Gay : A self identified man who is attracted to other men; this is also used as an umbrella term for the LGBTQ+ community

 

Lesbian : A self identified woman attracted to other women

 

Trans* : An umbrella term that encompasses gender identities that do not align with gender assigned at birth. This can include: Transgender, Genderqueer, Two-Spirit, etc.

 

Queer : This term can be used as an umbrella term for the LGBTQ+ community, a gender identity, and a sexual orientation. As a gender identity queer advocates breaking the binary; similarly sexual orientation refers to an individual who is attracted to multiple genders or as an ambiguous term.

 

 

 

 

Questioning : An individual who is questioning their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

 

Ally : Anyone who supports another part of the community. e.g. A lesbian who supports the bisexual community, a heterosexual who supports the trans* community

Pansexual : An individual who is attracted to others regardless of gender; attraction to all gender identities. "hearts not parts"

 

Bisexual : Generally used as, "An individual who is attracted to both men and women," however bisexual has now been adapted as a way to describe attraction to two (bi) gender identities.

 

Intersex : Intersex people are born with physical sex markers (genitals, hormones, gonads or chromosomes) that are neither clearly male nor female as determined by societal norms.

 

Asexual : An individual who is not sexually attracted to other individuals. This also serves as an umbrella term that encompasses many identities e.g. demisexual, aromantic