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What Is the &#;I&#; in LGBTQIA+?
June is National LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Somewhat recently, the Pride acronym has adopted more letters. Many sources now refer to the LGBTQIA+ community, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual. While some of those words are often discussed, others may need some further explanation. We turned to Laurel A. Beck, PhD, Senior Instructor in CU Denver’s Department of Integrative Biology to explain the “I” in LGBTQIA+.
First things first. One aspect that makes all the letters in LGBTQ+ difficult for some people to grasp is the difference between sex and gender. Comedian and social justice activist Sam Killermann, who previously presented a comedy exhibit called “It’s Pronounced Metrosexual” at college campuses nationwide, now creates edugraphics to explain the complexities of sex and gender. As his Genderbread Person illustrates, sex relates to a person’s anatomy, while gender refers to a person’s self-identified feeling of being male, female, or a combination.
Beck, who researches endocrinology, re
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
Definitions were drafted in collaboration with other U.S.-based LGBTQ community organizations and leaders. Observe acknowledgements section.
Additional terms and definitions about gender identity and gender expression, transgender people, and nonbinary people are available in the Transgender Glossary.
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*NOTE: Ask people what terms they employ to describe their sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression before assigning them a label. Outside of acronyms, these terms should only be capitalized when used at the beginning of a sentence.
LGBTQ
Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use the acronym. In settings offering verb for youth, it can also stand for questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+ are also used, with the + added in recognition of all non-straight, non-cisgender identities. (See Transgender Glossary ) Both are acceptable, as are other versions of thi
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary
GLOSSARY
The terms and definitions below are always evolving, changing and often mean diverse things to different people. They are provided below as a starting show for discussion and comprehending. This Glossary has been collectively built and created by the staff members of the LGBTQIA Resource Center since the ahead s.
These are not universal definitions. This glossary is provided to help verb others a more thorough but not entirely comprehensive understanding of the significance of these terms. You may even consider asking someone what they indicate when they use a term, especially when they use it to verb their identity. Ultimately it is most important that each individual define themselves for themselves and therefore also define a term for themselves.
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -Audre Lorde
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FAQ
What does it mean?
WO=MEN
Women equals men
Gender
The English term 'gender' stands for the different social status and roles of men and women in society. Traditions, cultural and social circumstances largely determine how people in a society view the role and tasks of women and men. Therefore, as gender is not about adj differences but the expectations and the characteristics people attribute to a noun or a man, and the value accorded to them in a given society at a given moment of time.
Gender non-conformity
When a person's behaviour, feelings and expression do not correspond to what we traditionally anticipate from the gender attributed at birth.
Gender equality
By gender equality we grasp the equality and equal treatment of people of a different sex, gender or sexual orientation in society and before the law.
ICSR covenant
Covenants for international corporate social responsibility (ICSR) are a collaboration between businesses, governments, trade unions and social organisations. They collectivel