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Pride is celebrated throughout the month of June in commemoration of its roots in the Stonewall Riots of June 1969.
Sexuality has biological underpinnings, is fluid in nature, and exists on a spectrum.
Cisgender: Describes a situation where the gender and sexuality expressed align with the sex assigned at birth.
Asexual: A term used to describe people who do not experience sexual attraction. Asexual individuals may experience other types of attraction, such as romantic attraction, but do not desire to act on these attractions in a sexual way.
Bisexual: Term for a person who has the potential to be sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to individuals with genders that are the same and different from their own.
Transgender: An umbrella term used to describe individuals whose gender identity or gender expression is not the same as their assigned sex. Transgender should always be used as an adjective.
Queer: An umbrella term used to describe individuals who are not exclusively heterosexual. It is often preferred by people who find other terms too restrictive in their definitions or connotations.
Intersex: Describes someone born with chromosomes or sexual anatomy that don’t fall within the male/female sexual binary. Intersex people can be any gender and don’t necessarily identify as transgender.
duals who are not exclusively heterosexual. It is often preferred by people who find other terms too restrictive in their definitions or connotations.
LGBTQIA+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and more.
Lesbian: Describes a woman who is sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to other women.
Gay: Describes a person who is sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to people of the same gender or assigned sex. The term can be used to refer to both men and women.
Gender: A socially constructed attribute formed in relation to norms and expectations about behaviors, attitudes, and feelings associated with an individual’s assigned sex. There are multiple genders (not just men and women) and significant cultural diversity in gendered understandings.
Gender Dysphoria: A medical term that refers to feelings of distress or anxiety experienced by individuals whose bodies do not match their gender identity. It can also refer to the negative experiences associated with being mis-gendered by others.
Gender Expression: An individual’s external manifestations of their gender expressed through things like behavior, body presentation, clothing, and pronouns. It is common, though not necessary, for an individual to align their gender expression with their gender identity.
Gender Identity: An individual’s internal, deeply held knowledge or perception of their own gender. An individual can be a man, a woman, or nonbinary.
Gender Nonconforming: A term used to describe gender expressions that differ from normative or conventional gendered expectations. An individual can be gender nonconforming without being transgender.
Nonbinary: An umbrella term used to describe genders that fall outside the male/female gender binary.
Pansexual: A term describing people who are sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to people regardless of their assigned sex or gender identity.
Sex: A biological property based on chromosomal makeup and sexual anatomy. Sex is normally set at fertilization and assigned at birth. Sex can be male, female, or intersex.
Sexuality (or sexual orientation): An individual’s physical, romantic, or emotional attraction (or lack thereof) to other people.
Sexuality has biological underpinnings, is fluid in nature, and exists on a spectrum.
Cisgender: Describes a situation where the gender and sexuality expressed align with the sex assigned at birth.
Asexual: A term used to describe people who do not experience sexual attraction. Asexual individuals may experience other types of attraction, such as romantic attraction, but do not desire to act on these attractions in a sexual way.
Bisexual: Term for a person who has the potential to be sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to individuals with genders that are the same and different from their own.
Transgender: An umbrella term used to describe individuals whose gender identity or gender expression is not the same as their assigned sex. Transgender should always be used as an adjective.
Queer: An umbrella term used to describe individuals who are not exclusively heterosexual. It is often preferred by people who find other terms too restrictive in their definitions or connotations.
Intersex: Describes someone born with chromosomes or sexual anatomy that don’t fall within the male/female sexual binary. Intersex people can be any gender and don’t necessarily identify as transgender.
duals who are not exclusively heterosexual. It is often preferred by people who find other terms too restrictive in their definitions or connotations.
LGBTQIA+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and more.
Lesbian: Describes a woman who is sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to other women.
Gay: Describes a person who is sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to people of the same gender or assigned sex. The term can be used to refer to both men and women.
Gender: A socially constructed attribute formed in relation to norms and expectations about behaviors, attitudes, and feelings associated with an individual’s assigned sex. There are multiple genders (not just men and women) and significant cultural diversity in gendered understandings.
Gender Dysphoria: A medical term that refers to feelings of distress or anxiety experienced by individuals whose bodies do not match their gender identity. It can also refer to the negative experiences associated with being mis-gendered by others.
Gender Expression: An individual’s external manifestations of their gender expressed through things like behavior, body presentation, clothing, and pronouns. It is common, though not necessary, for an individual to align their gender expression with their gender identity.
Gender Identity: An individual’s internal, deeply held knowledge or perception of their own gender. An individual can be a man, a woman, or nonbinary.
Gender Nonconforming: A term used to describe gender expressions that differ from normative or conventional gendered expectations. An individual can be gender nonconforming without being transgender.
Nonbinary: An umbrella term used to describe genders that fall outside the male/female gender binary.
Pansexual: A term describing people who are sexually, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to people regardless of their assigned sex or gender identity.
Sex: A biological property based on chromosomal makeup and sexual anatomy. Sex is normally set at fertilization and assigned at birth. Sex can be male, female, or intersex.
Sexuality (or sexual orientation): An individual’s physical, romantic, or emotional attraction (or lack thereof) to other people.
