XXXXXXXXX, XXXXX, XXXXXXXXX, and XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXX) Resources

Asexual -  An XXXXXXXX where people do not feel sexual attraction, or feel very little sexual attraction (Grey-asexual). This does not determine romantic attraction or sexual desire.

Biphobia - Hatred and/or XXXXXXXXXXXXXX against bisexual people from both the straight and gay communities. Some members of the straight community often collapse bisexuality into homosexuality and refer to bi people as “XXX.” Thus, bisexual people often face the same forms of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, difficulty in adopting children, and emotional and physical violence as the lesbian/XXX community. Some members of the lesbian/XXX community, on the other hand, often feel hostility toward bisexual people for being able to “pass” as straight or for being “confused.”

Bisexual - A person who is emotionally, spiritually, physically and/or sexually attracted to those of any XXX or XXXXXXX.

Cisgender - A person whose XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is the same as the XXX they were XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX. (i.e. a person XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX as XXXXXX). 

XXXXXXXX - Describes the qualities, formed by cultural and historical changes, perceived as XXXXXXXXX ideals to which all XXXXX at a specific time and place should aspire.

XXXXXXXX - The belief in social, XXXXXXXXX and economic XXXXXXXX between the XXXXX. In practice and in history, XXXXXXXX social movements and academic theories have defined the relationship between the XXXXX in general and the liberation of XXXXX in particular.

XXXXXX Binary - The assumption that there are only two XXXXXXX, male and XXXXXX.

XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX/Presentation - The way that someone outwardly displays their XXXXXX through clothing, style, demeanor, and behavior.

XXXXXX XXXXXXXX -  Refers how a person self XXXXXXXXXX on the XXXXXXX spectrum. There are countless ways in which people may XXXXXXXX themselves.

XXXXXXXXXXX - A person whose XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX or XXXXXX expression does not align with the XXXXXX binary.

Heterosexual - Sexually attracted to people of the “opposite” XXX

Homophobia - Hatred and/or XXXXXXXXXXXXXX based on perceived or actual XXXXXXXXX or XXXXXX XXXXXXXX. Homophobia manifests itself in a variety of ways, including verbal threats, jokes, physical/emotional violence, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX in adoption, marriage, employment, et cetera.

Homosexual - Sexually attracted to people of one's own XXX.

Masculinity - Refers to masculine traits or characteristics that are capable of being transformed in line with historical and cultural change.

Pansexual - Someone who identifies their personal and/or sexual attraction to the personality of the individual nondependent on XXX, XXXXXX, sexual orientation, etc. Pansexual is often confused/closely related with Bisexual.

Romantic Orientation - An affinity for someone that evokes the desire to engage in an emotionally intimate relationship often described based on the XXXXXX relationship between the person and the people they are romantically attracted to.

Queer - Is sometimes used as an umbrella term for those who identify as lesbian, XXX, bisexual, XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX, or asexual. Historically, the term was used as an insult against those perceived to be XXXXXXX. For this reason, its use can be controversial. It has been reclaimed by some XXXXX people, especially younger generations. It can be a XXXXXXXXX statement which advocates breaking binary thinking and seeing both sexual orientation and XXXXXX identity as potentially fluid.

Queer theory - An academic field of study that challenges cultural acceptance of heterosexuality as the only natural and normal sexual XXXXXXX. It promotes the ideas that an individual's XXXXXXXXX comprises numerous elements, most of which are not dependent on XXXXXX or sexual behavior, and that the range of sexual XXXXXXXXXX people experience is based on a variety of social, physical, and psychological influences.

Questioning - A term used to describe a person who is unsure about their XXXXXX orientation and chooses to label themselves as “questioning.”

XXX or XXXXXXXXXX/Natal XXX - A term used to classify individuals as male, XXXXXX, or XXXXXXXX (often at birth or based on an ultrasound) based on their chromosomal, hormonal, and anatomical characteristics.

XXXXXX Orientation - The type of attraction one feels for others, often described based on the XXXXXX relationship between the person and the people they are sexually attracted to. 

XXXXXX - XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXX, or XXXXXXXXXXXXX, typically against XXXXXX, on the basis of XXX.

XXXXXXXXXXXX - A person whose XXXXXX XXXXXXXX (and sometimes expression) is different from the XXX they were XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX. XXXXX is an umbrella term that refers to various different ways that people XXXXXXXX differently than their XXXXXXXXXX XXX.

XXXXXphobia - Hatred and/or XXXXXXXXXXXXXX against people who break or blur XXXXXX roles and XXX characteristics. XXXXXXphobia is mandated by a XXXXXXX regime that says we are either man or XXXXXX, masculine or feminine. Like biphobia, it is prevalent in both straight and lesbian/XXX XXXXXXXXXXX.

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