Sex: An act between two or more participants involving pleasurable physical stimulation of the romantic variety
Gender: The classification of a word or grammatical form in a category or set, one category of such a set, or the distinguishing form or forms used in reference to one category of such a set.
Transgender: A general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society.
Transexual: Persona que adopta los caracteres sexuales del sexo opuesto-asignado mediante procesos hormonales y quirúrgicos.
Trans*: A reference to all or any of the words (and groups described by said words) beginning with the prefix trans- (and, additionally, the adjective "trans" as well).
Male: Someone who identifies their body as such
Female: Someone who identifies their body as such
Man/boy: Someone who identifies within that particular social category
Woman/girl: Someone who identifies within that particular social category
Cisgender: Not transgender
Gay: Same-gender loving, also a sexual identity
Lesbian: Same-gender loving woman
Straight: Opposite-gender loving
Bisexual: Both/any-gender loving
Pansexual: Lover of pans, flutes, and trannies. Often used by chasers.
Polysexual: Did you mean "polyamorous?"
Asexual: Single-organism reproduction. Also, a sexual identity indicating low or nonexistent libido.
Ally: Someone who's rather full of them-self to feel that they're entitled to base an identity indicating how great they are on the existence of marginalized groups from whose oppression they benefit.
Stealth: The quality or characteristic of being furtive or covert. See also: Assimilation
Out (as in out of the closet, not as in out to the store): Openly queer and/or trans
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Date: 2009-05-04 03:16 pm (UTC)Gender: The classification of a word or grammatical form in a category or set, one category of such a set, or the distinguishing form or forms used in reference to one category of such a set.
Transgender: A general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society.
Transexual: Persona que adopta los caracteres sexuales del sexo opuesto-asignado mediante procesos hormonales y quirúrgicos.
Trans*: A reference to all or any of the words (and groups described by said words) beginning with the prefix trans- (and, additionally, the adjective "trans" as well).
Male: Someone who identifies their body as such
Female: Someone who identifies their body as such
Man/boy: Someone who identifies within that particular social category
Woman/girl: Someone who identifies within that particular social category
Cisgender: Not transgender
Gay: Same-gender loving, also a sexual identity
Lesbian: Same-gender loving woman
Straight: Opposite-gender loving
Bisexual: Both/any-gender loving
Pansexual: Lover of pans, flutes, and trannies. Often used by chasers.
Polysexual: Did you mean "polyamorous?"
Asexual: Single-organism reproduction. Also, a sexual identity indicating low or nonexistent libido.
Ally: Someone who's rather full of them-self to feel that they're entitled to base an identity indicating how great they are on the existence of marginalized groups from whose oppression they benefit.
Stealth: The quality or characteristic of being furtive or covert. See also: Assimilation
Out (as in out of the closet, not as in out to the store): Openly queer and/or trans
Pride: Fun event for the warmer seasons