Queer Glossary
Gender
Cisgender
Having a gender identity that aligns with one's assigned sex at birth.
Having a gender idientity is different from their assigned sex at birth, including men, women, and nonbinary/genderqueer people.
Having a gender identity that is not exclusively male or female.
Enby
A nonbinary person.
At times used as a synonym for "nonbinary" and at others as an umbrella term for all experiences with gender that are considered odd or unconventional by society.
Anybody whose gender expression opposes expected gender roles, including both trans and cisgender people.
Uncertainty towards one's own gender and/or sexual identity.
Sexuality
Homosexual
Exclusive attraction to the same gender.
Heterosexual/Straight
Exclusive attraction to a different gender.
Gay
Used by homosexual people of all genders, but frequently denoting homosexual men and masculine-identifying enbies.
Lesbian
A homosexual woman or feminine-identifying enby.
Bisexual
Attraction to the same gender and other genders.
Attraction to multiple genders.
Pansexual
Attraction to all genders
Attraction to people regardless of gender.
Asexual
Not experiencing sexual attraction.
Aromantic
Not experiencing romantic attraction.
Demisexual
Only experiencing sexual attraction after a strong emotional bond is formed.
Demiromantic
Only experiencing romantic attraction after a strong emotional bond is formed.