Gender Identity | Sexual Orientation |
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An identity a person may hold or align with that isn’t immediately visible or recognizable to someone who perceives that individual
What is invisible identity?
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who you are attracted to romantically and/or physically
What is Sexual Orientation?
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an umbrella term that does not specify any specific identity but does not refer to heterosexuality
Define Queer
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Lesbian: someone that identifies as a girl or woman and who is romantically or physically attracted to other girls or women
Define Lesbian
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One’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.
Define Gender identity
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a term used to describe someone who is romantically or physically attracted to both boys or men and girls or women
Define Bisexual
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a term used to describe someone who feels their gender identity does not fit into specific categories and may exist on a spectrum
Define Gender fluid/nonconforming/queer
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a term used to describe someone who is romantically or physically attracted to someone of an opposite gender identity than themselves (also called “straight”)
Define Heterosexual
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a term used to describe a person that identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth
Define Cisgender
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Gay: a term used to describe someone who identifies as a boy or man and who is romantically or physically attracted to other boys or men
Define Gay
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