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List of LGBTQ+ terms
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Abro (sexual and romantic)
A pos used to explain people who possess a fluid sexual and/or romantic orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time.
Ace
An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as good as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience romantic attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also utilize terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to explain the direction of their romantic or sexual attraction.
Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum
Umbrella terms used to describe the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of quixotic and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace,
The Role Of The Transgender Community In The LGBT+ Rights Movement
June 28, marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, commonly referred to as the birth of the LGBT+ rights movement in the United States. At the forefront of the riots and the early movement were transgender and gender non-conforming women of color, like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Yearn Major Griffin-Gracy. While unfairly marginalized even within the burgeoning LGBT+ rights movement in favor of the more palatable gay rights movement, these three and activists like them were and proceed to be the backbone of the LGBT+ rights movement. Miss Major continues to fight against the disproportionate incarceration of transgender people. Johnson and Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) to aid and protect queer homeless youth and sex workers, populations which transgender people of color are also disproportionately represented in. Despite their tremendous efforts and 50 years, transgender people, especially transgender women of color, continue to be disproportionately abu
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It’s easy to fetch this confused, particularly because T is included in the LGBTQ+ acronym (T standing for &#;Transgender&#;). The key is to remember that transgender is referring to someone&#;s gender identity and not their sexuality orientation. Transgender people can be gay, straight, pansexual, queer, asexual, or any other sexual orientation (just like cisgender people!).
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Ye An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. Note: an individual’s sexual orientation is independent of their gender identity. One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they ring themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth. External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine. An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is distinct from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions
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