🌈LGBTQ Things🌈

Definition

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                   L.G.B.T.Q.Q.I.A 
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual)

Sometimes instead of  Saying L.G.B.T.Q.Q.I.A people will Say LGBT, LGBTQ, or LGBTQ+

The PLUS (+) in LGBTQ+  ensures that they will always be inclusive of all identities to make the community feel welcomed and that nobody is left out.

Asexual- A person who generally does not feel sexual attraction or desire to any group of people

Ally- Typically any non-LGBT person who supports and stands up for the rights of LGBT people, though LGBT people can be allies, such as a lesbian who is an ally to a transgender person.

Bisexual- A person who is attracted to both people of their own gender and another gender.

Cisgender- Types of gender identity where an individual's experience of their own gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth.

Coming Out- The process of acknowledging one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity to other people. For most LGBT people this is a life-long process.

Gay- A person who is attracted primarily to members of the same sex. Although it can be used for any sex (e.g. gay man, gay woman, gay person), "lesbian" is sometimes the preferred term for women who are attracted to women.

Heterosexual- A person who is only attracted to members of the opposite sex. Also called "straight."

Homophobia- A range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred may be based on irrational fear and is sometimes related to religious beliefs.

Homosexual- A clinical term for people who are attracted to members of the same sex. Some people find this term offensive.

Intersex- A person whose sexual anatomy or chromosomes do not fit with the traditional markers of "female" and "male." For example, people born with both "female" and "male" anatomy (penis, testicles, vagina, uterus); people born with XXY.

In the closet- Describes a person who keeps their sexual orientation or gender identity a secret from some or all people.

Lesbian- A woman who is primarily attracted to other women.

Pansexual- Pansexuals have the capability of attraction to others regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. A pansexual could be open to someone who is male, female, transgender, intersex, or agendered/genderqueer.

Queer- 1) An umbrella term sometimes used by LGBTQA people to refer to the entire LGBT community. 2) An alternative that some people use to "queer" the idea of the labels and categories such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, etc. Similar to the concept of genderqueer. It is important to note that the word queer is an in-group term and a word that can be considered offensive to some people, depending on their generation, geographic location, and relationship with the word. 

Questioning- For some, the process of exploring and discovering one's own sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Pansexual- A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction for members of all gender identities/expressions, not just people who fit into the standard gender binary (i.e. men and women). 

Transgender- This term has many definitions. It is frequently used as an umbrella term to refer to all people who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth or the binary gender system. This includes transsexuals, cross-dressers, genderqueer, drag kings, drag queens, two-spirit people, and others. Some transgender people feel they exist not within one of the two standard gender categories, but rather somewhere between, beyond, or outside of those two genders.

I didn't include all the info but those are what I believe is required to know

All information was found on http://www.stop-homophobia.com/lgbt-terms-and-definitions