes a person who was assigned female sex at birth, but identifies with masculinity to a greater extent than with femininity.(noun) – The process of hiding one’s penis and testes with tape, tight shorts, or specially designed undergarments.
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ORIGINThe phenomenon of cross-dressing is an old recorded practice, being referred to as far back as Hebrew Bible.[2] However, the terms to describe it change. The Anglo-Saxon "cross-dresser" has largely superseded the Latinate "transvestite", which has come to be seen as outdated and derogatory.[3][4][5] This is because the latter was historically used to diagnose psychiatric disorders (e.g. transvestic fetishism), but the former was coined by the transgender community.[3][6] The Oxford English Dictionary gives 1911 as the earliest citation, by Edward Carpenter: "Cross-dressing must be taken as a general indication of, and a cognate phenomenon to, homosexuality". In 1928 Havelock Ellis used the two terms, "cross-dressing" and "transvestism", interchangeably. The earliest citations for "cross-dress" and "cross-dresser" are 1966 and 1976 respectively.While the term drag king was first cited in print in 1972,[7] there is a longer history of female performers dressing in male attire. In theatre and opera there was a tradition of breeches roles and en travesti.[8] Actress and playwright Susanna Centlivre appeared in breeches roles around 1700.[9] The first popular male impersonator in U.S. theater was Annie Hindle, who started performing in New York in 1867The origin of the term drag is uncertain;[1] the first recorded use of drag in reference to actors dressed in women's clothing is from 1870.[2] For much of history, drag queens were men, but in more modern times, cisgender and trans women, as well as non-binary people, also perform as drag queens.Femme is a term for a lesbian identity that was created in the working class lesbian bar culture of the 1950s. It is a term used to distinguish feminine lesbian and bisexual women from their butch/masculine lesbian counterparts and partners.[1][2] In addition, it can be used to self-describe queer femininity for persons of any gender.[3] The word "femme" itself comes from French and means "woman".In the US in 1917, Dr. Alan L. Hart, an American TB specialist, becomes one of the first female-to-male transsexuals to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy for the relief of gender dysphoria.Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as a role in 1955. Before his work, it was uncommon to use the word gender to refer to anything but grammatical categories.[1][2] However, Money's meaning of the word did not become widespread until the 1970s, when feminist theory embraced the concept of a distinction between biological sex and the social construct of gender.
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Sexual Orientation (noun): Emotional, romantic, or sexual feelings toward other people. While sexual behavior involves the choices one makes in acting on one’s sexual orientation, sexual orientation is part of the human condition, one’s sexual activity does not define one’s sexual orientation; typically, it is the attraction that helps determine orientation.
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DEFINITION(noun) - Androphilia and gynephilia are terms used in behavioral science to describe sexual orientation, as an alternative to a gender binary homosexual and heterosexual conceptualization. Androphilia describes sexual attraction to men or masculinity; gynephilia describes the sexual attraction to women or femininity. Ambiphilia describes the combination of both androphilia and gynephilia in a given individual, or bisexuality.

The terms are objectively used for identifying a person's object of attraction without attributing a sex assignment or gender identity to the person. This can avoid bias inherent in normative conceptualizations of human sexuality, avoid confusion and offense when describing people in non-western cultures, as well as when describing intersex and transgender people, especially those who are nonbinary or otherwise falling outside the gender binary.		(adjective) - Refers to an individual who does not experience romantic attraction. Sometimes abbreviated as aro.(adjective) - Refers to an individual who does not experience sexual attraction. Each asexual person experiences relationships, attraction, and arousal differently. Asexuality is distinct from celibacy or sexual abstinence, which are chosen behaviors, in that asexuality is a sexual orientation that does not necessarily entail either of those behaviors. Sometimes abbreviated as ace.(adjective) - Refers to an individual who has the capacity for attraction—sexually, romantically, emotionally, or otherwise—to people with the same, and to people with different, genders and/or gender identities as themselves. People who identify as bisexual need not have had equal experience—or equal levels of attraction—with people across genders, nor any experience at all: it is attraction and self-identification that determine orientation. Sometimes referred to as bi or bi+.(adjective) - Used to describe an individual who experiences romantic attraction after a sexual connection is formed.(adjective) - Used to describe an individual who experiences sexual attraction after an emotional connection is formed.(noun) - The term dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian and as an adjective describing things associated with lesbianism. It originated as a homophobic and misogynistic slur for a masculine, butch, tomboyish, or androgynous girl or woman. While pejorative use of the word still exists, the term dyke has been reappropriated by out and proud lesbians to imply assertiveness and toughness, or simply as a neutral synonym for lesbian.[NBLNB], nonbinary people who experience attraction towards nonbinary people (whether exclusively or not).(noun) - Faggot, often shortened to fag, is a usually pejorative term used chiefly in North America primarily to refer to a gay man or boy. Some gay men have reclaimed the term as a neutral or positive term of self-description. Alongside its use to refer to gay men in particular, it may also be used as a pejorative term for a "repellent male" or to refer to women who are lesbian. Its use has spread from the United States to varying extents elsewhere in the English-speaking world through mass culture, including film, music, and the Internet.(noun) - Slang for a gay man. The phrase dates back to when homosexual acts between men were illegal in America and therefore subtle euphemisms were frequently used.(adjective) - The adjective used to describe people who are emotionally, romantically, and/or physically attracted to people of the same gender (e.g., gay man, gay people). In contemporary contexts, lesbian is often a preferred term for women, though many women use the term gay to describe themselves. People who are gay need not have had any sexual experience; it is the attraction and self-identification that determine orientation.(adjective) - Refers to a person who is emotionally, romantically, and/or physically attracted to a person of the opposite gender.(adjective and noun) - A person primarily emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to members of the same sex/gender. This [medical] term is considered stigmatizing (particularly as a noun) due to its history as a category of mental illness, and is discouraged for common use (use gay or lesbian instead).(adjective, noun) - Usually, a woman whose primary sexual and affectional orientation is toward people of the same gender. However, some nonbinary people also identify as lesbians, often because they have some connection to womanhood and are primarily attracted to women.(adjective) - People who have romantic, sexual, or affectional desire for one gender only. Heterosexuality and homosexuality are the most well-known forms of monosexuality.Nonbinary people loving men (very often abbreviated as nblm, NBLM) is a term that refers to nonbinary people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to men.Non-binary people loving women (often abbreviated as nblw) is an expression used to describe nonbinary people who feel some type of attraction towards women. Trixic or orbisian are terms that can be used with the same meaning.

Some nblw prefer the term nonbinary lesbian to describe their attraction to women because it's easier, since lesbian is better known than trixic or orbisian, and some people can relate more to this term.

Gynesexual or finsexual are also terms to describe the attraction to femininity but they're not specifically for not non-binary people and also don't exclusively describe the attraction to women.		(adjective) - An orbisian or trixic person is a nonbinary person who is attracted to women (exclusively or not).(adjective) - Refers to a person whose emotional, romantic, and/or physical attraction is to people inclusive of all genders and biological sexes. People who are pansexual need not have had any sexual experience; it is the attraction and self-identification that determines the orientation.(adjective) - People who have romantic, sexual, or affectional desire for more than one gender. Not to be confused with polyamory. Has some overlap with bisexuality and pansexuality.(adjective) - Nonbinary person attracted to men (exclusively or not).(adjective) - A term sometimes used by some members of the African-American/Black community to express an alternative sexual orientation (gay/bisexual) without relying on terms and symbols of European descent.
(noun/adjective) – Describes the experience of a person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to people of the same sex or gender, but does not necessarily engage in same-sex sexual behavior. Used most commonly by people who live in religious communities that are not accepting of LGBTQIA+ identities. People who use SSA as an identity term may not feel comfortable with the terms gay, lesbian, queer, or bisexual.
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ORIGINFirst recorded in 2010–15; a-6 + romanticFirst recorded 1829, as a term in biology, "having no sex or sexual system," a hybrid from a- (3) "not" + sexual. First recorded in 1815–25; bi-1 + sexualThe term demisexual was coined in 2006 on the forums of The Asexual Visibility & Education Network (AVEN) by user sonofzeal."a lesbian," especially one considered tough, mannish, or aggressive, 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, a dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921. According to "Dictionary of American Slang," a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva," and Farmer & Henley (1893) has "hedge on the dyke" for "the female pubic hair." late 13c., "bundle of twigs bound up," also fagald, faggald, from Old French fagot "bundle of sticks" (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from Italian fagotto "bundle of sticks," diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis "bundle of wood" (see fasces). But another theory traces the Vulgar Latin word to Greek phakelos "bundle," which is probably Pre-Greek.
Especially used for burning heretics (emblematic of this from 1550s), so that phrase fire and faggot was used to indicate "punishment of a heretic." Heretics who recanted were required to wear an embroidered figure of a faggot on the sleeve as an emblem and reminder of what they deserved.
"male homosexual," 1914, American English slang, probably from earlier contemptuous term for "woman" (1590s), especially an old and unpleasant one, in reference to faggot (n.1) "bundle of sticks," as something awkward that has to be carried (compare baggage "worthless woman," 1590s)		After a character in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz played by Judy Garland, who has a large gay following.The word gay by the 1890s had an overall tinge of promiscuity -- a gay house was a brothel. The suggestion of immorality in the word can be traced back at least to the 1630s.1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," a hybrid; see hetero- "other, different" + sexual. The noun is recorded by 1914 but was not in common use until the 1960s. Colloquial shortening hetero is attested from 1933.1892, in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from German homosexual, homosexuale (by 1880, in Gustav Jäger), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + Latin-based sexual.
...It is, however, convenient, and now widely used. 'Homogenic' has been suggested as a substitute. [H. Havelock Ellis, "Studies in Psychology," 1897]
Sexual inversion (1883, later simply inversion, by 1895) was an earlier clinical term for "homosexuality" in English, said by Ellis to have originated in Italian psychology writing. See also uranian. Unnatural love was used 18c.-19c. for homosexuality as well as pederasty and incest. In 17c.-18c., pathic was used as a noun and adjective in reference to a man that submits to sexual intercourse with another man.		The word lesbian is derived from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos, home to the 6th-century BCE poet Sappho.[3] From various ancient writings, historians gathered that a group of young women were left in Sappho's charge for their instruction or cultural edification.[6] Little of Sappho's poetry survives, but her remaining poetry reflects the topics she wrote about: women's daily lives, their relationships, and rituals. - Use of the word lesbianism to describe erotic relationships between women had been documented in 1870.[11] In 1890, the term lesbian was used in a medical dictionary as an adjective to describe tribadism (as "lesbian love"). The terms lesbian, invert and homosexual were interchangeable with sapphist and sapphism around the turn of the 20th century.[11] The use of lesbian in medical literature became prominent; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite.1595–1605; < Latin Lesbi(us) Lesbian (< Greek Lésbios, equivalent to Lésb(os) Lesbos + -ios adj. suffix) + -an; (defs 2, 5) alluding to the poet Sappho of Lesbos, whose verse deals largely with her emotional relationships with other women
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DEFINITION(adjective) - Having elements of both femininity and masculinity. An androgynous individual, whether expressed through sex, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, is known as an androgyne.(noun) - The gender others assume an individual to be based on the sex and gender they are assigned at birth, as well as apparent societal gender markers and expectations, such as physical attributes and expressed characteristics.(adjective) - A gender expression that fits societal definitions of masculinity. Usually used by queer women and trans people, particularly by lesbians. Some consider “butch” to be its own gender identity.(adjective) - Describes a person who is not open about their sexual orientation or gender identity.1 (noun) - The process by which one accepts and/or comes to identify one’s own sexuality or gender identity (to “come out” to oneself).
2 (verb) - The process by which one shares one’s sexuality or gender identity with others.		(adjective) - A phrase that indicates a range in terms of gender identity and expression for people who present, understand themselves, and/or relate to others in a generally more feminine/masculine way, but don’t necessarily identify as women or men. Feminine-of-center individuals may also identify as “femme,” “submissive,” “transfeminine,” etc.; masculine-of-center individuals may also often identify as “butch,” “stud,” “aggressive,” “boi,” “transmasculine,” etc.(adjective) - Generally with another term attached, like gender-fluid or fluid-sexuality, fluid(ity) describes an identity that may change or shift over time between or within the mix of the options available (e.g., man and woman, bi and straight).(noun) - The process of making social, legal, and/or medical changes to recognize, accept, and express one’s gender identity. Social changes can include changing one’s pronouns, name, clothing, and hairstyle. Legal changes can include changing one’s name, sex designation, and gender markers on legal documents. Medical changes can include receiving gender-affirming hormones and/or surgeries. Although this process is sometimes referred to as transition, the term gender affirmation is recommended.(noun) - Is the belief that there are, and should be, only two genders & that one’s gender or most aspects of it, are inevitably tied to assigned sex. In a genderist/cissexist construct, cisgender people are the dominant/agent group and trans/ gender non-conforming people are the oppressed/target group.(noun) - The process by which an individual is taught and influenced on how they should behave as a man or a woman. Parents, teachers, peers, media, and books are some of the many agents of gender socialization.(noun) - The distress caused when a person's assigned sex at birth and assumed gender is not the same as the one with which they identify. According to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMV), the term "...is intended to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults."(adjective) - An umbrella term used for individuals who broaden their own culture’s commonly held definitions of gender, including expectations for its expression, identities, roles, and/or other perceived gender norms. Gender expansive individuals include those who identify as transgender, as well as anyone else whose gender in some way is seen to be broadening the surrounding society’s notion of gender.(noun) - The ‘M’, ‘F’ or ‘X’ that shows your gender on identity documents such as passports and driving licences.(noun) - An umbrella term sometimes used to describe people that expand notions of gender expression and identity beyond what is perceived as the expected gender norms for their society or context. Some gender-expansive individuals identify as a man or a women, some identify as neither, and others identify as a mix of both. Gender-expansive people feel that they exist psychologically between genders, as on a spectrum, or beyond the notion of the man/woman binary paradigm, and sometimes prefer using gender-neutral pronouns (see Personal Gender Pronouns). They may or may not be comfortable with their bodies as they are, regardless of how they express their gender.(noun) - The concept that gender exists beyond a simple man/woman binary model, but instead exists on a continuum. Some people fall towards more masculine or more feminine aspects, some people move fluidly along the spectrum, and some identify off the spectrum entirely.(verb) - "Coming out" has been the common term for someone who acknowledges being LGBTQ and it is used throughout this resource. However, it is important to note that this language centers the person we are coming out to rather than us. It gives the impression that people who don't identify as cisgender or heterosexual are hiding something from society, rather than acknowledging how homophobia and transphobia create an unwelcoming environment. When publicly identifying as LGBTQ, you are inviting people in to a part of your life that should be protected and celebrated. You are not asking for permission to be you. You control the narrative, as well as who and what you allow into your life.(pronoun) - A gender neutral alternative to Mr/Mrs/Miss.1 (adjective and verb) - trans* people being accepted as, or able to “pass for,” a member of their self-identified gender identity (regardless of sex assigned at birth) without being identified as trans*.

2 (adjective) - an LGB/queer individual who is believed to be or perceived as straight.		(noun) - abbr. : initialisms that stand for queer people of color and queer and/or trans people of color.(adjective) - An umbrella term used by some to describe people who think of their sexual orientation or gender identity as outside of societal norms. Some people view the term queer as more fluid and inclusive than traditional categories for sexual orientation and gender identity. Due to its history as a derogatory term, the term queer is not embraced or used by all members of the LGBT community.(adjective) - Describes those who are in a process of discovery and exploration about their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or a combination thereof. For many reasons this may happen later in life and does not imply that someone is choosing to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer.(noun) - The part of a transgender person’s transition seen by the people around them. This can feature coming out, changing a gender expression, name and pronouns.(noun) - An acronym that stands for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression. Is used by some in a similar way to the umbrella acronym: LGBTQIA.(noun) - most commonly used to indicate a Black/African-American and/or Latina masculine lesbian/queer woman. Also known as ‘butch’ or ‘aggressive’.“zee”, “zerr” or “zeer”/ – alternate pronouns that are gender neutral and preferred by some trans* people. They replace “he” and “she” and “his” and “hers” respectively. Alternatively some people who are not comfortable/do not embrace he/she use the plural pronoun “they/their” as a gender neutral singular pronoun.
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ORIGIN1620s, "womanish" (of a man); 1650s, "having two sexes, being both male and female," from Latin androgynus, from Greek androgynos "hermaphrodite, male and female in one; womanish man;" as an adjective (of baths) "common to men and women," from andros, genitive of anēr"male" (from PIE root *ner- (2) "man") + gynē "woman" (from PIE root *gwen- "woman")."tough youth," 1902, first attested in nickname of U.S. outlaw George Cassidy (1866-?), probably an abbreviation of butcher (n.). Sense of "aggressive lesbian" is by 1940s. As an adjective by 1941."shut up as in a closet" (originally usually for purposes of concealment or private consultation), 1680s, from closet (n.). Related: Closeted; closeting. Closeted in the sense of "in private and confidential consultation" is from 1680s.19th-century gay rights advocate Karl Heinrich Ulrichs introduced the idea of coming out as a means of emancipation.
In 1869, one hundred years before the Stonewall riots, the German homosexual rights advocate Karl Heinrich Ulrichs introduced the idea of self-disclosure as a means of emancipation. Claiming that invisibility was a major obstacle toward changing public opinion, he urged homosexual people to reveal their same-sex attractions. In his 1906 work, Das Sexualleben unserer Zeit in seinen Beziehungen zur modernen Kultur (The Sexual Life of Our Time in its Relation to Modern Civilization),[6] Iwan Bloch, a German-Jewish physician, entreated elderly homosexuals to self-disclose to their family members and acquaintances. In 1914, Magnus Hirschfeld revisited the topic in his major work The Homosexuality of Men and Women, discussing the social and legal potentials of several thousand homosexual men and women of rank revealing their sexual orientation to the police in order to influence legislators and public opinion.		Neither the DSM-I (1952) nor the DSM-II (1968) contained a diagnosis analogous to gender dysphoria. Gender identity disorder first appeared as a diagnosis in the DSM-III (1980), where it appeared under "psychosexual disorders" but was used only for the childhood diagnosis. Adolescents and adults received a diagnosis of transsexualism (homosexual, heterosexual, or asexual type). The DSM-III-R (1987) added "Gender Identity Disorder of Adolescence and Adulthood, Non-Transsexual Type" (GIDAANT). - The diagnostic label gender identity disorder (GID) was used until 2013 with the release of the DSM-5. The condition was renamed to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder.The word was first proposed in the late 1970s.[4][5] The "x" is intended to stand as a wildcard character, and does not necessarily imply a "mixed" gender.The term passing is widely used but also debated within the transgender community. Trans writer Janet Mock says that the term is "based on an assumption that trans people are passing as something that we are not" and that a trans woman who is perceived as a woman "isn't passing; she is merely being."[4] The GLAAD Media Guide advises that "it is not appropriate" for mainstream media to use the term passing "unless it's a direct quote." Alternate terms are blending or not visibly transgender.[5] Some dislike the use of the terms "Stealth" and "Passing", feeling those terms imply dishonesty or deception about ones gender identity.c. 1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique," from PIE root *terkw- "to twist."
Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994.		Problems of usage may arise in languages like English which have pronominal gender systems, in contexts where a person of unspecified or unknown gender is being referred to but commonly available pronouns (he or she) are gender-specific. In such cases a gender-specific, usually masculine, pronoun is sometimes used with a purported gender-neutral meaning;[3] such use of he was common in formal English between the 1700s and the latter half of the 20th century (though some regard it as outmoded[4] or sexist[5]). Use of singular they is another common alternative dating from the 1300s, but proscribed by some.
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